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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)
$3,000 - 5,000
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, suggests that it is
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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MIURA KENYA (1825-1889) AND ITO SADABUMI
(1853-?)
A wood and inlaid-ceramic box
Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912),
18th/19th century
The rectangular wood box finished on the edges in black-
lacquer sprinkled with hirame, the cover decorated with
circular sunken panel with a bust of Daruma (Bodhidharma)
in painted ceramic against a gold-leaf ground, sealed to the
right of the figure Tenrokudo and Kenkoku kinsei (respectfully
made by Kenkoku), the interior of the box decorated with
lotus leaves in gold and silver hiramaki-e against a black-
lacquer ground, the rims pewter
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 2in (21.6 x 16.5 x 5cm)
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
Michael Tomkinson Collection
Published
Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Japanese Lacquer
and Metal Work, London, 1894, table case X, no. 1

E. Gilbertson, et al., A Japanese Collection Made by
Michael Tomkinson, London, 1898, lacquer, no. 471, pg. 44
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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
130 | B O N H A M S of Arts, 1996, cat. no. 26
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