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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2016 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 258 | $****** - ****** | A group of smokers' utensils and a yatate (portable writing set) |
sculpture
antler, wood, brass and various material
Comprising eight kiseruzutsu (pipe cases), including five of stag antler, four of otoshi-zutsu type, one carved with Daikoku chasing away a rat on rice bales, 19.5cm (7 5/8in) long; one carved with Sojobo, the tengu king, 19.7cm (7¾in) long; one with Daikoku, Hotei and Benten, 20.9cm (8¼in) long; and one carved with Shoki on horseback and a demon cleaning the horse's hooves, 20.5cm (8 1/8in) long; and one of senryu-zutsu type, in the form of lotus leaves, 19.7cm (7¾in) long; three of wood, comprising one in the form of a fish, 20.8cm (8¼in) long; one of a man stretching, 18.7cm (7 3/8in) long; and one carved as Tenaga, 20.5cm (8 1/8in) long; a leather tabako-ire (tobacco pouch) with an ivory mae-kanagu (clasp) carved with a shishi among peonies, 12.5cm (4 7/8in) wide, with kiseruzutsu en suite; another with a silvered metal mae-kanagu (clasp) in the form of a peony, 15.2cm (6in) wide, with kiseruzutsu en suite; a leather tabako-ire, the mae-kanagu cast with a rakan, 13cm (5 1/8in) wide; a wood tonkotsu (tobacco box) carved with Shoki, the cover in the form of a demon, unsigned, 9.2cm (3 5/8in) high; a bamboo tonkotsu with kiseruzutsu engraved with figures and landscape with a poem, the kiseruzutsu 20.3cm (8in) long; a kiseru (pipe) of silver and bamboo, carved with floral medallions and scrolling foliage, 18.4cm (7¼in) long; six others of brass, silvered metal and bamboo; and a yatate (portable writing set), of shibuichi, the bowl formed from a fuchi-gashira, inlaid with dragonflies, signed Masayuki (Shozui), 18.7cm (7 3/8in) long. (21)
