Portable, cylindrical food container (hokai) decorated with Tokugawa-crests (aoi-mon) and foliage-scroll pattern (karakusa)

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 3371.1-2
Type: object for daily use; lacquers
Date of production:
early 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period
Place of production:
Acquisition: collected by János Xántus
Materials/Techniques: wood, lacquer, maki-e, silk chord
Dimensions: height: 20 cm
diameter: 17.5 cm
Unsigned.