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UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN IVORY KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASE] AND ANOTHER IN STAGSHORN
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
An ivory pipe-case carved in relief with the warrior-monk Benkei dragging away the bell of the Miidera Temple; the stopper engraved and stained with a scroll; and a stagshorn pipecase carved in relief with Kan'u, God of War, holding a halberd and standing underneath a pine tree
8½ in. (21.5cm.) and 8¾in. (22.2) long (2)
Unsigned, Edo Period (19th Century)
An ivory pipe-case carved in relief with the warrior-monk Benkei dragging away the bell of the Miidera Temple; the stopper engraved and stained with a scroll; and a stagshorn pipecase carved in relief with Kan'u, God of War, holding a halberd and standing underneath a pine tree
8½ in. (21.5cm.) and 8¾in. (22.2) long (2)
Provenance
The first, Henry Charles Clifford Collection
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