11. Félix Buhot
1847-1898

Japonisme: Pharmacie Ivoire`(Ivory Medicine Box)

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Japonisme: Pharmacie Ivoire

Japonisme: Pharmacie Ivoire`(Ivory Medicine Box)

Etching, 1874, 190 x 144 mm., Bourcard/Goodfriend 13 i/ii. A fine impression of the rare first state in pure etching, printed in black, with plate tone, on J. Whatman Turkey Mill wove paper dated 1874, with full margins, inscribed in pencil "1er État." Two inked fingerprints appear in the image. The object itself, also known as an inro, comprises a series of small, interfaced boxes to hold snuff or medicines, held together by drawstrings which also serve to hang the box from an obi or belt.

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