Lot 43: A copper and bamboo pipe By Kano Natsuo (1828-1898), Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century

A copper and bamboo pipe
By Kano Natsuo (1828-1898), Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe bamboo stem stained, the copper and silver mouthpiece and bowl engraved and inlaid in copper and silver, depicting a crow perched on an ancient branch, signed Natsuo with an inlaid gold seal Koi; with a fitted wood storage box. 20.1cm (7 7/8in). (2).

For similar examples by the artist, see Ikeda Suematsu and Yoshida Teruzo, Kano Natsuo meihinshu (Collected Masterpieces of Kano Natsuo), Tokyo, Yuzankaku, 1972, p.153, nos.108-110.