Katalognummer: NE0320-250 RITSUO: A RARE TWO-CASE LACQUER ‘RITSUO REVIVAL’ INRO WITH BUDDHIST DESIGN In honor of Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747), signed Ritsuo and sealed Kan Japan, dated 1772 or 1832, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Jahss, Melvin and Betty (1971) Inro and Other Miniature Art Forms of Japanese Lacquer Arts, pl. 204. Eskenazi (1982) Japanese Inro from Private Collections, no. 27. Sydney L. Moss, Ltd. (2010) They are all fire and every one doth shine, pp. 44-47, no. 5. Exhibited: Pacific Asia Museum, Japanese Lacquer from Southern California Collections, illustrated on p. 27. A two-case lacquer inro with a formalized lobed square reserve framed by a silver lacquer ground with a gold lacquer border. The inside of the reserve showing a fine red-brown ground imitating faded roiro below spectacular inlays showing Chinese Buddhist-derived designs of an archaistic incense burner inlaid in ceramic with a lacquer imitation metalwork open cover, with a red-lacquered nyoi scepter resting behind it. The reverse shows six large silver takamaki-e archaic Chinese characters dating it to the Kyoho period and with a cyclical date of 1712, 1772 or 1832, etc. The last two characters show the signature RITSUO 笠翁 and pinkish ceramic seal KAN 観. The inside with fine, dense nashiji. With a fine guri-lacquer ojime and a lacquer netsuke showing a hossu (Buddhist fly whisk). The lacquer netsuke bears an illegible seal. HEIGHT 6.5 cm, LENGTH netsuke 6 cm Condition: Superb condition with extremely minor surface wear. Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 12 April 1965, lot 131. Dr and Mrs Jahss, New York. Victor Topper, Toronto. Then collection Drs. Edmund und Julie Lewis, New York. In the publication ‘They are all fire and every one doth shine’ by Sydney L. Moss there is a detailed description of why this seemingly genuine and superior example by Ritsuo is categorized as a ‘Ritsuo revival’ piece (making it no less important). The synopsis is that the artist of this inro, no doubt a very talented craftsman, has purposely left a clue in the cyclical date of 1712 as it cannot correspond to the Kyoho period (1716-1735). It is likely that the artist made this inro in 1772 or 1832, after Ogawa Haritsu had died and in fact dated the inro correctly, but left the discrepancy in the Kyoho period date as a clue to show that this in fact a revival piece for the important and influential master Ogawa Haritsu Schätzpreis 估價: € 2.500 Startpreis 起拍價: € 1.250 -
Katalognummer: NE0320-250 RITSUO: A RARE TWO-CASE LACQUER ‘RITSUO REVIVAL’ INRO WITH BUDDHIST DESIGN In honor of Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747), signed Ritsuo and sealed Kan Japan, dated 1772 or 1832, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Jahss, Melvin and Betty (1971) Inro and Other Miniature Art Forms of Japanese Lacquer Arts, pl. 204. Eskenazi (1982) Japanese Inro from Private Collections, no. 27. Sydney L. Moss, Ltd. (2010) They are all fire and every one doth shine, pp. 44-47, no. 5. Exhibited: Pacific Asia Museum, Japanese Lacquer from Southern California Collections, illustrated on p. 27. A two-case lacquer inro with a formalized lobed square reserve framed by a silver lacquer ground with a gold lacquer border. The inside of the reserve showing a fine red-brown ground imitating faded roiro below spectacular inlays showing Chinese Buddhist-derived designs of an archaistic incense burner inlaid in ceramic with a lacquer imitation metalwork open cover, with a red-lacquered nyoi scepter resting behind it. The reverse shows six large silver takamaki-e archaic Chinese characters dating it to the Kyoho period and with a cyclical date of 1712, 1772 or 1832, etc. The last two characters show the signature RITSUO 笠翁 and pinkish ceramic seal KAN 観. The inside with fine, dense nashiji. With a fine guri-lacquer ojime and a lacquer netsuke showing a hossu (Buddhist fly whisk). The lacquer netsuke bears an illegible seal. HEIGHT 6.5 cm, LENGTH netsuke 6 cm Condition: Superb condition with extremely minor surface wear. Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 12 April 1965, lot 131. Dr and Mrs Jahss, New York. Victor Topper, Toronto. Then collection Drs. Edmund und Julie Lewis, New York. In the publication ‘They are all fire and every one doth shine’ by Sydney L. Moss there is a detailed description of why this seemingly genuine and superior example by Ritsuo is categorized as a ‘Ritsuo revival’ piece (making it no less important). The synopsis is that the artist of this inro, no doubt a very talented craftsman, has purposely left a clue in the cyclical date of 1712 as it cannot correspond to the Kyoho period (1716-1735). It is likely that the artist made this inro in 1772 or 1832, after Ogawa Haritsu had died and in fact dated the inro correctly, but left the discrepancy in the Kyoho period date as a clue to show that this in fact a revival piece for the important and influential master Ogawa Haritsu Schätzpreis 估價: € 2.500 Startpreis 起拍價: € 1.250 -
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