A three-case inro
Lot 613

A three-case inro

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED RITSUO (OGAWA HARITSU; 1663-1747)

Closed14 September 2011

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A three-case inro
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Ritsuo (Ogawa Haritsu; 1663-1747)
Of rectangular form, carved to simulate an ink cake, each side with a sunken panel, one with a hawk perched on a pine branch, the other with an owl perched on an oak branch; signature on owl panel, the interior nashiji with fundame risers
2½in. (6.3cm.) long

Maurice and Marthe Champoud, Switzerland
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo