Two deer antler and ivory kiseruzutsu (pipe cases), Japan, l - Lot 131

Lot n° 131
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300 - 400 EUR
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Result : 537EUR
Two deer antler and ivory kiseruzutsu (pipe cases), Japan, l - Lot 131
Two deer antler and ivory kiseruzutsu (pipe cases), Japan, late Edo period, 19th century- One otoshizutsu type in deer antler with carved decoration in high relief of a stylized kirin surrounded by clouds and flames. The top one is shaped like a shishi head whose nostrils are used as a himotoshi to pass a cord (wear hole in the bottom). - The other, of the musozutsu type, is made of ivory with carved decoration in high relief of a samurai wearing a hakama and haori surrounded by a woman carrying a child on her back and a group of low-ranking samurai, buckets and bamboo brooms in their hands, busy with cleaning, the top decorated with a pine tree in relief and the lid with two children Length: 17.5 and 21 cm; ivory weight: 91 g
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