Vintage Japanese Wood Tonkotsu Tobacco Box Container Daruma Figure with Ojime

Description

View Vintage Japanese Wood Tonkotsu Tobacco Box Container Daruma Figure with Ojime with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Amusing old carved wood "Tonkotsu" tobacco box kimono accessory. His hands function as cord holders, pulling his own face into place. The wood box is in very good condition, just over 4" tall and 2-3/4" wide. Amusing old carved wood "Tonkotsu" tobacco box kimono accessory. Traditionally it is used to hang from a Japanese obi sash to hold tobacco or sometimes medicines or seals. This tonkotsu box is in the form of "Daruma" (for perservence and good luck), carved in the form of a mokugyo or temple bell, with a grotesque expression on his round face. His hands function as cord holders, pulling his own face into place.   This box is  sometimes part of a kit known as "inro" that would also include a tobacco pipe holder and a netsuke figure hung from the same cord. The wood box is in very good condition, just over 4" tall and 2-3/4" wide. It appears that an oval hole had been carved into the base, which is now filled in with a different piece of thin wood. The cord has a wooden ojime bead. See all photos for best description of this wonderful vintage item. Category: Antiques › Asian Antiques › Japan › Netsuke.

Primary Material

Wood

Place of Origin

Japan

Color

Brown

Original/Reproduction

Vintage Original

Materials sourced from

Japan

Region of Origin

Japan

Age

Unknown

Maker

Unknown

Country of Origin

Japan