3rd Nov, 2023 11:00
Fine Netsuke & Sagemono
27
KAN: A SUPERB CERAMIC-INLAID THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A PARROT, WITH HAIKU POEM BY MATSUO BASHO
Sold for €5,200
including Buyer's Premium
By Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo, 1663-1747), sealed Kan 観
Japan, c. 1700, Edo period (1615-1868)
The three-case inro of square shape and bearing a superbly polished roiro ground, lacquered in red and gold takamaki-e, with creamy-white ceramic inlay, depicting a parrot lowering its head towards a bird feeder. The verso fittingly inscribed with a famous poem by the haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694): mono ieba, kuchibiru samushi, aki no kaze [When you say something, your lips will feel the chill of an autumn wind]. It is a caution against idle talk. The two sides of the inro thus combining very well, as parrots (and some people) tend to repeat everything they hear. The interior cases lacquered in red with fundame rims. With two further characters inscribed Basho 芭蕉 and sealed Kan [for Ogawa Haritsu, Ritsuo].
HEIGHT 7 cm, LENGTH 7 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear to lacquer and very light rubbing to the ground.
Provenance: From the collection of Arend Louis Serné. Arend Louis Serné (1925-2021) was the fourth-generation owner of the firm A. Serné & Son, Costumiers, located on the Groenburgwal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, established in 1866. An avid piano player, he was also fond of modern literature, and a passionate collector of inro. He started his inro collection in the late 1970s. At that time, he entered the gallery Aalderink Oriental Art along the Spiegelgracht in Amsterdam and was immediately captivated by the beauty of inro. He began his collection with three simple specimens but hoped to own more. He remarked, “Oh that's nothing, a decent collection must be about a hundred pieces!” And collect he did. Arend was not concerned with the signature or the rarity, but with the intrinsic poetic beauty embodied in this very Japanese art form.
Ogawa Haritsu, also known as Ritsuo, one of the great individualists in the history of lacquer, was a poet as well as a painter, potter and lacquerer. In the 1680s, he became a disciple of the haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694).
Matsuo Basho was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Basho was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku).
By Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuo, 1663-1747), sealed Kan 観
Japan, c. 1700, Edo period (1615-1868)
The three-case inro of square shape and bearing a superbly polished roiro ground, lacquered in red and gold takamaki-e, with creamy-white ceramic inlay, depicting a parrot lowering its head towards a bird feeder. The verso fittingly inscribed with a famous poem by the haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694): mono ieba, kuchibiru samushi, aki no kaze [When you say something, your lips will feel the chill of an autumn wind]. It is a caution against idle talk. The two sides of the inro thus combining very well, as parrots (and some people) tend to repeat everything they hear. The interior cases lacquered in red with fundame rims. With two further characters inscribed Basho 芭蕉 and sealed Kan [for Ogawa Haritsu, Ritsuo].
HEIGHT 7 cm, LENGTH 7 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear to lacquer and very light rubbing to the ground.
Provenance: From the collection of Arend Louis Serné. Arend Louis Serné (1925-2021) was the fourth-generation owner of the firm A. Serné & Son, Costumiers, located on the Groenburgwal, Amsterdam, Netherlands, established in 1866. An avid piano player, he was also fond of modern literature, and a passionate collector of inro. He started his inro collection in the late 1970s. At that time, he entered the gallery Aalderink Oriental Art along the Spiegelgracht in Amsterdam and was immediately captivated by the beauty of inro. He began his collection with three simple specimens but hoped to own more. He remarked, “Oh that's nothing, a decent collection must be about a hundred pieces!” And collect he did. Arend was not concerned with the signature or the rarity, but with the intrinsic poetic beauty embodied in this very Japanese art form.
Ogawa Haritsu, also known as Ritsuo, one of the great individualists in the history of lacquer, was a poet as well as a painter, potter and lacquerer. In the 1680s, he became a disciple of the haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694).
Matsuo Basho was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Basho was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku).
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