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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST SIGNED TESSAI AND WITH KAO, THE SECOND INSCRIBED TESSAI, THE THIRD SIGNED HIROSHI AND WITH KAO
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TWO WOOD PIPECASES AND A BONE PIPECASE
meiji period (late 19th century), the first signed tessai and with kao, the second inscribed tessai, the third signed hiroshi and with kao
Of musozutsu type, the first of wood finely carved with the 'hundred happiness', groups of playing children, the himotoshi beneath a metal rim, in wood box signed Hyakufuku no zu kiseru zutsu, Tessai saku ('hundred happiness' design pipe by Tessai), the second of wood, carved with a seated bodhisattva, the third of bone, the upper part carved below the rim with a lappet border of the stylized character ju (longevity), stylized clouds, and a bat which forms the himotoshi
8in. (20.3cm.), 8,1/8in. (20.5cm.), 8.3/8in. (20.3cm.) long (3)
meiji period (late 19th century), the first signed tessai and with kao, the second inscribed tessai, the third signed hiroshi and with kao
Of musozutsu type, the first of wood finely carved with the 'hundred happiness', groups of playing children, the himotoshi beneath a metal rim, in wood box signed Hyakufuku no zu kiseru zutsu, Tessai saku ('hundred happiness' design pipe by Tessai), the second of wood, carved with a seated bodhisattva, the third of bone, the upper part carved below the rim with a lappet border of the stylized character ju (longevity), stylized clouds, and a bat which forms the himotoshi
8in. (20.3cm.), 8,1/8in. (20.5cm.), 8.3/8in. (20.3cm.) long (3)