Two umimatsu kiseruzutsu (pipe cases) with kiseru (pipes)


Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryEach of senryu-zutsu type fashioned from a branch of the coral, the first polished to enhance the natural patterns, with a silver and shakudo pipe decorated in alternating bands of silver and shakudo, the mouthpiece gilt; the second carved as a reishi fungus, with a simple shinchu one-piece pipe (2) 9in (22.8cm) long, the largest