Lot 495 Dα

A four-case inrô. Late 19th century

Displaying a continuous scene of a samurai on horseback riding through a river, on the banks a very large an old pine whose stem is supported by several poles, in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, black and red lacquer and kirikane on a silvery gray (shibuichi) lacquer ground. Signed Kajikawa saku. Nashiji and fundame to the inside.
Height 9.5 cm; width 5.7 cm