Incense box in the shape of a turtle
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Object Details
- Artist
- Attributed to Hon'ami Koho (1601-1682)
- Description
- Unglazed Incense box.
- Clay: coarse, conglomerate, gray, with sparse touches of orange.
- Shigaraki type.
- Provenance
- To 1898
- Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]
- From 1898 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 299, 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
- Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)
- Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)
- Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)
- The Koetsu Tea Bowl (May 15, 1998 to June 23, 2005)
- Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)
- Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
- 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
- mid 17th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1898.436a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Container
- Medium
- Shigaraki-style stoneware with thin clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4.9 x 5.9 x 8.8 cm (1 15/16 x 2 5/16 x 3 7/16 in)
- Origin
- Kyoto, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- 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
- turtle
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- incense
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1898.436a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c80770e4-96e3-4d15-9359-6ffea2a121be
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