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