Object Details
- Description
- Figurine. Cat.
- Clay: dense, gray-buff.
- Glaze: mingled cream, yellow, pink, and greenish-brown, crackled.
- Provenance
- To 1897
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1897 [1]
- From 1897 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1897 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, 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
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
- Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 19th century
- Period
- Edo period or Meiji era
- Accession Number
- F1897.33
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Earthenware with iron pigment under clear lead glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2.9 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm (1 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 5/16 in)
- Style
- Probably Kyoto ware
- Origin
- Probably Kyoto, Japan
- On View
- Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- The Story of the Beautiful
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Kyoto ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
- cat
- Japan
- earthenware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1897.33
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e96d3d24-f83c-4059-814c-c0d87801e3eb
