Incense container in shape of bell amulet
Object Details
- Description
- Eyelet finial and eyelet handle. Molded decor on outside.
- Clay: soft, buff.
- Glaze: outside - roughened black and brown, touched with gold; inside - clear glaze appearing slightly gray where thick.
- Decoration: inside - in gold, green, and blue enamel, over glaze; on bottom, paulownia vinescroll motif; on lid, scattered chrysanthemums.
- Provenance
- To 1902
- Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902, no. 109 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1122, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).
- This piece was listed as no. 109 in the 1902 sale catalogue for the Colman Collection (see Curatorial Remark 5, L.A. Cort, 1986, in the object record).
- [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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Samuel Colman (1832-1920)
- American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1902.57a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Container
- Medium
- Stoneware with clear glaze, overglaze enamels, and gold leaf
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (assembled): 8.8 × 7.8 × 5.9 cm (3 7/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 5/16 in)
- Style
- Kyoto ware, Ko-Kiyomizu style
- Origin
- Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Kiyomizu ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- incense
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1902.57a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye353d5243d-ff5f-4c94-9966-a4c6440059d4
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