Style of Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747) An inlaid-lacquer box and cover Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The rectangular wood box with edge cut in ittobori style and decorated in red and brown takamaki-e and creamic inlays, on the cover with Daruma (Bodhidharma) looking out through a hole in the wall of a temple, an incense burner on a rootwood table in the background, all against a gold-lacquer ground, the interior of the box with a continuous design of a mokugyo (Buddhist wooden bell) and striker resting on a cushion by a nyoi scepter and a rat by a hossu (ritual fly whisk) while another rat watches from above in a hole in the wall, in iro-e takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, ceramic inlays, and inlaid silver and gold hirame on a roiro-nuri ground, inscribed on the underside of the cover Gyonen hachiju o Muchuan tsukuru (Made by Muchuan at the age of 81) and with ceramic seal Kan, pewter rims and fundame edges 11 1/16 x 7 3/4 x 2in (28 x 19.5 x 5cm) Fußnoten Provenance Michael Tomkinson collection Published E. Gilbertson, et al., A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson, London, 1898, Lacquer, no. 643 (vol. 2, p. 44) Edmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996, cat. no. 27, pg. 74 Although it bears the age-dated signature and seal of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo), the style and technique of this well-known box—formerly in the vast collection of the Victorian British connoisseur Michael Tomkinson—is very likely a product of the revival of the Haritsu/Ritsuo style that took place in the middle years of the nineteenth century.
Style of Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747) An inlaid-lacquer box and cover Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The rectangular wood box with edge cut in ittobori style and decorated in red and brown takamaki-e and creamic inlays, on the cover with Daruma (Bodhidharma) looking out through a hole in the wall of a temple, an incense burner on a rootwood table in the background, all against a gold-lacquer ground, the interior of the box with a continuous design of a mokugyo (Buddhist wooden bell) and striker resting on a cushion by a nyoi scepter and a rat by a hossu (ritual fly whisk) while another rat watches from above in a hole in the wall, in iro-e takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, ceramic inlays, and inlaid silver and gold hirame on a roiro-nuri ground, inscribed on the underside of the cover Gyonen hachiju o Muchuan tsukuru (Made by Muchuan at the age of 81) and with ceramic seal Kan, pewter rims and fundame edges 11 1/16 x 7 3/4 x 2in (28 x 19.5 x 5cm) Fußnoten Provenance Michael Tomkinson collection Published E. Gilbertson, et al., A Japanese Collection Made by Michael Tomkinson, London, 1898, Lacquer, no. 643 (vol. 2, p. 44) Edmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996, cat. no. 27, pg. 74 Although it bears the age-dated signature and seal of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo), the style and technique of this well-known box—formerly in the vast collection of the Victorian British connoisseur Michael Tomkinson—is very likely a product of the revival of the Haritsu/Ritsuo style that took place in the middle years of the nineteenth century.
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