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Hexagonal incense box with design of crane

National Museum of Asian Art
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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)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
ca. 1860s
Period
Edo period
Accession Number
F1900.14a-b
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Container
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
Origin
Wakayama, Wakayama prefecture, Japan
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Topic
crane
Kairakuen ware
Edo period (1615 - 1868)
incense
Japan
porcelain
Japanese Art
Record ID
fsg_F1900.14a-b
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c74f8f61-1faa-4f37-8346-0417100f59fd

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