Five-case mixed-metal inlaid-lacquer Nanban-style inro
By Kajikawa Family (19th century)
Of oval section and lacquered in gold, silver and red hiramakie and gold takamakie with hirame and kinpun embellishments, all against a kinji ground decorated with a Tartar hunter holding a bow rendered in high-relief gold and shakudo inlays, the figure strolling beneath a tree on an embankment, the reverse with a large Dutch sailing vessel coming to trade, the red-haired sailors on the deck beneath billowing sails, interiors nashiji, signed Kajikawa saku; fitted with a gold-lacquer bead oijme 4 1/4in (11.3cm)
