smoking-pipe-case;
sagemono;
tobacco-pouch;
ojime
- Museum number
- 1896,0706.18.a-d
- Description
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Smoking-pipe-case, in two parts. Carved with dragons among clouds. Made of wood and metal. With tobacco-pouch (sagemono). Carved with shishi and peonies on front; long-tailed bird (onagadori) on back. Made of wood. Also ojime, made of metal.
- Production date
- 1800-1896
- Dimensions
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Length: 11.50 centimetres (pouch)
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Length: 26.40 centimetres (with lid)
- Curator's comments
- Smith et al 1990
The pouch is carved with a 'shishi' and peonies on the front and a long-tailed bird ('onagadori') on the back. The pipe-case is carved with dragons among clouds.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006 Oct - 2015 Apr, BM Japanese Galleries, 'Japan from prehistory to the present'
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1896,0706.18.a-d