Lot 2175: Inlaid paulownia wood three-case inro By Ogawa Haritsu, known as Ritsuo (1663-1747)

By Ogawa Haritsu, known as Ritsuo (1663-1747)
The running grain of the wood accentuated and lacquered and inlaid with a crab and shell amid swaying aquatic plants, the reverse with an egret perched on an anchor, signed Ritsuo and sealed kan; with an agate ojime in the form of a crab and an ivory netsuke of a large crab on a closed clam, signed Shukosai Anraku with kakihan
3 5/8in (9.2cm)

Provenance: Charles A. Greenfield Collection, acquired in Japan, 1968 and sold Sotheby's, New York, Inro from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfield, 25 March 1998, lot 101.

Literature: Stern, Harold P. The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield , exh. cat. (New York: Japan Society, 1972), no. 89.

Exhibited: Japan House Gallery, New York, "The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield, " 1972, autumn