光琳様式 梅鶴蒔絵螺鈿印籠|Inrō with Crane and Plum Tree
19th century
Medium
Gold lacquer ground with mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay Netsuke: fish on wheels; carved wood Ojime: vajra (thunderbolt); metal
Dimensions
2 7/16 x 2 1/4 x 13/16 in. (6.2 x 5.7 x 2.1 cm)
Classification
Inrō
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Wilton Lloyd-Smith and his wife, Marjorie Fleming Lloyd-Smith, 1929
Accession Number
29.82.2
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About the Artist
Ogata Kōrin · 1658–1716
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.