JAPAN. (B.e.) 



[76.] Pipe-case and Tobacco-box; box, wood, oval, 

 3fin. x 2^in. x 3in., fruit and leaves in lac and pearl; case of 

 light coloured bamboo, flattened; carved with bird and 

 monkey ; hinged cover, carved ; silken cord with button in 

 form of a fruit, with head in cavity. 



[77.] Pipe-case and Tobacco-box; box, black lac, 

 oval, 3-^in. x ifin. x 35^., tree in gold lac, with pearl flowers; 

 case of wood, flattened, carved all over with a great dragon, 

 foliage, and clouds; hinged lid in metal, engraved; silken 

 cord, with two carved beads, white and black. 



[78.] Pipe-case, wood, nfin. long; carved all over ; 

 two figures, one playing flute; ground diapered richly; 

 silver swivel, etc. ; hinged lid. 



[79.] Pipe-case, wood, njin. long; covered with 

 dragon in gold, and clouds in lac and ivory; encrusted 

 with rock-crystal ; hinged lid ; silken cords and tassels. 



[ 80.] Pipe-case, lac, loin, long, with fragments of 

 mother-of-pearl embedded; with half of a tobacco-pouch, a 

 haliotis shell, attached by cord, with red lac bead, carved 

 with two masks. 



[8 1.] Pipe-case, 8fin. long; covered with mother-of- 

 pearl. 



[82.] Pipe-case, gin. long; of woven bamboo; 

 cylindrical. 



[83.] Pipe-case, Sin. long ; of finely-woven bamboo. 



[84.] Pipe-case and Pouch, io^in. long; embroided 

 all over in purple and white. 



[85.] Pipe-case, g'm. long; black wood; plants and 

 rabbits in silver and gold. 



[ 86.] Pipe-case, ivory ; incrusted with insects in 

 hard stone, pearl, etc. 8|in. long. 



[87.] Pipe-case, ivory; in form of an acacia pod; 

 incrusted with pendant flowers, foliage, and birds, in hard 

 stone, pearl, etc. ; stems of foliage silver. 8f in. long. 



[ 88.] Tobacco-box, wood, oblong ; with plants in gold 

 lac ; lac button, attached by cord, with red ivory bead. 

 ., ifin. x 2fin. 



[ 89.] Tobacco-box, octagonal, wood ; ornamented 

 with insects and foliage in gold lac, and foliage in metal. 

 3fin. x 2^in. x 3in. 



