A bamboo and horn kiseruzutsu By Yosai, late 19th century Of aikuchi-zutsu form, carved in light shishiaibori (sunken relief carving) with two rats feeding on strewn grain, the upper part of dark horn and the neck-ring of bone; signed Yosai with a seal Shigetoshi (Moju). 21cm (8¼in). Footnotes: リザーブ設定無し 竹・水牛角製きせる筒　鼠　銘「楊哉　茂壽（方印）」　19世紀後期 Provenance: purchased from Trudel Klefisch, Cologne, 2009. Wrangham collection, no.2345. The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art: Part III, lot 172. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20189/lot/172/ Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com