Project Description
Stag Antler Otoshizutsu Pipe Case
Carved as a pierced folded banana leaf with a bat flying over it, one wing providing the cord attachment
Unsigned. Tokyo. Circa 1870
20.5 cm
Provenance:
Dr. Guibourg collection of pipe cases, dispersed by Thierry, Martin & Lannon, Brest, France, 14th June 1988, lot 70
Jacques Carré
Literature:
Illustrated in Louis Gonse, L’Art du Japon, page 107
Netsuke Kenkyu Society Journal, 8/4, report of the Guibourg sale, p. 38
Max Rutherston, Kitsuengu, October 2018, no. 13
Information:
A similar pipe case with a snail in place of the bat is illustrated in Rokusho no. 28, p. 32, no. 87
MR2001
