Tea bowl with stamped design of cranes

Object Details

Description: Cylindrical tea bowl with design of cranes. Gold lacquer repairs.; Clay: coarse, soft, reddish-gray.; Glaze: clear; thin and dry.; Decoration: inlaid with white paste; eleven flying cranes (all from the same stamp).
Provenance: To 1904; Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]; From 1904 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1328, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.; [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
Previous custodian or owner: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: inlay (process); ceramic; crane; Edo period (1615 - 1868); tea; Rakuzan ware; Japan; earthenware; Japanese Art; Charles Lang Freer collection

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38b08405f-6627-45a3-9b15-6a1f430a7ca2