橅夫蒔絵硯箱|Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Woodcutter
19th century
Medium
Black and gold lacquer on wood with mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay
Dimensions
H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); L. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
Classification
Lacquer
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.690
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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.