A set of three stag-horn kiseruzutsu (pipe cases)


The first after Ozaki Kokusai, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe first carved as an oni with a mallet climbing on a pair of tongs, inscribed Koku in seal form; the second of otoshi-zutsu type carved in high relief with a Chinese scholar beneath a pine tree, the details highlighted in dark stain, illegibly signed and sealed; the third of otoshi-zutsu type carved in low relief with a shishi beneath a waterfall, the himotoshi formed by a crashing wave (3) 8 1/8in (20.6cm) long, the largest