A LACQUER PIPECASE
A LACQUER PIPECASE

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TAISAI

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A LACQUER PIPECASE
meiji period (late 19th century), signed taisai
Of musozutsu type, decorated in Rimpa style in simulated pewter and gold takamaki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay with three cedar trees on a roiro-nuri ground, the rim ring and himotoshi gilt-metal
8in. (20.3cm.) long