Bisque-fired mold for leg with lion mask

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1859
Medium
Earthenware
Style
Satsuma ware
Dimensions
D: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in) H: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in)
Geography
Japan, Kagoshima prefecture, Naeshirogawa (Miyama)
Credit Line
Gift of Leila Philip
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection
Accession Number
FSC-P-3722
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Tool and Equipment
Type

Mold

Keywords
Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, lion, mask, Satsuma ware
Provenance

To ?
Hayashi, Japan. [1]

From ? to 1986
Nagayoshi Kazu, Japan, gift of Hayashi, Japan. [2]

1986
Leila Philip. [3]

From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Leila Philip. [4]

Notes:

[1] According to notes in the Study Collection catalogue card, the pottery was given by Hayashi-san to Nagayoshi Kazu, and that it was a gift from Leila Philip to the Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection. See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1.

[4] See note 1. See also object record.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Hayashi
Nagayoshi Kazu Japan, born 1928
Leila Philip born 1961

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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