Japanese Art - 23rd May 2018
Lot 918
TWO JAPANESE TOBACCO BOXES AND PIPE HOLDERS SETS
Estimate £500 - £1,000
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Description
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)