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THREE TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCHES) WITH CHIKUSAI, ACTIVE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES), TWO WITH KISERU (PIPES) A two-case wood tonkotsu (tobacco box)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th Taisho era (1912-1926), early 20th century
century The first, a two-case tobacco box decorated with a panel containing
The first an en-suite tooled Dutch-style leather tobacco pouch and confronted birds amongst stylized flowering plants carved in relief,
pipe case decorated with fruiting grape vines and floral crests in gilt, the reverse with a stylized cloud-shaped reserve in sunken relief, the
the shakudo pouch clasp with a monkey seated on a tree stump sides carved with blossoms and the top of the cover with a coiling
in iroe-takazogan, the pipe case applied with a cloisonné-enamel dragon holding a flaming jewel, the interior cases lacquered red,
and gilt-metal fitting with coiling vines supporting a suspension ring, signed Chikusai, fitted with a porcelain bead ojime and a burl-wood
fitted with a large stag-horn ojime pierced with a landscape and netsuke 3 3/4in (9.5cm) high
a stag-horn manju netsuke with a central roundel of a landscape
surrounded by pierce-carved plum blossoms, the underside $1,000 - 1,500
carved as a chrysanthemum blossom, the brass pipe decorated
with the immortal poets in katakiri-bori, the mouthpiece silver; the
second, a tooled Dutch-style leather tobacco pouch decorated with 1115
stylized blossoms and gilt horizontal bands of blue pigment, the TWO KINCHAKU (PURSES)
clasp designed as a flower basket of camellias in copper and gold Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
takazogan, the pipe case of woven ratan with a gilt-metal collar, with The first constructed of vertical parallel bamboo strips bound
an impressed illegible gourd-shaped seal, fitted with a red-lacquer together with horizontal bands of rattan, the upper section leather
bead ojime carved with waves and inlaid with mother-of-pearl dots decorated with a stitched design of maple leaves and with a silvered
of foam; a textured leather tobacco pouch with a silver and shibichi metal hinged closure, fitted with a wood bead ojime and a stag-
clasp formed as Daitoku in a rickshaw being pulled by a rat, the horn ryusa-style netsuke; the second constructed from a section
wheel free-moving, the back plate carved with gate and lantern in of coconut shell carved in relief with an oxherd playing a flute by
kebori, the dark hardwood pipecase fitted with a bone collar and a waterfall, the front applied with an expandable pouch and flap
containing a silver and bamboo pipe decorated with geometric and closure of tooled “Dutch-style” leather decorated with cranes and
floral patterns in gold hirazogan (3) pine trees, fitted with an amber bead ojime and a section of narwhal
10 5/8in (27cm) long, the largest tusk applied with a gilt metal hollyhock crest (2)
4 1/2in (11.6cm) wide, the largest
$1,500 - 2,500
$1,000 - 1,500

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