Japanese Edo period embroidered tobacco pouch, Shakudo pipe and ivory sheath, tobacco pouch finely embroidered with flowers and foliage, in tones of brown, yellow and red with Peking knot design, with a carved wooden crab and coral netsuke detail, the bamboo and shakudo pipe is encased in a carved ivory sheath, length 19 cm (pipe), 21 cm (pipe case), 13 cm (pouch), height of netsuke 2.5 cm (3). Provenance: Ashkenasi Antiques, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, USA