A JAPANESE LACQUER BOX IN THE STYLE OF RITSUO

A JAPANESE INLAID-LACQUER BUNKO (DOCUMENT BOX)
EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
IN THE STYLE OF OGAWA HARITSU (RITSUO, 1663-1747)

The lid decorated with a caparisoned white elephant, the pachyderm carrying a large jardinière containing reishi fungi and branches of red coral, the sides with the silhouettes of karako holding the tether attached to the elephant's trunk, one boy at the front carrying a triangular flag on a pole; the inside of the lid with a mask of Okame beside a small square seal mark reading as Kan; all rendered in lacquer and mother of pearl inlays, 15.5cm x 34.7cm x 42cm. (2)