cma-japanese-art: Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design, Ogata Korin, 1700, Cleveland Museum of Art
cma-japanese-art: Gourd Basket with Chrysanthemum Design, Ogata Korin, 1700, Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese ArtThis 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.Size: Overall: 16 x 30.2 cm (6 5/16 x 11 7/8 in.)Medium: gourd; lacquered and painted with gesso, color, and gold pigmentshttps://clevelandart.org/art/1963.101 -- source link
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