Tobacco-pouch with design of silk leaves; ivory fittings in the form of the various stages in the life cycle of a silk-moth (Bombyx mori)
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu
(Japanese, 1813–1892)
Teika
(Japanese)
Late 19th century
Medium/TechniqueMain material: painted silk; other metals: ivory; wood cord fitting in the form of a leaf; wood ojime with stained ivory stalk
DimensionsOverall: 10.5 x 8 x 4 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.96a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
Late 18th–19th century
Naotada
mid to late 19th century (before 1889)
early to mid-19th century
Kanô Natsuo
mid to late 19th century
Kanda Masatsugu
Late 18th–early 19th century