A tabakoire with kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century - image-1
A tabakoire with kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century - image-2
A tabakoire with kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century - image-1A tabakoire with kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century - image-2

Lot 789 Nα

A tabakoire with kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
25.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €

A tabakoire with kiseruzutsu. Second half 19th century

The small leather tabako pouch with a gilt-metal kanamono in shape of a dragon fish with a jewel on its back, the backplate missing, an oval carnelian ojime and a stag antler kiseruzutsu of otoshi-zutsu type carved with Benkei carrying the the bell of Miidera up a mountain, the rim lined with silver.
Length of the kiseruzutsu 20.1 cm

Provenance

Collection Heidi Haupt-Battaglia (1921-2019), Switzerland
a) Tabako-ire,purchased from Agathe Schütz, Bern, 1984; b) kiseruzutsu, purchased at Galerie Gemini, Munich, on 27. 4.1986