Lot Essay
Isshinsai Hakumin is believed to have been born in 1842, see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu, 1982), vol. 1, p. 436.
![TWO KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASES]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/CKS/2000_CKS_06327_0056_000(011517).jpg?w=1)
EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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TWO KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASES]
Edo/Meiji period (19th century)
A stagshorn pipecase carved in relief with a peasant resting on a verandah while a child plays with a daisy at his feet; rice stooks and a mountain in the background, the himotoshi in the form of a coiled dragon; the stopper inscribed Yuiraku..., signed towards the base in incised characters Ryumin with a seal Isshosai Hakumin no in (Asakusa, Edo); and an ivory pipecase carved in relief with three Chinese in a mountainous landscape by a stream, a rustic hut in the background occupied by another Chinese, on the reverse a figure tending a garden, the himotoshi formed by a pine-tree in high relief, unsigned
9in. (23cm.) and 8½in. (21.5cm.) long respectively (2)
Edo/Meiji period (19th century)
A stagshorn pipecase carved in relief with a peasant resting on a verandah while a child plays with a daisy at his feet; rice stooks and a mountain in the background, the himotoshi in the form of a coiled dragon; the stopper inscribed Yuiraku..., signed towards the base in incised characters Ryumin with a seal Isshosai Hakumin no in (Asakusa, Edo); and an ivory pipecase carved in relief with three Chinese in a mountainous landscape by a stream, a rustic hut in the background occupied by another Chinese, on the reverse a figure tending a garden, the himotoshi formed by a pine-tree in high relief, unsigned
9in. (23cm.) and 8½in. (21.5cm.) long respectively (2)
Provenance
The second, Gilbertson and Henry Charles Clifford Collections
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