Title: Pipe and Pipe Case with Tobacco Pouch
Object type: Smoking set
Date: early 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Shibata Zeshin 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1807–1891
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pipe: iron, gold, and silver on wood; case: gold, silver hiramaki‑e on black lacquer; pouch: dyed cotton (sarasa) with metal fitting; netsuke: carved staghorn
Dimensions: Pipe case: W. 3/4 in.; D. 5/8 in.; L. 11 1/4 in.; Pipe: L.7 3/4 in.; Tobacco case: H. 2 3/4 in.; W. 4 1/8 in.; D. 1 1/2 in.; Netsuke: Diam. 1 1/2 in.
Classification: Lacquer
Credit line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY