TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES)

TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASES), TWO KISERU (PIPES), AND A TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCH)

MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Both lacquer cases of muso-zutsu form, one with a tiger and bamboo branches rendered in gold lacquer, a two-character signature at the back; attached to a leather tabako-ire with a shakudo and copper mae-kanagu modelled as Daikoku holding hay bales and with his mallet beside him; the other kiseruzutsu of roiro black lacquer decorated with galloping horses; together with two silver and bamboo pipes, 23.3cm max. (6)

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