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OGAWA
HARITSU (RITSUO)
(1663 - 1747)
An important Japanese wood bunko or ryoshibako
(document box) superbly inlaid using a bewildering variety
of materials with a scene of the greatest of Chinese calligraphers,
Wang
Hsi-chih (in Japanese O Gishi, 303 - 379), seated
holding a fan at his desk on a terrace as an attendant grinds
ink on a tall root stand. Wang Hsi-chih is said to have
modelled the flow of his calligraphy on the elegant necks
of geese, and to have modulated the rise and fall of his
brush strokes according to their wing motions.
Seal:
Kan, inlaid in green pottery.
Edo,
circa 1716
Length:
16 in., 40.7 cm.; width: 12 5/8 in., 32 cm.; depth: 4 3/4
in., 12 cm.
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