Oval Tsugaru-nuri Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Sage, Attendant, and Crane Design

1663 - 1747

Attributed to Ogawa Haritsu

Japanese

Lacquer on wood with decoration in tsugaru-nuri (layered sabi urushi [thick lacquer paste] and colored lacquers with sprinkled silver powder and raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes, textured with circular gouging), colored lacquers, gold, and sabi urushi utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and raden inlays

Edo period, 1615-1868