Incense container with Chinese lion-dog on lid

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Object Details

Description

Recumbent lion in high relief on cover, looking over back toward tail, holding ball in left front paw.

Clay: soft, light-gray. Raku type.

Glaze: brilliant orange over light-yellow, partially gilded. Clear glaze, crackled, over red slip. Base unglazed.

Provenance

To 1902

Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1129, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).

[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

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - September 14, 2025)

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

Previous custodian or owner

Samuel Colman (1832-1920)

American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

19th century

Period

Edo period

Accession Number

F1902.63a-b

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Container

Medium

Raku-type earthenware with red slip under clear lead glaze; partial gilding

Dimensions

H x W x D: 5.2 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm (2 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 11/16 in)

Style

Raku ware, unknown workshop

Origin

Japan

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

ceramic

Raku ware

lion

Edo period (1615 - 1868)

incense