Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design
attributed to Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)
1700s
- Medium
- gourd; lacquered and painted with gesso, color, and gold pigments
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Dimensions
- Overall: 16 x 30.2 cm (6 5/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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.
