Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design

Cleveland Museum of Art

Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design

Ogata Kōrin

Date
1700s
Medium
gourd; lacquered and painted with gesso, color, and gold pigments
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This very rare basket is made from a carved gourd and inscribed on the bottom with the signature of Ogata Korin (1658– 1716), a painter and lacquerer who founded the Rimpa school. Here, he applied the chrysanthemums with white gesso in relief. This basket is decorated with opaque green paint, and its inside is lined with gold.

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