Project Description

A Red Lacquer 3-case Inro with Kingfisher by Ogawa Haritsu, Known as Ritsuo

Decorated in takamakie with a kingfisher, perched on an ivy clad oak tree and holding a crayfish in its beak, some leaves of the ivy inlays of thick shell, and of the tree glazed pottery; on the reverse a water boatman (the insect) skates across a stream

With signature ritsuo with kaō. Late 18th century

Height 7.0cm

MR4138