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Tea-ceremony water jar in style of Kyoto ware

2 pp

[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 112, 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 compan

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Tea-leaf storage jar

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 52, 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 locati

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Tea-leaf storage jar with four lugs and "Sobokai" mark

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Fine-grained, medium gray clay, darkened on surface by use. Concentrically trimmed base, slightly concave. Four lugs on shoulder. Inscription, "Sobokai," incised on base. Iron glaze applied by ladle to inverted jar, creating swagged contour; ash glaze appled in thin band only to shoulder, running in irregular trails onto body and breaking, in places on shoulder, into yellow-brown patches with blui

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Temple bell

[1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 432, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Ten figures of men and women of rank

7 pp

[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 742, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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Ten pictures of flowers, fruits and birds

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[1] See Original Album List, pg. 36, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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Tenjin (Sugawara no Michizane) with an ox

The teachings and imagery of Zen Buddhism had a profound impact on Japanese religious beliefs and practice during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods. In this painting, the deified Japanese scholar and government official Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), known posthumously as Tenjin (heavenly deity), is represented walking beside an ox. The image alludes to the Zen Buddhist allegory of an ox and he

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Tenmoku style tea bowl, Ryumonji kilns

2 pp

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 640, 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 als

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Tenmoku tea bowl, possibly Agano ware

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

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Terminal chock from a chariot

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Chariot (?) fitting and wooden stand. A terminal chock. Deep socket; one rivet hole visible. All but the under and bearing surfaces decorated with designs inlaid with gold and silver foils somewhat obscured by patination and accretions due to burial.

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Terminal chock from a chariot

2 pp

Chariot (?) fitting and wooden stand. A terminal chock. Deep socket and two rivet holes. All but the under and bearing surfaces decorated with design inlaid with gold and silver foils somewhat obscured by patination and accretions due to burial.

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Textile

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

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