Hexagonal incense box with design of crane

Object Details

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)

Related Online Resources: Google Cultural Institute
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: ceramic; crane; Kairakuen ware; Edo period (1615 - 1868); incense; Japan; porcelain; Japanese Art; Charles Lang Freer collection

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c74f8f61-1faa-4f37-8346-0417100f59fd