A VERY RARE LACQUER INRO-STYLE BOX AND NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOHO KANOTOSHI SHUJITSU RITSUO SEI (MADE BY RITSUO IN AUTUMN 1721) AND INLAID CERAMIC SEAL KAN (OGAWA HARITSU, 1663-1747)
The lacquer box and cover with brass hinges and cord holes opens on side, designed to simulate a chipped and cracked ink cake, each side with a sunken panel, one side with an elephant bearing a inlaid ceramic seating pad, and stylized musical instruments around, the reverse with Chinese characters, both sides with a incised crackled ground, brass fittings, signed and sealed on reverse ; netsuke in matching style as cut-in-half inkstone, one side with dragon and reverse with Chinese characters, signed and dated on side
3 1/5 in. (8.1 cm.) high
A VERY RARE LACQUER INRO-STYLE BOX AND NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED KYOHO KANOTOSHI SHUJITSU RITSUO SEI (MADE BY RITSUO IN AUTUMN 1721) AND INLAID CERAMIC SEAL KAN (OGAWA HARITSU, 1663-1747)
The lacquer box and cover with brass hinges and cord holes opens on side, designed to simulate a chipped and cracked ink cake, each side with a sunken panel, one side with an elephant bearing a inlaid ceramic seating pad, and stylized musical instruments around, the reverse with Chinese characters, both sides with a incised crackled ground, brass fittings, signed and sealed on reverse ; netsuke in matching style as cut-in-half inkstone, one side with dragon and reverse with Chinese characters, signed and dated on side
3 1/5 in. (8.1 cm.) high