Attributed to Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747)A Negoro-style suzuribako (writing box)Edo period (1615-1868), 18th centuryBearing a marbled Negoro-lacquer ground, the cover inset with an bronze-rimmed circular panel of a caparisoned elephant of gold and colored lacquer with a multi-colored pottery cloth on its back, surmounted by a boat-shaped howdah, the interior of the cover of black lacquer, with a two-line Chinese inscription signed with two inlaid pottery seals Kan and Naoyuki, the interior of the box of red lacquer, fitted with an inkstone, a bronze water dropper in the form of a dragon, signed Nanyo Senseido, and an ink cakeWith a lacquered wood tomobako storage box 1 3/4in x 9 1/4in x 8 1/2in ( 4.5cm x 23.5cm x 21.5cm)注脚ProvenancePreviously sold, Bonhams, London, May 14, 2015, lot 312.