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AN INLAID IVORY PIPECASE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Carved with women walking with baskets of fruits or vegetables along a pine-bordered path and inlaid in soft-metal with the figure of a woman holding on her head a basket of produce, attached to a tobacco pouch with metal clasp cast in the form of a tiger; fitted with a silver pipe--9 1/8in. (23cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Carved with women walking with baskets of fruits or vegetables along a pine-bordered path and inlaid in soft-metal with the figure of a woman holding on her head a basket of produce, attached to a tobacco pouch with metal clasp cast in the form of a tiger; fitted with a silver pipe--9 1/8in. (23cm.) high