Purse of Cuir de Cordoue — Dutch leather tooled in a floral design on a grained diapered field, gilded and painted. Edges and seams bound with a tan leather. Flap closing with ornament over clasp of Fujiyama, in colored enamels on copper. Netsuke of ivory openwork, showing design of peony flowers and foliage. Ojime, flowers of various colors on a green field. Cord of blue silk.
- Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Rights: CC0
Terms
Medium
Leather (purse); ivory and shibuichi (netsuke), enamel on copper, silk (cord)
Genre
costume & accessories
Decorative Arts
Kin-chaku (purse) with netsuke and ojime on chord
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