A JAPANESE KISERUZU (PIPE CASE), ASHTRAY AND TONKOTSU (TOBACCO BOX) EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY The pipe case and box carved from gnarled pieces of wood, both decorated with insects, leaves and flowers rendered in inlays made of mother of pearl, metal, and other materials; the cover of the tonkotsu with a writhing snake seemingly emerging from the wood; both attached to a metal ashtray and with an ojime carved as a hazelnut, a small movable worm erupting from it; the kiseruzutsu 22.3cm. Provenance: formerly in the Trevor Barton (1920-2008) collection of smoking paraphernalia.