The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design

1700s

attributed to Ogata Kōrin

(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
Location: Not on view

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.
  • (Inosuke Setsu)
  • 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
  • The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).
    Unfolding Beauty: Japanese Screens from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 15-September 16, 2001).
    Rimpa Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).
    Rimpa. Japan Society Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (September 13-November 13, 1971).
    Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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