PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTIONA
KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASE] AND
TABAKO-IRE [TOBACCO POUCH]
TTHE PIPECASE SIGNED
SHUSAI, EDO – MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The pipecase decorated in gold, silver, black and coloured
hiramaki-e and
takamaki-e with kimono on a rack against a mottled ground; the leather pouch with a design of folded paper, applied with a
shakudo and gilt copper clasp with pine, with a soft-metal
ojime21 cm. long (pipecase), 13.6 cm. wide (pouch)
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