Tobacco pouch (tabako-ire), Gold leather tobacco pouch with remains of red and sea green paint. Transfer with pressure closure (kanamono) of bronze with representation of a dragon in the water. Copper ornament (representing waves) at the top for attaching the brown, braided lanyard with a light blue glass bead as ojime at the beginning and at the end a netsuke of stag horn representing a tree branch with leaves and fruits., Japan, Dutch East India Company, anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1600 - c. 1699, kraal, bronze (metal), copper (metal), yarn, paint (coating), braiding, l 12 cm × w 8.3 cm × d 1.5 cm
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Tobacco pouch, tabako-ire, Gold leather tobacco pouch, remains, red, sea green paint, Transfer, pressure closure, kanamono, bronze, representation, dragon, water, Copper ornament, representing waves, top, attaching, brown, braided lanyard, light blue glass bead, ojime, netsuke, stag horn representing, tree branch, leaves, fruits, Japan, Dutch East India Company, Netherlands, c, 1600, 1699, kraal, metal, copper, yarn, paint, coating, braiding, l 12
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