Tobacco Cabinet
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: wood; gold foil; lacquer; silver; bronze?
DimensionsOverall: 17.5 x 22.8 x 13.8 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of the Hon. Robert W. Mayhew, Victoria
Object number1963.166.001 a-h
DescriptionSet in the top is a silver habachi & a haifuki ( a canisters for tobacco). Three drawers in the chest are for other smoking mixtures & tools. Decorative details include: peach trees with peaches, cranes, long-tailed turtles swimming beneath a bridge, pine & flowering prunus trees. There is a hinged handle with decorative fittings on the sides; at the front two hinged hooks to accommodate a pipe.Status
Not on view
Toshi Yamada
c.1660 - c.1689
1860 C
Shibata Zeshin
