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A LACQUERED-WOOD PIPECASE (MUSOZUTSU TYPE)
meiji period (late 19th century), signed taishin
Lacquered on wood in gold and brown takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with bamboo and autumn grasses, the lower section and the raised rings fundame, the inner section also fundame, fitted with an ivory collar carved with a lotus scroll, the himotoshi formed beneath the flower--9in. (22.8cm.) long
meiji period (late 19th century), signed taishin
Lacquered on wood in gold and brown takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with bamboo and autumn grasses, the lower section and the raised rings fundame, the inner section also fundame, fitted with an ivory collar carved with a lotus scroll, the himotoshi formed beneath the flower--9in. (22.8cm.) long