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A SILVER AND BAMBOO KISERU (PIPE) A SILVER AND GOLD KISERU, A SILVER AND BAMBOO
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/ 20th KISERU, AN UNUSUAL SHINCHU AND BAMBOO KISERU, AND
century A CLOSONNE-ENAMEL AND SILVER KISERU
Decorated in katakiri-bori and shishiai-bori with blossoming autumn The second by Mizuguchi Yoshihisa, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho
plants, the bowl retro-fitted to hold a cigarette, inscribed Yamashiro (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century
9 1/4in (23.4cm) long The first decorated on the mouthpiece and bowl with orchid
blossoms in katakiri-bori, the stem gold; the second carved with
$800 - 1,200 facets and decorated with paulownia and grasses and punctuated
with bands of three rings, inscribed Ken’ei and with spurious
date Tensho go (1577), and signed Mizuguchi Yoshihisa; the third
constructed with a brass mouthpiece and bowl and with six bamboo
stems encircling the central stem; the fourth worked in colored
enamel and gilt wires with scrolling vines against a pale blue ground,
the mouthpiece and bowl silver (4)
8 1/8in (20.6cm) long, the largest

$1,200 - 1,800

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