A Japanese pipe case (kizeruzutsu) decorated on a deep red lacquer and lacquered *agiro ground with Chinese bell flowers (kikyo) on one side and a waterlily on the other side. It is attached to a stylish leather pouch with a clasp of mixed metal beans. Some damages on lacquer. Late Edo/Meiji period. *Ajiro is a woven wickerwork made out of strips of bamboo skin, cypress bark or Japanese reed.
A Japanese tobacco pouch, ojime and pipecase (kiseruzutsu) - a leather pouch with an impressed name/hallmark of a famous sake on the inside of the flap with a gilt bronze clasp of a Chinese man and go (Japanese chess game or Chinese Xiangee) table. The ojime is a Bizen type pottery bead modeled as a two headed karako (Chinese boy), lucky god Ebisu or Daikoku. The kiseruzutsu (pipe case) has a hand chizeled textured design on the exterior of an unknown material. Tobacco pouch, 3” x 5”, kis ...click for details
Antique Japanese netsuke, a sagemono; a legendary figure of Chokwaro and his horse. Chokwaro is said to have lived in China at the end of the 7th century when he traveled through China on his horse which carried him thousands of miles without food or drink. The horse was kept in a gourd when not required by Chokwaro. To revive the animal, Chokwaro simply wet the end of the shrivelled gourd and the magic beast came to life. The netsuke is made from stained ivory and dates to 19th century. 3 1/8 ...click for details
A woven antique Japanese men's wallet decorated with
geometric design created with brocaded silk ribbon.
Inside, hand stitched with Sashiko stitches on silk.
The shakudo clasp is tomo-e shaped and inlaid with
copper and silver. Silvered metal (brass?) netsuke in
the shape of a tongue cut sparrow attached with three
colored metal chain. Circa, early 1900s (Taisho period). Dimensions: 5 1/4" x 3 1/8"
A Japanese lacquered agiro pipe case (kiseruzutsu) finely decorated with a cockerel and hen, signed Shinsen (?). The pouch is tooled leather with iron and silver cockerel and hen inlaid with a gold clasp. The ojime is shaped as Daikoku's mallet in unknown material. The actual color of pipe case is closest to the photo #11. 19th century, late Edo period. Dimensions: Pipe case, 8 1/2 " long, tobacco pouch, 5 1/4 " x 3 " ...click for details
A Japanese tobacco pouch and kiseruzutsu pipe case in carved red and black lacquer (tsuishu, tsuikoku) with sages in a rocky landscape. The pouch is delicately hand embroidered in brown tones of Sagara embroidery with the finest silk thread depicting maple leaves and morning glories with vines. The clasp is in silver and mixed metal inlays shaped as a peony, coral ojime. The enlargement photo #6 is lighter in color to show the crack (also shown in photo #7), the length of crack is 2.5 to 3 in ...click for details
