An excellent Nagasaki coconut wood three-case inrō by Ryūchiken Kiyonao/Kiyonobu

An excellent Nagasaki coconut wood three-case inrō by Ryūchiken Kiyonao/Kiyonobu. 19th century Signed Kiyonao/Kiyonobu 清直/清述 in a rounded cartouche Of standard shape carved with Tōbōsaku Sennin hurriedly leaving Seiōbō’s palace garden after stealing a peach branch bearing the fruit of immortality, followed by a servant carrying a large peach, all set against a stippled ground. Black lacquer to the insides well as a cut out from a French auction catalogue. Height 8 cm; width 5.9 cm

Estimate:£1,671.20

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