λ A JAPANESE IVORY KISERUZUTSU MEIJI 1868-1912 The pipe case of musozutsu form carved in high...

λ A JAPANESE IVORY KISERUZUTSU

MEIJI 1868-1912

The pipe case of musozutsu form carved in high relief with Shoki the demon queller fighting four oni, the lid left undecorated, signed Ômin, 22cm. (2)

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.625, where another ivory kiseruzutsu bearing the same signature is described.