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Kinchaku (pouch). Coconut, brocade and doe-skin. 19th century. Unsigned. Dimensions mm 90x85. Kinchaku made from a section of Coconut with the back of brocade lined with doe-skin. Carved decoration of a rain dragon between the clouds. The dragon's eyes are inlaid in metal. Fine patina. Similar kinchaku made of coconut
were made by Kurokawa Masahide, a carver from Nagasaki specialised in netsuke and sagemono
in different kinds of nuts.
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