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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Soki, post: 9783516, member: 79556&quot;][ATTACH=full]484012[/ATTACH] I got this incredibly beautiful snuff box depicting Hebe and Jupiters eagle. The base material is copper, it&#039;s lacquered with urushi and inlaid with mop. The mop is underpainted with ink and different gouache? colours. The grey metal frame was specifically made for this box, also an even earlier nailed in brass strip, both to reinforce damaged areas.</p><p>This piece was probably made in Kyoto in the 1780/90s, made to order by an employee of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Only three of these boxes depicting ancient greek figures / gods are known, four with this one.</p><p>The three others are bigger, but not underpainted with colours (only ink), though.</p><p>There are certainly some more pieces hidden in private collections, like this little gem was.</p><p>There are also similiar boxes depicting</p><p>Napoleon, several nobles and even masonic symbols, some which are also underpainted.</p><p>All of these are tobacco / cigarette boxes and about 12cm to 20cm+ long with this beeing the smallest one known (&lt;8cm long).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]484013[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]484014[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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