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Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design
Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658-1716)1700s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design
- Creator: Ogata Kōrin (Japanese, 1658-1716)
- Date Created: 1700s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 16 x 30.2 cm (6 5/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
- Provenance: (Inosuke Setsu)
- Type: Miscellaneous
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.101
- Medium: gourd; lacquered and painted with gesso, color, and gold pigments
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1963.101
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