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Oct 12, 2010

Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design

1700s

attributed to Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳

(Japanese, 1658–1716)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Gourd; lacquered and painted with gesso, color, and gold pigments

Overall: 16 x 30.2 cm (6 5/16 x 11 7/8 in.)

Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1963.101

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Description

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.

Provenance

(Inosuke Setsu)

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned: P. 59; Reproduced: P. 62, no. 45

Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/15/01-8/12/01 (1st of 2 rotations). "Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art."

Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/11); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 45.

Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

Rimpa. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (September 13-November 13, 1971).

Rimpa Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).

Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design

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attributed to Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳

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