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A LEATHER TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO
POUCH) AND KISERUZUTSU (PIPE
CASE), AND A BROCADE TABAKO-IRE
(TOBACCO POUCH)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912)
The first of textured leather, the large clasp
formed as a lobster and shimekazari (straw
decoration) in copper, gold and shakudo
takazogan, the backplate indistinctly
signed [][]taka and with a kao, the shibuichi
and bamboo pipe decorated with peony
blossoms in high and sunken relief; the
second, a silk brocade pouch woven with
floral patterns, the gold clasp designed as
a spray of peonies (2)
8 3/4in (22.2cm) long, the pipe case
$1,000 - 1,500

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12 ASSORTED TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO
POUCHES)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868- 1111
1912), 19th/20th century
Comprising a tooled and gilded Dutch-style
leather pouch decorated with gourds and
vines, the silver clasp formed as a finger
citron and grapes on a leafy vine; a fabric
pouch with a tooled and gilded Dutch-style
leather flap decorated with a phoenix in
paulownia, the clasp a gilt-metal shishi;
a tooled leather pouch decorated with a
dragon in swirling clouds in polychrome
pigments, the large silver clasp formed as
a coiled dragon, the backplate decorated
with crashing waves in kebori, the interior
of the pouch with stenciled crane patterns;
a textured leather pouch with a gilt-metal
clasp formed as a galloping horse; a
textured leather pouch with a gilt-metal and
shakudo clasp formed as three crickets;
a polished leather pouch with a silvered-
metal clasp formed as a chrysanthemum; a
leather pouch with a shakudo and shibuichi
clasp formed as an owl on an oar, with gilt
highlights; a leather pouch constructed in
a patchwork design with a shakudo clasp
formed as a Foxes’ wedding procession with
gold highlights; a leather pouch scored with
vertical lines on a blue-dyed ground, the
russet-iron clasp formed as a pair of carp
with gold-inlaid eyes; a doe skin pouch with
a stenciled design of shishi in peony and
a spurious date, the gilt clasp formed as
an Okina mask in a storage box, the back
plate stamped shingin; a woven blue and
white cotton pouch in a checked pattern
with a shibuichi clasp formed as a kirin and
fitted with a fruit-nut ojime carved with the
Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove; a woven
silk pouch with a design of a cottage in a
mountainous landscape, the shakudo and
silver clasp forming Hotei’s treasure sack (12)
5 1/4in (13.3cm) wide, the largest 1112
$800 - 1,200

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