FOUR JAPANESE EDO PERIOD PIPE CASES (KISERUZUTSU), 19th Cent...

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£600 - £800

FOUR JAPANESE EDO PERIOD PIPE CASES (KISERUZUTSU), 19th Century, Comprising one of wood, of otoshi-zutsu form, carved in relief with old trees covered by stacked sarunokoshikake (polyporaceae or shelf fungi), inscribed on the back Suzuyama rinkan (Village in Suzu Mountain), length: 21 cm; two of bamboo, one carved in relief with Fukurokuju beneath a hanging scroll, 20.2 cm; the third unadorned, represented as a sword sheath bound with fabric, unsigned, 19.8 cm; the fourth of lacquered bamboo, of muso-zutsu form, decorated in gold and black takamaki-e with a cricket on windswept nadeshiko (pinks) and hagi (bush clover), unsigned, 25 cm (4)

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General surface wear commensurate with age. Case with tree form has an area of restoration with a section of wood approx. 1 cm wide added. Case with carved with Fukurokuju has an imperfection to the wood at the bottom verso.