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A FINE SILVER AND LACQUERED THREE KISERU (PIPES) MORIYUKI (ACTIVE CIRCA 1900)
BAMBOO KISERU (PIPE) The second by Mitsumori, Edo period, A large and impressive kiseru (pipe)
After Ishiguro Masayoshi, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
(1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late Each silver with a bamboo stem, the first The silver and bamboo pipe carved in bold
19th century decorated with stylized dragons among relief with a family of monkeys in pine trees
Decorated with quail in bush clover by a foiliate scroll in shishiai-bori, the mouthpiece by a rocky waterfall, the details inlaid in
rushing stream in gold takazogan, katakiri- gilt; the second with an oxherd seated on an copper, gold and shakudo takazogan, signed
bori and takabori, the area below the bowl oxen playing a flute, and a thatched cottage Moriyuki
and the mouthpiece finished in gilt, the by a stream under willows in takabori, 9 7/8in (25.1cm) long
bamboo stem lacquered with Tokugawa shishiai-bori and iro-e takazogan, signed
family crests and scrolling vines in gold Mitsumori; the third carved with roundels US$2,000 - 3,000
hiramaki-e against a black-lacquer ground of blossoming flowers against a geometric
sprinkled with hirame, inscribed Jugakusai ground in shishiai-bori, the collar decorated
Masayoshi and with a seal with floral lozenges in gold hirazogan
11 1/2in (29.2cm) long 10 1/4in (26cm) long, the largest
US$1,000 - 1,500 US$1,500 - 2,500
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