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光琳様式 梅鶴蒔絵螺鈿印籠|Inrō with Crane and Plum Tree
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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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Wilton Lloyd-Smith and his wife, Marjorie Fleming Lloyd-Smith, 1929

Classification

Inrō

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

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.