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Tobacco Box
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Tobacco Box

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Date1850-1900
Mediumsilver and lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 3 5/8 in. (5.1 x 9.2 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineMuseum purchase through funds from the Edna C. Pawley Endowment
Terms
    Object number2002.16.1
    DescriptionEach side of this six-sided box bears an auspicious charater that reads in succession: Duo [lots of], Li [strength or vitality], Shou [longevity], Fu [wealth], Kang [good], Ning [health]. Iron boxes of this type are characteristically recorded to be tobacco boxes; however, this example appears to have been used as a seal box.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Imperial Document/Seal Box
    Artist Unknown
    19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Treasure Box (Wakahuia or Papahou)
    Maori people
    19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Medicine Container
    Artist Unknown
    12th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Covered Box
    Kuba people
    not dated
    Ram-Shaped Lidded Box
    Ram-Shaped Lidded Box
    206 BC- 9 AD
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Portrait of a Roman Matron
    Artist Unknown
    late 2nd to early 3rd century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Figure
    Mezcala
    ca. 300 BCE-300 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Box
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Writing Box (Suzuribako)
    Artist Unknown
    mid 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Covered Box
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1876
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Box
    Kuba people
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Dish
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1830
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