Project Description

Walrus ivory musozutsu pipe case in the form of a bamboo 

Carved from a very fine walrus tusk, the crystalline core barely visible at the ends, and the loop for the cord integral to the piece

Signed: kiyo. Circa 1900

22.2 cm

Information: 

Compare with another in stag antler, sold by me and illustrated in Davey and Atchley, ‘The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts’, 2006, p. 296, no.S6. That one had a gold mount with cord attachment

MR2667