Surface: lustrous reddish-brown and black patina; grayish incrustation inside.
Provenance:
Possibly Temple Dai-toku-ji [1]
To 1911
Yamanaka & Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [2]
From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1911 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] "Said to have been presented by Koyetsu to the temple Dai-toku-ji" (according to Folder Sheet, see Curatorial Remark 3 , C.L. Freer, in the object record). See also, Curatorial Remark 5, L.A. Cort, December 14, 1993, in the object record.
[2] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 298, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[3] See note 2.
[4] 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
Previous custodian or owner:
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
