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Tobacco Box

Artist(box) Hosen (Japanese)
Period Meiji Era (Japanese, 1868 - 1912)
DateMeiji Era (1868-1912)
Dimensions2 3/16 × 3 15/16 × 5 1/8 in. (5.6 × 10 × 13 cm)
Mediumbronze with silver inlay
ClassificationMetalwork
Credit LineGift of Florence Scott Libbey
Object number
1912.440
Not on View
DescriptionCover: Shakudo with inlay of fish and flowers; sides: silver-inlay water pattern.
Diadem
250-150 BCE
Kashira: Cock
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Kashira: Cock
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Kozuka: Dragon Entwined Around a Sacred Sword
19th century, Edo Period (1600-1868)
Writing Box (suzuri-bako)
Ritsu-o (Ogawa Haritsu)
Edo Period (1615-1868), about 1725
Box (kobako)
Edo Period (1615-1868)

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