Tabako-ire

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 2378.1-2
Type: object for daily use; carving
Date of production:
second half of the 19th century
Edo (Tokugawa) period or Meiji era
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Materials/Techniques: wood, lead, ivory, glass, antler
Dimensions: height 9.2 cm
width 10 cm
Tobacco and pipe container (tabako-ire), in the shape of a leather sack featuring motif of a Buddhist monk treading on a snake. Unsigned.