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Property from the Estate of Joseph A. Epstein, M.D.
A Carved Lacquer Pipecase, A Lacquered Bamboo Pipecase, Three Wood Pipecases, a Leather Pipecase and a Leather Tobacco Pouch
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST ILLEGIBLY SEALED; THE SECOND SIGNED MITSUYOSHI; THE THIRD SIGNED MASATOSHI AND WITH KAO, THE FOURTH ILLEGIBLY SIGNED
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A Carved Lacquer Pipecase, A Lacquered Bamboo Pipecase, Three Wood Pipecases, a Leather Pipecase and a Leather Tobacco Pouch
Edo-Meiji period (19th century), the first illegibly sealed; the second signed Mitsuyoshi; the third signed Masatoshi and with kao, the fourth illegibly signed
Comprising a reddish-brown lacquer pipecase carved with butterflies and moths in sunken relief, gold rim, with a matching lacquer bead ojime and a leather tobacco pouch with scrolling floral vines and a copper peony pouch clasp with signature on gold reserve Toun, silver and bamboo pipe; a lacquered-bamboo pipecase decorated with a radish in simulated pewter and kinji; a wood pipecase carved with a skeleton, ivory rim, with a carved-lacquer bead ojime and a lacquered wood mokugyo tobacco box; a wood pipecase decorated with dragonflies and gourds on vines in lacquer and inlaid colored ivory; a wood pipecase carved as a branch with acorns and a dragonfly with a wood peach ojime and a wood tobacco box carved as a stump with acorns and insects, signed Gessai to; leather pipecase with "woven bamboo" design; leather tobacco pouch with stenciled design of dragon in waves with gilt-metal dragon pouch clasp and ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke with a horn bowl and a gilt-metal disc with a dragon in high relief
2½in. (24.1cm.) long (the longest) (7)
Edo-Meiji period (19th century), the first illegibly sealed; the second signed Mitsuyoshi; the third signed Masatoshi and with kao, the fourth illegibly signed
Comprising a reddish-brown lacquer pipecase carved with butterflies and moths in sunken relief, gold rim, with a matching lacquer bead ojime and a leather tobacco pouch with scrolling floral vines and a copper peony pouch clasp with signature on gold reserve Toun, silver and bamboo pipe; a lacquered-bamboo pipecase decorated with a radish in simulated pewter and kinji; a wood pipecase carved with a skeleton, ivory rim, with a carved-lacquer bead ojime and a lacquered wood mokugyo tobacco box; a wood pipecase decorated with dragonflies and gourds on vines in lacquer and inlaid colored ivory; a wood pipecase carved as a branch with acorns and a dragonfly with a wood peach ojime and a wood tobacco box carved as a stump with acorns and insects, signed Gessai to; leather pipecase with "woven bamboo" design; leather tobacco pouch with stenciled design of dragon in waves with gilt-metal dragon pouch clasp and ojime and a kagamibuta netsuke with a horn bowl and a gilt-metal disc with a dragon in high relief
2½in. (24.1cm.) long (the longest) (7)