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Catalog Data

Medium:
Wood, lacquer, gold, metal, shell
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 5.2 x 24.7 x 22.5 cm (2 1/16 x 9 3/4 x 8 7/8 in)
Type:
Container
Origin:
Japan
Date:
early 19th century
Period:
Edo period
Provenance:
To 1903
Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, to 1903 [1]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Charles Gillot Collection, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, through Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company), in 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See S.I. 11, Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] After his death in 1903, a sale of Asian art belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February 1904 at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka and Co.) attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (which is now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record). Also, 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 Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)
Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)
Tales and Legends in Japanese Art (June 21, 2003 to January 4, 2004)
Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)
Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)
Previous custodian or owner:
Charles Gillot (1853-1903) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1904.37a-c
Restrictions & Rights:
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye371526e53-b347-4f84-b5af-48aaec094cf7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1904.37a-c