A Lacquer Pipecase and Tobacco Case

MEIJI PERIOD (CIRCA 1880), WITH SIGNATURE ZESHIN

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A Lacquer Pipecase and Tobacco Case
Meiji Period (circa 1880), with signature Zeshin
Lacquered glossy black and decorated in low relief with a shuttlecock in gold, red and silver hiramaki-e, the top and bottom of the case rimmed with a thin silver band, the himotoshi a silver hinged ring, the tobacco pouch of woven cloth with a clasp cast in silver and gold as a camellia blossom, with signature Nagatoshi; fitted with a glass bead ojime
Pipecase 7 1/4in. (18.3cm.) long; pouch 4 3/8in. (11.1cm.) wide

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Goke Tadaomi, Shibata Zeshin meihinshu: Bakumatsu kaikaki no shikko kaiga (Masterpieces by Shibata Zeshin: Painting and lacquerware from the late-Edo period) (Tokyo: Gakushu Kenkyusha, 1981), no. 15.

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