A pipe case, pipe and tobacco pouch
Edo period (19th century)
The pipe case muso zutsu type designed with a karasu tengu performing acrobatic tricks on the raised trunk of an elephant in iroe takamakie and hirame against a brown-lacquer ground; the pipe with shakudo migakiji hardware carved with the Seven Lucky Gods in katakiri bori and iroe hirazogan, signed; the tobacco pouch leather applied with a gilt-copper clasp of blossoming flowers
9in (22.8cm) long (the pipe case)
The pipe case muso zutsu type designed with a karasu tengu performing acrobatic tricks on the raised trunk of an elephant in iroe takamakie and hirame against a brown-lacquer ground; the pipe with shakudo migakiji hardware carved with the Seven Lucky Gods in katakiri bori and iroe hirazogan, signed; the tobacco pouch leather applied with a gilt-copper clasp of blossoming flowers
9in (22.8cm) long (the pipe case)
Sold for
US$ 2,750
inc. premium
Category: Asian Art
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