Incense box in the shape of a bird
Object Details
- Description
- Incense-box, covered. Bird.
- Clay: hard, grayish.
- Glaze: thin wash of red over unglazed exterior. Inside of box - faint grayish-yellow.
- Seal on the base.
- Marks
- Seal: Impressed mark. Maiko.
- Provenance
- To 1901
- R. Wagner, Berlin, to 1901 [1]
- From 1901 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from R. Wagner in 1901 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 921, 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
- R. Wagner (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
- 19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1901.50a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Container
- Medium
- Unglazed stoneware with irregular reddish marks; clear ash glaze on interior
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3.9 x 5.7 cm (1 9/16 x 2 1/4 in)
- Style
- Maiko ware
- Origin
- Hyogo prefecture, Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- bird
- Maiko ware
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- incense
- Japan
- stoneware
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1901.50a-b
