TOBACCO JAR
Creator(s): Unknown (Sculptor)
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
Jar is shaped like the head of a man wearing an Oriental headdress. He has moustache and goatee and wears eariings and has a ruffled collar. His headdress has feathers and a large jewel on the front and another feather lying on the top of his cap which forms the cover and handle. Base is plain.
- Object name:
- TOBACCO JAR
- Made from:
- Ivory
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 21.6 × 12.7 × 10.5 cm (8 1/2 × 5 × 4 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.33.1-2
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973