Set of Twelve Plates for Sweets Decorated with Calligraphy and Paintings of Seasonal Motifs 煎茶菓子皿四季十二枚

Object Details

• Artist

  Otagaki Rengetsu 大田垣蓮月 (1791-1875)

• Provenance

  ?-2019

  Masashi Murayama, Kyoto, Japan , method of acquisition unknown

  From 2019

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA, purchased from Masashi Murayama, Kyoto, Japan, in Japan [1]

  Notes :

  [1] Mary and Cheney Cowles made the purchase on August 15, 2019, according to their recollection. The invoice from Masashi Murayama, Kyoto, Japan is dated August 8, 2019, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1910s, 1860s

• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)