Tobacco Box with Turtles in Lotus and Grasses
c. 1760
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Tobacco Box with Turtles in Lotus and Grasses, c. 1760. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Box: wood with color and metal, shell, and stone inlay; toggle (ojime): ceramic; netsuke: wood; overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1919.569
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- Box: wood with color and metal, shell, and stone inlay; toggle (ojime): ceramic; netsuke: wood
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Box signed: 岷江 花押; sealed: 岷江; netsuke signed: 栗斎 Translation: Box signed: Minkō, with monogram (kaō); sealed: Minkō; netsuke signed: Rissai
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1919.569
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. H. Wade
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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