TWO JAPANESE TOBACCO BOXES AND PIPE HOLDERS SETS

TWO JAPANESE TOBACCO BOXES AND PIPE HOLDERS SETS, TONKOTSU AND KISERUZUTSU

MEIJI 1868-1912

One tonkotsu depicting a yawning Daruma in wood, inlaid with a small bowl in horn and an ivory sceptre, nyoi, with a wood kiseruzutsu carved as Ashinaga, the other tonkotsu depicting a laughing man, also with an Ashinaga kiseruzutsu, together with a lacquer pipe case, tabako-ire, 20.5cm max. (4)