Covered Jar with Crane

Description A covered ovoid jar decorated with two panels: one with a crane flying over a pine in front of a rising red sun (symbols of longevity), the other with a boy carrying a long-handled dipper and a fan. The area outside the panels is decorated with a variety of patterns.

Exhibitions

• Japanese Cloisonne Enamels. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1996-0.

Provenance William T. Walters [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions Unsigned

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters