Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 109
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA
Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £320
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Description
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA
EDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Comprising: three bamboo and metal kiseru (pipe), one in a fabric pouch; a tooled leather tobacco pouch; a woven rattan kiseruzutsu (pipe case); another made of stag antler carved with an Immortal, attached to a wooden shoe-shaped tabako-ire (tobacco box); a third kiseruzutsu made of wood and attached to a burr tabako-ire; together with an inlaid bronze yatate (writing set), 21cm max. (9)
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.