pipe (narcotics & intoxicants: smoking); tobacco pouch; pipe bag

A pipe, pipe bag and tobacco pouch. The pipe has a small bowl made of silver or silver plate. The bowl stem is in nanako with a gold dot pattern with a similar mouth piece. The stem of the pipe is made of bamboo. The pipe bag is made of blue and black crepe silk with repeated geometric motifs lined with plain green and there is a slit in the side for inserting pipe. The tobacco pouch is in matching material with a concealed clasp of black lacquer decorated with maki-e.

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