Otowa ware standing Amida Nyorai with inscribed pedestal

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Period
1729 (tenth month, fifteenth day) -
Geography
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Material
Transparent stoneware with iron glazes; gilding over iron slip; enamels over transparent glaze; iron pigment under glaze -
Dimension
H x W: 35.1 x 15.3 cm (13 13/16 x 6 in) -
Accession Number
F1907.87a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.87a-b
Object Details
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Artist
Otowa Jizaemon (born 1663) -
Previous custodian or owner
Temple KiyomizuCharles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Provenance
Temple Kiyomizu, Kyoto [1]To 1907Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [2]From 1907 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in spring of 1907 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] Charles Lang Freer was told when he bought this piece that it had once been in "temple Kiyomizu, Kyoto" (see Curatorial Remark 7, L.A. Cort, 1985, in the object record).[2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1565, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[3] See note 2.[4] 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. -
Origin
Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Sculpture -
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