Human world
Cabinet of wood, ivory and copper alloy Japan 19th century
Accession Number 1971.242.5
Miss Elizabeth Fernie gave this cabinet to Liverpool Museum. She was the sister-in-law of Charles Bell, the British political officer based in Tibet.
The cabinet has been put on a Chinese stand. This lifts the cabinet up, helping it to fit in with other furniture in a European room. The ivory panels were carved by Ichikawa Komei (1852-1913), artist and Professor of Tokyo School of Art.
The objects in the cabinet are from the Dorothy Worrall China trade collection. Many of them belonged to Liverpool families who had connections with maritime trade in Asia in the 19th century.