19th centuryThe first of muso-zutsu type, the black lacquer ground decorated with a continuous scene of country folk about a village in a mountainous landscape, carved and deeply engraved, exposing the red and green layers of lacquer beneath, signed Sesshu to, 21.3cm (8 3/8in) long; the second of stag antler, of otoshi-zutsu type, carved in a panel with a rain dragon on a ground of simulated woven basketwork, unsigned, 20.4cm (8in) long; the third of iron, with silver mouthpiece, of otoshi-zutsu type, engraved with trailing leaves and tendrils, a poem on the reverse, signed [...] Baisetsu with kao, 19.7cm (7?in) long; the fourth of bamboo, carved with seals, a long Chinese poem on the reverse, unsigned, 18.1cm (7 1/8in) long, with a bamboo tonkotsu similarly carved with seals and a long inscription, signed Fujiwara Yoshiomi sen, 8.9cm (3?in) high, and a glass ojime. (4).