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Tobacco pouch (tabako-ire)
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Tobacco pouch (tabako-ire)

anonymous · c. 1600 - c. 1699 · braiding; blocked; casting; cutting; sewing; painting technique; bronze (metal); copper (metal); paint (coating); yarn; hertshoorn; glass; gilt leather

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Gold-lacquered tobacco pouch with remains of red and sea-green painting. Flap with a pressure closure (kanamono) of bronze depicting a dragon in water. At the top, a copper ornament (depicting waves) for attaching the brown braided carrying cord, with a light blue glass bead as ojime at the beginning and a netsuke of deer horn depicting a tree branch with leaves and fruit at the end.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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bagVerenigde Oostindische CompagnieJapan
Credit lineTabakstasje (tabako-ire). c. 1600 - c. 1699. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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