Three bamboo kiseruzutsu (pipe cases)


The first by Chikusen, the second by Yoshiyama, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1912-1926), 19th/20th centuryThe first of muso-zutsu type and carved with a Chinese scholar holding a staff in shishiai-bori and a lengthy inscription, the collar silver, signed [][]Chikusen to and with a kao; the second of muso-zutsu type and decorated with three ants in black takamaki-e and incised with a lengthy inscription, the collar shakudo, signed Yoshiyama Dojin koku and with a seal; the third, a simple bamboo pipe case with a shakudo hinged top (3) 9 1/4in (23.4cm) long, the largest