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A METAL-INLAID WOOD PIPE CASE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ICHOSAI KYOMIN AND WITH KAKIHAN AND WITH METALSMITH'S SIGNATURE GYOKUMIN
Applied in gold with the figures of a samurai and praying monk on a bridge before a distant view of a village, carved in relief, and below a crescent moon, applied in silver, gold fittings, signed on the reverse with carver's signature and inlaid with a gold plaque with goldsmith's signature; fitted with a bamboo and enamelled metal pipe--9in. (22.8cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ICHOSAI KYOMIN AND WITH KAKIHAN AND WITH METALSMITH'S SIGNATURE GYOKUMIN
Applied in gold with the figures of a samurai and praying monk on a bridge before a distant view of a village, carved in relief, and below a crescent moon, applied in silver, gold fittings, signed on the reverse with carver's signature and inlaid with a gold plaque with goldsmith's signature; fitted with a bamboo and enamelled metal pipe--9in. (22.8cm.) high