Lot Essay
Previously sold Christie's, London, 16 June, 1997, lot 543.
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EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE MOKUBEI ANSHU SOKO AND WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM)
Details
A Wood Pipecase and Tobacco Pouch
Edo-Meiji Period (19th Century), with signature Mokubei anshu soko and with kao (cursive monogram)
Engraved with a continuous scene of frogs engaged in various activities, such as wrestling and picnicing, a poem entitled Mizugoe inscribed above the scene, the tobacco pouch of suede with a clasp cast as two frogs carrying a third in a leaf carraige, gilt details, with signature Hidemitsu; fitted with a coral bead ojime
Pipecase 8in. (20.3cm.) long; tobacco pouch 4½in. (11.3cm.) wide
Edo-Meiji Period (19th Century), with signature Mokubei anshu soko and with kao (cursive monogram)
Engraved with a continuous scene of frogs engaged in various activities, such as wrestling and picnicing, a poem entitled Mizugoe inscribed above the scene, the tobacco pouch of suede with a clasp cast as two frogs carrying a third in a leaf carraige, gilt details, with signature Hidemitsu; fitted with a coral bead ojime
Pipecase 8in. (20.3cm.) long; tobacco pouch 4½in. (11.3cm.) wide