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AFTER OGAWA HARITSU (1661-1747) AFTER OGAWA HARITSU (1661-1747)
An inlaid-wood and lacquer suzuribako (writing box) An inlaid-wood and lacquer suzuribako (writing box)
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The rectangular cypress box decorated with a horned owl perched The rectangular box of burl wood polished on the exterior to
on a branch looking at the moon in ceramic inlays, iro-e takamaki-e accentuate the complex design of the natural grain and decorated
and lacquer simulating pewter, the wood ground lightly stained with a horned owl in ceramic inlays, the bird dozing on the branch of
to accentuate the natural patterns in the grain, the interior with a a blossoming magnolia tree in iro-e takamaki-e and painted ceramic
continuous design of cherry blossoms and pine needles against a inlays, the interior of the cover decorated with an Okina mask resting
ground of mura-nashiji on roiro-nuri, the removable tray fitted with a on its storage box, and a fan in inlaid ceramic and gold takamaki-e
rectangular inkstone and a bronze oval water dropper, with a ceramic against a roiro-nuri ground, the interior of the box fitted with a
seal Kan in the recess holding the inkstone rectangular inkstone with fundame edges, inscribed Omi Takashima
8 3/8 x 6 1/4 x 1 5/8in (21.3 x 15.9 x 4.1cm) Torabanseki, and a bronze water dropper cast as a camellia flower,
inscribed on the cover Ritsuo, and with inlaid ceramic seal Kan
$2,000 - 3,000 10 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 1 1/2in (26.9 x 21.3 x 3.8cm)

Published $3,000 - 4,000
Stephen Little and Edmund J. Lewis, View of the Pinnacle: Japanese
Lacquer Writing Boxes: The Lewis Collection of Suzuribako, Honolulu: Published
University of Hawai’i Press, 2011, cat. no. 46 Stephen Little and Edmund J. Lewis, View of the Pinnacle: Japanese
Lacquer Writing Boxes: The Lewis Collection of Suzuribako, Honolulu:
University of Hawai’i Press, 2011, cat. no. 47

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