TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU

TWO JAPANESE KISERUZUTSU

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Both pipe cases in stag antler and of otoshi-zutsu form, the first carved with an armour-clad samurai lifting his sword over his head, possibly throwing it in the river before him, signed; the other depicting Shoki the Demon Queller riding on a horse, an oni feeding it pellets from a large circular basket; both pipe cases with a loop for suspension carved as branches of pine, 19.5cm and 20.2cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset.