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Plum Tree and Two Birds on a Rock Table Decoration (Okimono)

Plum Tree and Two Birds on a Rock Table Decoration (Okimono)

CultureJapanese
Date18th century
MediumHirado porcelain
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 × 8 1/2 inches (13.65 × 21.59 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-234/2
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Provenance

With Yamanaka & Co., New York, by July 13, 1934 [1];

Purchased from Yamanaka & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.

NOTES:

[1] This object is no. 35 on a list of offered objects included in a letter from K. Tanaka, Yamanaka & Co. to J. C. Nichols, Nelson-Atkins trustee, July 13, 1934, Harvard University, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 13, folder 4, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.

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