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江戸時代琳派　梅蒔絵螺鈿香合|Incense Box with Flowering Plum Tree

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江戸時代琳派　梅蒔絵螺鈿香合|Incense Box with Flowering Plum Tree

19th century

Medium

Gold lacquer with gold hiramaki-e, black lacquer, and mother-of-pearl inlay

Tags

Fruit Flowers Trees

Dimensions

H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); L. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Classification

Lacquer

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

About Ogata Kōrin

1658–1716 • Japan

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.

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