Japanese finely carved stag-antler obi-hasami netsuke or kiseruzutsu case, Edo to Meiji period, 19th-century. Carved in the form of an elongated auspicious…

Japanese finely carved stag-antler obi-hasami netsuke or kiseruzutsu case, Edo to Meiji period, 19th-century. Carved in the form of an elongated auspicious reishi mushroom. Of senryu-zutsu type, featuring an open-body construction intended to house kiseru tobacco pipes. With two-character incised signature reading "Jinko" or "Ninko" along the base. With an indistinctly ink inscribed label along the interior. Provenance: Private Collection, New York; thence by descent. Length: 7 1/2 in x width:

Category

Asian art

Location

St. Paul

Dimensions

L 17.8 cm