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1003
A LACQUER TABAKO-BON (SMOKING
SET)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The two-tier rectangular box decorated
overall with scenes of rolling hills with
blossoming cherry trees and young pines by
a rolling stream in gold hiramaki-e, togidashi
maki-e, and hirame on a roiro-nuri ground,
1003 the front fitted with three rectangular drawers
with silver pulls formed as birds, the open
section above finished around the edges to
resemble gently rolling hills, the upper section
with a removable brazier with a domed cover
with a phoenix in relief and pierced with
cherry blossoms, and a match-holder with a
domed cover with cherry blossoms, silvered
metal handle
6 3/8 x 10 1/2 x 10 3/8in (16.2 x 26.7 x
26.3cm)

US$2,000 - 3,000
1004
A FINE SHAKUDO AND SILVER KISERU
(PIPE)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/20th century
Decorated in shakudo hirazogan with
various figures in silhouette, including street
performers, a falconer and a “Wisteria
Maiden,” all beneath Raiden, the God of
Thunder, seated on clouds with his thunder
drums, the clouds carved in katakiri-bori
11in (27.9cm) long

US$1,500 - 2,500

1004 (three views)

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