A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood kiseruzutsu (pipe case)By Seiyodo Tomiaki (born 1746), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The pipe case of senryu-zutsu form, with a pronounced wood-grain effect, a cicada carved on the side in high relief, its legs deeply undercut; signed Ishikawa Seiyodo Shi Tomiharu monjin Fune Tomiaki chokoku mono nari (carved by Fune Tomiaki of the Ishi River, pupil of Seiyodo Shi[mizu] Tomiharu). 27.4cm (10¾in).注脚蝉文黒柿彫煙管筒　銘 「石河青陽堂清富春門人船富明彫刻者也」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance:
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.
Sold at Christie's, London, Part I, 27 October 1987, lot 344.

Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, pp.1110-11.
Rokusho 20, p.84, no.126.
Earle, Huthart, pp.100-101, no.82.