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TWO UMIMATSU KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES) WITH KISERU A GROUP OF FIVE WOOD KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES) WITH
(PIPES) KISERU (PIPES)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th
Each of senryu-zutsu type fashioned from a branch of the coral, century
the first polished to enhance the natural patterns, with a silver and Each of senryu-zutsu type, the first carved as a mythical beast with
shakudo pipe decorated in alternating bands of silver and shakudo, eyes of inlaid mother-of-pearl, the front decorated with a shaped
the mouthpiece gilt; the second carved as a reishi fungus, with a panel with a stylized character and a feather fan above a reishi
simple shinchu one-piece pipe (2) fungus inlaid in stag horn, the himotoshi formed by a space beneath
9in (22.8cm) long, the largest the long nose, with a brass and bamboo pipe; the second carved
as a snake with a frog held in its coils, both animals’ eyes inlaid
$1,000 - 1,500 in light and dark horn, with a silver and bamboo pipe incised with
scrolling vines; the third carved as a banana leaf with a snail climbing
1103 up the reverse, with a silvered metal and bamboo pipe carved with
sparrows and bamboo in katakiri-bori; the fourth carved as a dragon
THREE STAG-HORN KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES) AND A fish with its jaws agape, with a silver and bamboo pipe incised
BAMBOO AND STAG-HORN KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE) WITH with floral and geometric patterns; the fifth carved as a cluster of
KISERU (PIPE) mushrooms, the bamboo and brass pipe cast with a various sea
The first by Kanemitsu, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century creatures (5)
Each of senryu-zutsu type, fashioned from a branch of stag horn 9 1/2in (24.9cm) long, the largest
resembling a tree trunk decorated with flowering vines in kebori,
signed in a rectangular reserve Kanemitsu, with a silvered metal
and bamboo pipe decorated with floral lozenges in katakiri-bori; the $1,800 - 2,500
second carved with pomegranates in takabori, with a silver, shakudo
and bamboo pipe decorated with birds and flowers in silver and gold
takazogan; the third carved as an emaciated man, the corona of the
stag horn utilized to represent his hat, the himotoshi formed as the
man’s raised right hand, with a shinchu and bamboo pipe decorated
with the animals of the zodiac cast in relief; the fourth carved from a
rhizome and fitted with a stag-horn knife and fork, the shinchu and
bamboo pipe decorated with silver overlays (4)
9in (22.8cm) long, the largest
$2,000 - 3,000

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