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STYLE OF OGAWA HARITSU (1663-1747) Provenance
An inlaid lacquer kodansu (miniature cabinet) Purchased from Sydney L. Moss, London, 1993
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The rectangular box with a hinged door opening to reveal three Published
drawers, decorated on the exterior in iro-e takamaki-e on a ground of Edmund J. Lewis and Joe Earle, Shadows and Reflections: Japanese
crushed shell in black lacquer with a variety of archaistic ink cakes, Lacquer Art from the Collection of Edmund J. Lewis at the Honolulu
a writing brush and inkstone, coins, and a seal with shishi on the Academy of Arts, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1996, cat. no.21
handle, the fittings bronze and the key for the lockplate still present,
one of the ink cakes bearing the signature Ritsuo and the seal Kan
With an origami (certificate) attesting to the authenticity of the box,
written by Ryoshin and dated 1942 and a wood tomobako storage
box
11 5/8 x 7 5/8 x 8 5/8in (29.5 x 19.5 x 22cm)

$12,000-18,000
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