PIPECASE (MUSOZUTSU TYPE), A BEAUTY

Details
PIPECASE (MUSOZUTSU TYPE), A BEAUTY
Bamboo with carved and stained decoration , signed Motosei bijin Tessai oboe "A beauty after a ceramic figure by Tessai" and sealed
[Kano Tessai] (1845-1925)

8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) long
Literature
Raymond Bushell, 'Kizeruzutsu: The Japanese Pipe Case', Arts of Asia, November/December, 1980, fig. 12