Medium:

Porcelain with enamel glaze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 3.4 x 6.8 x 6.8 cm (1 5/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in)

Style:

Kairakuen ware

Type:

Container

Origin:

Wakayama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

Date:

ca. 1860s

Period:

Edo period

Description:

Incense-box, hexagonal, with cover.

Clay: dense, hard.

Glaze: brilliant turquoise-blue, crackled.

Decoration: flying crane, on cover, in bold relief.

Marks:

Kairakuen sei [Jpn], without frame, impressed on base.

Provenance:

To 1899

Carl Edelheim (1844-1899), Philadelphia, to 1899 [1]

From 1900 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Carl Edelheim Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, March 1900 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 259, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

Previous custodian or owner:

Carl Edelheim (1844-1899)

American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1900.14a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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