A JAPANESE TOBACCO BOX, PIPECASE AND PIPE

A JAPANESE TOBACCO BOX, PIPECASE AND PIPE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

The tabako-ire with a stag antler body, the base and lid made of carved wood, the cover decorated with two bats, their eyes inlaid with minute pearls; attached to a stag antler kiseruzutsu of senryu-zutsu type and with a blue glass ojime; together with a bamboo and metal pipe, 16cm max. (2)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence by descent through the family.