Product name: ZaryuⅠ(A Dragon of the Chinese Emperor)　[no.11029] (Makie)
Price: US$8,333
Barrel material: Ebonite
Description: This design "Zaryu" is the noblest one for Dragons, which has five fingers, staying in the air, and facing to the front.
"座(Za)" means usually "sitting" in Chinese and Japanese. In addition, it has the meaning of "to have a seat with one's arms on handrails of the chair with dignity." in Chinese.
We express this motif by Kaki-wari and Tsuke-gaki technique with gold and silver Maki-e. 'Ka-en(fire flame)' is by colored Togidashi (polishing up method). Kaki-wari is the technique to describe a line.
Usually, a craftsman writes one line by one writing of a brush pen. On the other hand, Kaki-wari is drawing the surroundings and leaving a ground color in part of one line and showing a line. This technique can show the color shining of the outline more beautifully.
This artwork is expensive, however it's possible to down the price somewhat for changing the drawing technique.