Bisque-fired mold for leg with lion mask

Object Details

• Provenance

  To ?

  Hayashi, Japan. [1]

  From ? to 1986

  Nagayoshi Kazu, Japan, gift of Hayashi, Japan. [2]

  1986

  Leila Philip. [3]

  From 1986

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Leila Philip. [4]

  Notes:

  [1] According to notes in the Study Collection catalogue card, the pottery was given by Hayashi-san to Nagayoshi Kazu, and that it was a gift from Leila Philip to the Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection. See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

  [4] See note 1. See also object record.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Nagayoshi Kazu (Japan, born 1928)

  Hayashi

  Leila Philip (born 1961)

• Origin

  Naeshirogawa (Miyama), Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Leila Philip

• Type

  Tool and Equipment

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Philip, Leila, Nagayoshi, Kazu, Hayashi

• Place

  Japan, Kagoshima prefecture, Naeshirogawa Miyama

• Topic

  Cats, Art, Animals, Satsuma ware, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Ceramics, Masks

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment