A splendid four-case ink cake inrō by Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) (1663—1747).

A splendid four-case ink cake inrō by Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) (1663—1747). First half 18th century Signed with the ceramic seal Kan 観 Of oblong shape bearing a matt black lacquer ground, decorated in relief with a prowling tiger underneath bamboo on one side, and a rising dragon with red flames emanating from its joints on the other side, in black lacquer relief with a little red lacquer and faint gold. Black lacquer and silver fundame to the inside. Inside the lid the paper label of the Greenfield Collection with the handwritten no. ‘35’ in red and a piece of paper typed (most probably by Greenfield): Four cases … Along with an iron ojime with cloisonné enamel mon and silver inlays. Height 8.6 cm; width 5.2 cm

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