DOI issue:
No. 96 (March, 1901)
DOI article:Holme, Charles: Japanese tobacco boxes
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19787#0111
Japanese Tobacco Boxes.
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attached to a pipe case. The basket
is well made, and is lined with silk
brocade. The exterior is ornamented
with incrustations in coloured lacquers
representing various fruits.
Fig. 18 is another example of basket-
work. In this instance the material
i, V" ^- V- - - I t, used for plaiting is thin strips of stag-
horn ; the hinge is of tortoise-shell,
and the fittings of silver. The interior,
like that of the previous one, is lined
with brocade.
FIG. IS WOOD WITH CARVED INCRUSTATIONS QUite & Se"eS °f b°XeS Ere made
of wood and bamboo carved into
the shape of animal and other natural
f.----^V:-,;-?^l^iav objects. Fig. 19 represents a frog; the accom-
-'■^^WTHwiiijT,'1^;'^"'^m^^^k panying snail is carved upon the head, through
^^^f^^^^^^^^^^^^m which the cord passes, and the snake serves
rJkL*/r"^"" as a pipe case. Fig. 20 is a skull carved in
bamboo, the head is a representation in miniature
of the drum which is beaten at funerals, and the
pipe case is copied from a common form of
Japanese tombstone. Fig. 21 is carved in wood
in imitation of a scallop shell with incrustations in
porcelain copied from other kinds of shells. Fig. 22
is carved throughout—box, bead, and button—in
FIG. l6 WOOD WITH CARVED INCRUSTATIONS
cracks at all, but only simulated ones. The old
mendicant carved in hard wood and ivory and
incrusted upon one side of the box, is crawling
upon his knees, supporting himself by a short
cane held in his left hand. Upon the opposite
side is a pine tree, the trunk being exquisitely
carved in a hard wood, while the foliage is in rich
green mother-of-pearl. Another box made of the
same class of wood is shown in Fig. 16.
Fig. 17 represents a basket of plaited cane
f 'fflflMp with representations of
18 STAG-HORN BASKET-WORK
a light-coloured wood of
fine, close-grained texture
monkeys. Fig. 23 is carved
in wood in the form of a
melon with incrustations
of metal and lacquer.
Fig. 24 represents a
lotus bud and leaf,
h pc "^USSSI!^-^i^^^^^^^l^^^^SH^' and is executed • in
bamboo. The pipe case
>'Ir- 17 CANE BASKET WORK WITH LACQUER ORNAMENTS of Stag-hom is Carved
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n.px.
attached to a pipe case. The basket
is well made, and is lined with silk
brocade. The exterior is ornamented
with incrustations in coloured lacquers
representing various fruits.
Fig. 18 is another example of basket-
work. In this instance the material
i, V" ^- V- - - I t, used for plaiting is thin strips of stag-
horn ; the hinge is of tortoise-shell,
and the fittings of silver. The interior,
like that of the previous one, is lined
with brocade.
FIG. IS WOOD WITH CARVED INCRUSTATIONS QUite & Se"eS °f b°XeS Ere made
of wood and bamboo carved into
the shape of animal and other natural
f.----^V:-,;-?^l^iav objects. Fig. 19 represents a frog; the accom-
-'■^^WTHwiiijT,'1^;'^"'^m^^^k panying snail is carved upon the head, through
^^^f^^^^^^^^^^^^m which the cord passes, and the snake serves
rJkL*/r"^"" as a pipe case. Fig. 20 is a skull carved in
bamboo, the head is a representation in miniature
of the drum which is beaten at funerals, and the
pipe case is copied from a common form of
Japanese tombstone. Fig. 21 is carved in wood
in imitation of a scallop shell with incrustations in
porcelain copied from other kinds of shells. Fig. 22
is carved throughout—box, bead, and button—in
FIG. l6 WOOD WITH CARVED INCRUSTATIONS
cracks at all, but only simulated ones. The old
mendicant carved in hard wood and ivory and
incrusted upon one side of the box, is crawling
upon his knees, supporting himself by a short
cane held in his left hand. Upon the opposite
side is a pine tree, the trunk being exquisitely
carved in a hard wood, while the foliage is in rich
green mother-of-pearl. Another box made of the
same class of wood is shown in Fig. 16.
Fig. 17 represents a basket of plaited cane
f 'fflflMp with representations of
18 STAG-HORN BASKET-WORK
a light-coloured wood of
fine, close-grained texture
monkeys. Fig. 23 is carved
in wood in the form of a
melon with incrustations
of metal and lacquer.
Fig. 24 represents a
lotus bud and leaf,
h pc "^USSSI!^-^i^^^^^^^l^^^^SH^' and is executed • in
bamboo. The pipe case
>'Ir- 17 CANE BASKET WORK WITH LACQUER ORNAMENTS of Stag-hom is Carved
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