ATTRIBUTED TO NAKANISHI YŌSETSU 中西養拙 (1841–1923)A bamboo rhizome scepter Japan, Meiji (1868–1912) or Taisho (1912–1926) era, late 19th–early 20th century|The slender scepter carved as a group of five stems of lotus, two with unfurling leaves, one with a lotus bud, and the two tallest each with blossoming flowers, the stems bound together in a formal knot with a grass tieWith a wooden tomobako storage box 16in (40.7cm) long