Project Description
Wood Musozutsu Ensemble
Pipe case: blond wood, some areas left in unworked rough state, rather as with stag antler kiseruzutsu, inlaid with nandina in Shibayama style inlays of stained ivory, umimatsu, shell, tortoise-shell and turquoise. Gold mounts. Signed on a shell tablet: Sōmei. 21.6 cm
Ojime: large plain jadeite bead. 2.1 cm
Pouch: striped calico, sealed
Maekanagu: shibuichi frog with gilt and shakudo details, signed Mitsunaga. Gold backplate engraved with tadpoles, signed Hakusanshi kore (wo) koku [Toyokawa Mitsunaga, 1851-1923]
Pipe: Gold and copper fittings, inlaid with a simple tama-like mon (?), stem of bamboo
Provenance:
E.A. Wrangham, Alnwick (2306)
MR2007