A Japanese Carved Boxwood Tobacco Container (Tonkotsu), Crab Basket Form, Edo–Meiji Period

Updated August 6, 2026

19th century; A Japanese carved boxwood tobacco container (tonkotsu), Edo to early Meiji period, finely modeled as a woven basket animated with crabs in high relief. Executed in dense hardwood with a

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