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Kyoto ware tea bowl inscribed with poem about Sumiyoshi Shrine

2 pp

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 705, 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 locat

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La Mere Gerard. One of the <em>Twelve Etchings from Nature</em>

Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

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Lacquer box

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 21, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see F1902.86, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).

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Lacquer storage box with lid

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 289, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Although later determined to be a lacquer, this object was originally accessioned and classified as pottery (see Curatorial Remark 6, A. Yonemura, 1980, in the object record).

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Ladle

[1] See Original Misellaneous List, S.I. 1339, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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Lamp

2 pp

Lamp, with 6 projecting spouts; 6 feet, 2 hole pierced through legs beneath. Clay: soft, white. Glaze: light blue-green, worn and crazed, partially covering the surface. Decoration: modeled in relief.

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