Tobacco box

Description

Wooden tobacco box (tonkotsu), with a lid on cords, carved in the form of Daruma, with a wood and ivory netsuke and an ivory ojime in form of Daruma: Japan

Museum reference

A.1931.254

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tobacco box, Netsuke, Ojime

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Materials

Wood, Ivory

Physical description

Light brown wood

Associations

Daruma

Exhibitions

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland