Ewer (suibyo )

Object Details

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Faith and Form: Selected Calligraphy and Painting from the Japanese Religious Traditions (March 20 to July 18, 2004)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

  Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)

  Japanese Art: Recent Accessions (June 27, 1972 to May 2, 1973)

  Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Bronze, Water, Cats, Kamakura period (1185 - 1333), Art, Peony, Animals, Japanese Art, Metal-work

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)