Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 973
A JAPANESE UMIMATSU SMOKING SET
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
A JAPANESE UMIMATSU SMOKING SET, KISERUZUTSU AND TONKOTSU
EDO/MEIJI PERIOD
The tobacco box and lid made from a piece of fossilised coral, with a gnarled surface and russet mottling, attached to a small triangular ojime and a long pipecase of senryu-zutsu form, both made from a similar material and all left undecorated, together with another tonkotsu carved from a circular burl of wood, 21cm max. (2)