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 cm × d 1

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