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Document identity
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100021
label
Tobacco Box with Turtles in Lotus and Grasses
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object
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100021
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object
title
Tobacco Box with Turtles in Lotus and Grasses
date
c. 1760
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79490200
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Miscellaneous
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1919.569
Source extras
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Box: wood with color and metal, shell, and stone inlay; toggle (ojime): ceramic; netsuke: wood
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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
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Box signed: 岷江 花押; sealed: 岷江; netsuke signed: 栗斎
inscription_translation
Box signed: Minkō, with monogram (kaō); sealed: Minkō; netsuke signed: Rissai
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Gift of J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:24:45.183000
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100021
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Box: wood with color and metal, shell, and stone inlay; toggle (ojime): ceramic; netsuke: wood
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