Caption:
Lacquer shield, Round black lacquered shield with gilt decoration: flower vines along the outer edge and in the middle crowned initials in a circle in which two branches bent towards each other, tied at the bottom with a bow. Inscription: middle, I V L (?), Johannes van Leenen, Dutch East India Company Departure, anonymous, Japan, c. 1700, leather, lacquer (coating), gilding (material), gilding, d 56.6 cm × h 8.0 cm × t 0.4 cm