Rectangular Leather Pouch (tabako-ire)
Artist/Culture
Japanese
Datelate 18th century - early 19th century
Mediumembossed leather with partly covered design
ClassificationsCostumes and Accessories
Credit LineBequest of Mildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin
Object number1976.256
DescriptionEmbossed and partly colored design of a foreign bearded man playing a flute amidst exotic plants and rocks (front side); pavilion and phoenix (under the cover) and foreign sailing-ship in waves, mountain, pine trees, and clouds (back side); silver clasp and ojime; ivory-bowl and silver kagamibuta with relief designs of dragons clasping flaming jewels; metal chains and platesLabel Text2005: Rectangular Leather Tobacco Pouch (tabako-ire) Late 18th-early 19th century Embossed leather with partly colored design: Front: foreign bearded man playing a flute amidst exotic plants and rocks Under cover: pavilion and phoenix Back: foreign sailing-ship in waves, mountain, pine trees, and clouds. Silver clasp and ojime as well as an ivory-bowl and silver-disk kagamibuta (two-part 'mirror-lid' and bowl-style netsuke) with relief designs of dragons clasping flaming jewels; metal chains and plates Bequest of Mildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin, 1976.256 Notes:Pillar PrintsProvenanceMildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin, Nutley, NJ
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