A JAPANESE BOXWOOD PIPE CASE (KISERUZUTSU)

A JAPANESE BOXWOOD PIPE CASE (KISERUZUTSU)

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Of senryu-zutsu form, carved as a snake and a frog, the small amphibian ensnared by the reptile's tail, both with their eyes inlaid in brass, 19.7cm.

Provenance: formerly the collection of Virginia Atchley (1911-2013), Los Angeles.

Cf. V Atchley & N Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, p.310, no.S52, where this very piece is illustrated and described.