Incense box in the shape of a Chinese lion-dog

Object Details

• Description

  Incense-box, covered. Recumbent Chinese lion-dog (karashishi [JPN])

  Clay: light-weight, soft, Raku type.

  Glaze: pinkish-yellow, gilded. Inside - gilded (recent).

  Mark and cipher written on inside of lid.

• Marks

  Mark. Raku [Jap], impressed on base. Cipher (kao) written in red lacquer on inside of lid.

• Provenance

  To 1899

  S. Eida, to 1899 [1]

  From 1899 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Eida in 1899 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 252, 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

• Exhibition History

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  S. Eida (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Kyoto, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1900s, 1850s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Eida, S.

• Place

  Kyoto, Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Cats, Art, Animals, Incense, Japanese Art, Pottery, Guardian lion, Ceramics, Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Raku ware

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Containers