Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design
Medium
gourd; lacquered and painted with gesso, color, and gold pigments
Dimensions
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Classification
Miscellaneous
Department
Japanese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
Accession Number
1963.101
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.