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Smoking set with bamboo pipe and tobacco cases.
Tanaka Suigetsu.
An unusual smoking set with a bamboo pipe case carved with Otafuku or Okame and the inscription reads oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi (Demons out, Luck in) ; the lotus leaf shaped bamboo root tobacco case carved with frogs on lotus leaf with the inscription deiichu no hasu (lotus in the mud); the ojime carved with a house with figures.
Signed on each pipe case and tobacco case Sanin Suigetsu to (carved by Suigetsu in Sanin province) with seals of Tanaka and Suigetsu.
Meiji era, circa 1880.
Pipe case 20.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Tobacco case 9.4 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm.
The BADA Standard
- Since 1918, BADA has been the leading association for the antiques and fine art trade
- Members are elected for their knowledge, integrity and quality of stock
- Our clients are protected by BADA’s code of conduct
- Our dealers’ membership is reviewed and renewed annually
- Bada.org is a non-profit site: clients deal directly with members and they pay no hidden fees
