A JAPANESE SMOKING SET

A JAPANESE SMOKING SET

EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

The kiseruzutsu (pipe case) of muso-zutsu form and made of woven rattan, decorated with two jardinières containing fruiting plants, the design rendered in gold, silver, black and brown takamaki-e lacquer, a two-character signature to the back for Nobusane / Shinzan; the tabakoire (tobacco pouch) of thick leather, embellished with a mae-kanagu shaped as a lion dog gnawing on its back leg, together with a coral ojime, the kiseruzutsu 21.3cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.