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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art
AN INLAID AND LACQUERED WOOD RYOSHIBAKO (DOCUMENT BOX) AND COVER
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), STYLE OF OGAWA HARITSU (RITSUO; 1663-1747)
Details
AN INLAID AND LACQUERED WOOD RYOSHIBAKO (DOCUMENT BOX) AND COVER
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), STYLE OF OGAWA HARITSU (RITSUO; 1663-1747)
The standard rectangular form, with kabusebuta (overhanging lid) and scalloped sides, the cedar wood worked to give prominence to the grain and decorated in gold, silver, slight green and red takamaki-e, shell, and pottery with a caparisoned elephant bearing on its back an elaborate gold and pottery-inlaid cloth, surmounted by a dragon-prow Chinese boat-shaped howdah decorated with a jewelled canopy, the inteior of the box, lid and underside embellished in fine gold mura-nashiji on a black-lacquer ground.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) long, 10 3⁄8 in. (26.3 cm.) wide
JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), STYLE OF OGAWA HARITSU (RITSUO; 1663-1747)
The standard rectangular form, with kabusebuta (overhanging lid) and scalloped sides, the cedar wood worked to give prominence to the grain and decorated in gold, silver, slight green and red takamaki-e, shell, and pottery with a caparisoned elephant bearing on its back an elaborate gold and pottery-inlaid cloth, surmounted by a dragon-prow Chinese boat-shaped howdah decorated with a jewelled canopy, the inteior of the box, lid and underside embellished in fine gold mura-nashiji on a black-lacquer ground.
2 in. (5 cm.) high, 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) long, 10 3⁄8 in. (26.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Wrangham Collection.
Brought to you by
Zheng Ma
Head of Department, Senior Specialist