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Marble stele (grave marker) of Phainippe

Unrecorded maker

ca. 400–390 BCE · Marble

Cat with kittens on damaged box for animal mummy

Unrecorded maker

664–30 BCE · Cupreous metal

Tobacco box

Unrecorded maker

17th century · Brass and copper

Snuffbox with a Scene of Venus and Cupid

Joseph Etienne Blerzy (d. 1806)

1781–82 · Gold and enamel

Small Box (Kobako) with Kyōgen Theater Scene at Mibu Temple in Kyoto

Kōami Shinzaburō (d. 1799)

ca. second half of the18th century · Lacquered wood with gold, silver, and red togidashimaki-e on black ground

Tobacco box

Unrecorded maker

18th century · Brass, copper

Tobacco box

Unrecorded maker

second half 18th century · Brass, copper

Small Box with Scene of Kiyomizudera Temple

Unrecorded maker

early 19th century · Copper with black lacquer and mother‑of‑pearl inlay

Writing box (suzuribako) with passenger boat on the Yodo River

Shiomi Masanari 塩見政誠 (d. 1719)

mid-19th century · Lacquered wood with gold, silver, color togidashimaki-e on silver ground

Tiered Box (Jūbako) with Design of Boats and Plovers

Shibata Zeshin (d. 1891)

second half of the 19th century · Gold maki-e on black and brown lacquer, with mother-of-pearl inlay and pewter

Designs for the Lids or Insides of Tobacco Boxes (1)

Gottfried Pfautz (d. 1760)

ca. 1710–30 · etching

Designs for Lids of Tobacco Boxes (3)

Elias Baeck (d. 1747)

ca. 1710–30 · Etching