Figure of Shoki the Demon Queller
Object Details
- Description
- Cream clay. Hand formed, hollow. Square seal "Rakurakuen-sei" (product of Rakurakuen) impressed on inside of hem edge at back of figure. Yellow ash glaze. Repairs to sword, hair, hem, and sleeves; demon's horns missing.
- Inscriptions
- Square seal "Rakurakuen-sei" (product of Rakurakuen) impressed on inside of hem edge at back of figure.
- Provenance
- To 1900
- Zerego, Genoa, to 1900 [1]
- From 1900 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Zerego in 1900 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 823, 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Zerego (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1840-1860
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1900.56
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Stoneware with wood-ash glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 37.3 x 22.8 x 22.8 cm (14 11/16 x 9 x 9 in)
- Style
- Rakurakuen ware
- Origin
- Rakurakuen kiln, Tokyo, Japan
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- Rakurakuen ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- Zhong Kui
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1900.56
