# Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design

- By: Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658–1716)
- Date: 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)
- Credit line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.101)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1963.101/1963.101_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.