Lot 44: A gold and bamboo kiseru (pipe) By Unno Shomin (1844-1915), Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century

A gold and bamboo kiseru (pipe)
By Unno Shomin (1844-1915), Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe bamboo stem mounted with solid gold mouthpiece and bowl, finely engraved in katakiri and kebori, inlaid in silver with a pine branch and plum blossom, the whole constituting the shochikubai ('The Three Friends' of winter), signed Unno Shomin; with a fitted wood storage box. 20.9cm (8 1/8in). (2).