A Japanese Woven Rattan Inlaid Pipe Case Kiseruzutsu by Shogyoku

Meiji period (1868-1912), musozutsu form pipe case, woven rattan applied with ivory and stained boxwood, decorated in great detail with a older male figure seated with a traveling box and his arms raised up towards the sky, signed with inlaid seal 昭玉 (Shogyoku).




8 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.

Collection of Mr. John Sylvester, Jr.

Rattan with overall fading consistent with age; some loss to rattan at the top and bottom of case.