Two Bamboo Pipe Cases
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Provenance: Tremont Auction, Fall Asian Works of Art - Two Day Auction, 14 OCT 2017, Lot 262
Deaccessioned from Framingham History Center, William H. Smith (1853-1923) collection (see letter from museum).
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Subject: Lot of two pipe cases. Japan. 19th century. One carved and inlaid with a frog and foliage, the other a section of bamboo. 10" long. Cracks to both. All items in session one were collected by William H. Smith (1853-1923).
Inlaid pipecase has Mushi-Ken design
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Provenance: Tremont Auction, Fall Asian Works of Art - Two Day Auction, 14 OCT 2017, Lot 262
Deaccessioned from Framingham History Center, William H. Smith (1853-1923) collection (see letter from museum).
Collected:
Condition:
Subject: Lot of two pipe cases. Japan. 19th century. One carved and inlaid with a frog and foliage, the other a section of bamboo. 10" long. Cracks to both. All items in session one were collected by William H. Smith (1853-1923).
Inlaid pipecase has Mushi-Ken design
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