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Coal container
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Coal container

18th century

Medium

Wood, metal, mother-of-pearl, lacquer

Tags

Dimensions

H. (with cover) 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm); Diam. 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. David Randall-MacIver and Mrs. Natalie Tuttle Martin, in memory of her husband, Dr. George Montgomery Tuttle, 1951

Classification

Woodwork

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Rights

Public Domain

About Ogata Kōrin

1658–1716Japan

Noted as one of the most important Japanese artists of the 17th century; known for paintings of irises and other subjects. He was regarded, along with Sotatsu, as one of the masters of the Sotatsu-Koetsu school of decorative painting, including painted screens and textile designs. He was descended from a samurai who had served under the Ashikaga rulers.