Lot Essay
Suzuki Tokoku (see also lot. no. 57) lived from 1846 to 1913; his pipecases are believed to date from after 1873. See E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, Northumberland, 1995), pp. 294-5.
![A BASKETWORK KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASE]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/CKS/2000_CKS_06327_0077_000(011518).jpg?w=1)
SIGNED BAIRYU AND TOKOKU, EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A BASKETWORK KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASE]
Signed Bairyu and Tokoku, Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
The basketwork ground decorated in gold, shakudo, shibuichi, mother of pearl, wood and other materials with a basket of fish next to an asarum plant, gilt metal fitting, signed in incised seal-style characters on two squares of shell Bairyu and Tokoku
8in. (20.5cm.) long
Signed Bairyu and Tokoku, Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
The basketwork ground decorated in gold, shakudo, shibuichi, mother of pearl, wood and other materials with a basket of fish next to an asarum plant, gilt metal fitting, signed in incised seal-style characters on two squares of shell Bairyu and Tokoku
8in. (20.5cm.) long
Provenance
Henry Charles Clifford Collection no.31
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