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A kiseruzutsu (pipecase) and tobacco pouch The pipecase by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the mae-kanagu (metal clasp) by Unno Shomin (1844–1915), Meiji Period image 1
A kiseruzutsu (pipecase) and tobacco pouch The pipecase by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the mae-kanagu (metal clasp) by Unno Shomin (1844–1915), Meiji Period image 2
A kiseruzutsu (pipecase) and tobacco pouch The pipecase by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the mae-kanagu (metal clasp) by Unno Shomin (1844–1915), Meiji Period image 3
A kiseruzutsu (pipecase) and tobacco pouch The pipecase by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the mae-kanagu (metal clasp) by Unno Shomin (1844–1915), Meiji Period image 4
A kiseruzutsu (pipecase) and tobacco pouch The pipecase by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the mae-kanagu (metal clasp) by Unno Shomin (1844–1915), Meiji Period image 5
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A kiseruzutsu (pipecase) and tobacco pouch
The pipecase by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the mae-kanagu (metal clasp) by Unno Shomin (1844–1915), Meiji Period

7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A kiseruzutsu (pipecase) and tobacco pouch

The pipecase by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the mae-kanagu (metal clasp) by Unno Shomin (1844–1915), Meiji Period
The kiseruzutsu of muzozutsu form, decorated in gold and black takamakie, kakiwari and keuchi with a sprig of plum lying over a hatchet in grey sabiagenuri, signed with lightly incised characters Zeshin, the Nankin sarasa cloth tobacco pouch decorated with a Buddhist angel playing the sho alluding to the Noh play Hagoromo and fitted with a shakudo, bronze, gilt and silver maekanagu in the form of a paddle and small bird on a boat, signed Shomin; with wood storage box, the inside of the lid with an inscription Kanteisho, Onishi Yoshio (authentication by Onishi Yoshio), together with a paper certificate, signed by Onishi Yoshio, attributing the maekanagu of the tobacco pouch and the pipecase to Unno Shomin and Shibata Zeshin respectively and suggesting the set was originally included a pipe by Hiromasa. The pipecase 21.4cm (8 3/8in) long. (3).

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