Incised with katakiri-bori on a rogin ground with Hotei carrying his sack of treasures, the reverse with five crows on a bare wintery tree, nashiji interiors and risers, fundame rims; attached lacquered-wood manju decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with a karako assisting Hotei to carry his sack of treasure, signed to the reverse in gold lacquer Kanshosai and with kakikan
8.3 cm. (3¹⁄₄ in.) high (the inro)
3 cm. (1¹⁄₄ in.) diam. (the manju)

Lt. Col. J. B. Gaskell Collection.

Glendining and Co., Auction Catalogue of the Lt.-Col. J.B. Gaskell Collection, (London, 1919), no. 1292.
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Inro and Lacquer-ware from a Private Swedish Collection, (London, 1996), no. 29, p. 34-35.

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For another example of a five-case lacquer inro similarly incised with Hotei in katakiri-bori by Iizuka Toyo, see Julia Hutt, Japanese Inro, (London, 1997), pl. 67, p. 75.