Japan, 19th century - Lot 169

Japan, 19th century Smoker's set consisting of a pipe case (empty) and a tobacco pouch (tabako-ire) in dark brown leather with a rectangular clasp in gilded copper inlaid with two galloping horses in shakudo and gilded copper, the chain between the tabako-ire and the large ivory manju (made from two pieces of ivory, with cracks) formed from four square plates in shakudo circled in silver, three of which are inlaid in copper (front and back) with a poem by Kakinomoto no hitomaro and another by Satori hime, a palque with three figures inlaid in silvered and gilded copper, and the last plate next to the joke inlaid in silvered copper with two "Fujisei" characters (name of a company created in 1905) surrounding a coat-of-arms (mon) and two seals (Yoshinobu) inlaid in gilded copper. L. 13.5 cm (tabakoire) and 23.3 cm (kiseruzutsu); Diam. 6.8 cm (manju) CITES certificate enclosed.