Japanese Works of Art - 16th November 2023
Lot 820
A JAPANESE TOBACCO BOX, PIPECASE AND PIPE
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £403
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Description
A JAPANESE TOBACCO BOX, PIPECASE AND PIPE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY
The tabako-ire with a stag antler body, the base and lid made of carved wood, the cover decorated with two bats, their eyes inlaid with minute pearls; attached to a stag antler kiseruzutsu of senryu-zutsu type and with a blue glass ojime; together with a bamboo and metal pipe, 16cm max. (2)
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence by descent through the family.