Object Details
- Description
- Two square tiles, forming a single composition. a: upper tile; b: lower tile.
- Clay: soft, dense, gray.
- Unglazed: traces of color. Earthy encrustation.
- Decoration: a man's figure, cut in flat-faced relief; details incised.
- Provenance
- To 1917
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]
- From 1917 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2545, 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Earthenware with traces of pigments
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 59.6 x 30.9 x 5 cm (23 7/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 15/16 in)
- Type
- Architectural Element
