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A wood musozutsu depicting a rakan seated under an old twisted tree; to the rear, a boy sits holding a vessel with one hand and a vine in the other. The details of the tree, rakan and boy have been embellished with coloured pigments, the clothes of both the boy and rakan have been decorated in a matching floral gold pattern. The pipe case is signed Tesso.
The pipe case comes complete with coral ojime and tooled tobacco leather pouch with a design of various leaves, fruits and feathers. The metal clasp is formed from a menuki depicting two oxen.
Circa 1900
Musozutsu signed Tesso (Nagigawa Tesso)
21.1cm long
2.7cm wide
Provenance
Ex. Milton Stratos
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