Musozutsu Pipe Case with Lacquered Decoration, by Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903)

Musozutsu Pipe Case with Lacquered Decoration by Ikeda Taishin (1825-1903)

Lacquered with two ears of wheat

Signed

20.5 cm

There have been various theories about the material of this pipe case, including baleen, but microscopic examination has shown it to be the ground to be a lattice work of inlaid organic material, bone or antler

MR4886