Tonkotsu with netsuke, Shibata Zeshin
Lacquer ware
Japan
Subject/design:
Tobacco container (tonkotsu) : cotton reel, skeins and spools
Netsuke : morning-glories (asagao)
Materials:
Polychrome hiramaki-e lacquer, aogai inlay
Date:
Late 19th century
Size:
3 x 9.6 x 4.6 cm and 1.7 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm
Place of origin:
Japan
Artist:
Signed « Zeshin 是真 » (Shibata Zeshin 柴田是真 (1807-1891)
Inventory number:
CB.LJ.1924.37
Copyright:
Fondation Baur
Photographer:
Marian Gérard