label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 45, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mosaic glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Eye-bead, with a lateral bore

title_sort: EYE-BEAD, WITH A LATERAL BORE

title: Eye-bead, with a lateral bore


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.5 cm (3/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ancient Egyptian Art
New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

type: Continent

content: Africa

type: Country

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bead

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: BEAD

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: early 13th century

label: Period

content: Saljuq period

label: Provenance

content: From 1950s – 2001

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, acquired in the 1950s from Iran. [1]

content: From 2001

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Acquired by donors in the 1950s during a visit to Iran.

content: [2] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Sphinx

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

content: Unclassified

content: Stone-paste painted under and over glaze with enamel (mina'i)

content: H x W x D: 5.7 x 2.8 x 3.9 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 9/16 in)

topic:
Art
Sphinx
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Head of a sphinx (fragment)

title_sort: HEAD OF A SPHINX (FRAGMENT)

title: Head of a sphinx (fragment)


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 1.5 cm (9/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a bar for slicing

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BAR FOR SLICING

title: Fragment of a bar for slicing


content: 100 BCE-100 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment. Mosaic technique: columnar rods. White, blue, and green in a translucent red-violet matrix.

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: W (overall): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1917

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1248, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 5.2 x 3.1 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Birds
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament

title_sort: ORNAMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament


label: Date

content: 6th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lombardy, Italy

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 1.2 cm (1/2 in)

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Glass

content: Italy

content: Bead, flat round

title_sort: BEAD, FLAT ROUND

title: Bead, flat round


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G218 state 4 of 9.

content: To 1902

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co., London, in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)

content: James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)

content: Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

content: Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

content: Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: pigeon

content: cathedral

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25.4 x 18 cm (10 x 7 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Cathedral
Pigeon
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Piazzetta

title_sort: THE PIAZZETTA

title: The Piazzetta


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

content: To 1911

content: Whan, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Whan, in Beijing, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 811, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whan (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: water buffalo

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 25.4 x 24.7 cm (10 x 9 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Whan

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Men
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Water buffalo

content: China

label: Title

content: Two men and a water-buffalo

title_sort: TWO MEN AND A WATER-BUFFALO

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Two men and a water-buffalo


label: Date

content: ca. 11th century BCE

content: Shang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Queen Kee, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Queen Kee, China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 232, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Queen Kee (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 5.1 x 9.5 cm (2 x 3 3/4 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kee

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Ritual bronze implement (shao)

title_sort: RITUAL BRONZE IMPLEMENT (SHAO)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ritual bronze implement (shao)


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Momoyama period

content: To 1898

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, S.I. 29, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

content: For Love of Place (May 5 to November 4, 2018)

content: Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016)

content: Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens, 1957 (March 20, 1957 to March 30, 1960)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls, 1946 (April 30, 1946 to October 3, 1947)

content: Japanese Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)

content: A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

content: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: snow

content: Japan

content: cryptomeria

content: cedar tree

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color, ink, and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 166.8 cm (65 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Snow
Cryptomeria
Cedar tree
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Cypresses and cedars

title_sort: CYPRESSES AND CEDARS

title: Cypresses and cedars


content: Period of Division

content: To 1915

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, New York, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 696, pg. 174, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3 x 3.6 cm (1 3/16 x 1 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

place:
Inner Mongolia/Ordos
China

topic:
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Horses
Metal-work

content: China

content: Horse

title_sort: HORSE

title: Horse


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See “Catalogue of Indo-Persian Pictures and Manuscripts, Principally of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries by Native Artists, Collected by H. B. Hanna” [book], (London: Dowdeswell and Dowdeswells, 1890).

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) was an officer in the British military and a collector of Indian paintings. Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, Hanna’s family later moved to London, where he was baptized in 1851. Beginning in 1857, Hanna served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army and retired with the rank of Colonel in 1889. After his retirement, he resided in London and Petersfield with his younger sisters. According to Hanna, he began collecting Indian paintings around the time of the Indian Rebellion (1857-1859). See letter from Henry Bathurst Hanna to Charles Lang Freer, dated April 10, 1908 [sic, 1907], p. 3, Box 17, Folder No. 10, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

content: [2] See Charles Lang Freer art voucher no. 24, “For a collection of Indo-Persian pictures and manuscripts” from H. B. Hanna of Heathmere, Petersfield, Hants. [Hampshire], England, from October 1907, Box 114, Folder No. 12, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., copy in object file.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: landscape

content: Christianity

content: horse

content: Virgin Mary

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: bow

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.9 x 30.3 cm (8 1/4 x 11 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Horses
Bow
Virgin Mary

culture:
Christians
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Landscape with a figure of the Virgin Mary

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH A FIGURE OF THE VIRGIN MARY

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 876, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: winter

content: fishing

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: river

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 74.3 x 28.4 cm (29 1/4 x 11 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Winter
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Rivers
Fishing

content: China

content: Fishing alone on the winter river

title_sort: FISHING ALONE ON THE WINTER RIVER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fishing alone on the winter river


content: 17th-18th century

content: Safavid period

label: Description

content: Clay: hard, translucent, white.

content: Glaze: luminous lettuce-white.

content: Decoration: incised in the paste under glaze.

content: To 1903

content: Unidentified private dealer, Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentifed private dealer in Paris, through Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, L. 1235, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)

content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

content: Riza-i Abbasi Album (May 10, 1985 to September 3, 1985)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

content: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 25.3 × 14.4 cm (9 15/16 × 5 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

content: Bottle

title_sort: BOTTLE

title: Bottle


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room (July 13, 2024 to January 21, 2027)

content: Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

content: Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)

content: Freer South Corridor (May 9 to August 9, 1993)

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: flower

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 11: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Pencil, ink, and wash on cream wove paper

content: H x W (image): 17.6 × 13.2 cm (6 15/16 × 5 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Flowers

room: Gallery 11

building: Freer

content: United States

label: Title

content: Oviform Ginger Jar with Bell-shaped cover

title_sort: OVIFORM GINGER JAR WITH BELL-SHAPED COVER

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: ca. 1690-1710

label: School/Tradition

content: Kulu or Bilaspur school

label: Description

content: Painted in an eccentric palette of lemon yellow, warm pink, and mauve, this scene represents an ashram. The two young disciples Rama and Lakshmana appear twice: once with their teachers on the painting's left and again on the left by the gateway in the woven brush/bramble fence. A tiger and water buffalo lap water from the pond.

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscribed on the top, right and bottom sides of the red border in takri script; Inscribed on the reverse in nagari: Ara[n]ya, 25; right side and an upside down.

content: Raja Raghbir Singh, Shangri, Kullu Valley, India.

content: Sale, London, Sotheby’s, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, July 15, 1970, lot no. 164: “Lakshmana Arriving at a Hermitage by a Lake.”

content: From 1970 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, “Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures” Sotheby’s, London, July 15, 1970, lot no. 164, “Lakshmana Arriving at a Hermitage by a Lake.” [1]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [2]

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in July 1970 from Sotheby’s, two years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Raja Raghbir Singh

content: Sotheby's (London)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Kulu or Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh state, India

label: Topic

content: tiger

content: water buffalo

content: Ramayana

content: India

content: Lakshmana

content: ashram

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W (painting): 18.4 × 29.2 cm (7 1/4 × 11 1/2 in)

content: H x W (overall): 21.6 × 32.1 cm (8 1/2 × 12 5/8 in)

name:
Singh, Raghbir
Sotheby's (London)
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Kulu
Bilaspur
Himachal Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Ramayana
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Lakshmana
Ashrams
Tiger
Water buffalo

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Lakshmana at the hermitage, folio from a Ramayana

title_sort: LAKSHMANA AT THE HERMITAGE, FOLIO FROM A RAMAYANA

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Deep cylindrical cup. Gold lacquer repair on rim.

content: Clay: concealed by white slip

content: Glaze: clear, crackled, over thick white slip

content: Decoration: in underglaze blue and dark brown.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 40, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cobalt pigment

content: iron pigment

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Kyoto-related ware

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip, cobalt and iron pigments under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 11.1 × 8.9 cm (4 3/8 × 3 1/2 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto-related ware

topic:
Art
Kyoto-related ware
Lacquer repair
Stoneware
Ceramics
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cobalt pigment
White slip
Kyoto ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Iron pigment

content: Japan

content: Individual food-serving cup

title_sort: INDIVIDUAL FOOD-SERVING CUP

title: Individual food-serving cup


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H: 0.8 cm (5/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead, corrugated

title_sort: BEAD, CORRUGATED

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead, corrugated


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G205 state 3 of 4.

content: To 1906

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.9 x 23.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Murano-Glass Furnace

title_sort: MURANO-GLASS FURNACE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Murano-Glass Furnace


content: 10th-14th century

content: To 1981

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981). [1]

content: From 1981 to 1988

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, bequeathed by Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981) in 1981. [2]

content: From 1988 to 1995

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection, transferred from Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1988. [3]

content: From 1995

content: Freer Gallery of Art, transferred from Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection to the Freer Study Collection in 1995. [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

content: [4] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

content: Syria?

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Transfer from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Bequest of Joseph H. Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian Institution, 1981

label: Data Source

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Blown and enameled glass

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall): 2.7 x 2.9 x 0.6 cm (1 1/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in)

name:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Enamel and enameling
Blow molding
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
Glassblowing

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Islamic Glass Fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 3, 5

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G203 state 8 of 10.

label: Provenance

content: Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), England [1]

content: To 1903

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1903 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 11, December 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: landscape

content: United States

content: American Art

content: nocturne

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.3 x 22.9 cm (6 x 9 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.
Menpes, Mortimer

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
American Art
Etching (printing process)
Nocturne

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne: Salute

title_sort: NOCTURNE: SALUTE

title: Nocturne: Salute


content: 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

content: To 1901

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 58, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on silk

content: H x W (image): 99.3 × 31.6 cm (39 1/8 × 12 7/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: River landscape: village and tall trees

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE: VILLAGE AND TALL TREES

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: River landscape: village and tall trees


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 49, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria?

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 1, Sketches by Hokusai, S.I. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: lantern

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (sheet and image): 31.9 x 17.3 cm (12 9/16 x 6 13/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Lantern
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Men
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Man carrying back-pack and lantern

title_sort: MAN CARRYING BACK-PACK AND LANTERN

title: Man carrying back-pack and lantern


content: ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; projecting squared collar with rounded corners at both ends; perforation conically bored leaving irregularities in interior; sand colored with traces of gray and reddish brown; white incrustation; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves and bands; advanced decomposition leaving rough granular surface and obliterating most of the decoration except on one side. (Breaks and extensive surface erosion.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1306, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite (actinolite/tremolite) (may be weathered or have surface organics))

content: H x W x D: 10.8 x 6.1 x 6 cm (4 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Three-tier tube (cong 琮)

title_sort: THREE-TIER TUBE (CONG 琮)

title: Three-tier tube (cong 琮)


content: 4th-5th century

content: Possibly Roman period

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 49, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy?

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Glass
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Fragment

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G238 state 1 of 2.

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

content: Charles Lang Freer acquired many Whistler pieces from the Ways. However, museum records do not always specify whether it was the younger or elder Way who was the source of a particular object. Further, archival sources indicate that the junior Way sometimes acted on behalf of his father: whilst negotiating the sale of his own Whistler works to C.L. Freer, he would concurrently negotiate the sale of some of his father’s Whistler works to Freer. In cases where it is unclear whether it was the junior or senior Way who actually owned a piece acquired by C.L. Freer, the provenance record will simply state that the object was purchased from “Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way.”

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings (July 1, 2001 to January 13, 2002)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: boat

content: Italy

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.6 x 26.5 cm (7 5/16 x 10 7/16 in)

place:
United States
Italy

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Cities and towns
Etching (printing process)

content: Italy

content: United States

content: The Little Venice

title_sort: THE LITTLE VENICE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Little Venice


content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.4 cm (3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Glass

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 4th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 577, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3.7 x 1.5 cm (1 7/16 x 9/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Masks
Metal-work

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G143 state 5 of 5.

content: Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

content: To 1898

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

content: Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.8 x 13.3 cm (8 3/16 x 5 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Haden, Seymour
H. Wunderlich & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Rivers
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Two Ships

title_sort: THE TWO SHIPS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Two Ships


label: Date

content: 17th-18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 727, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 28.6 x 171.8 cm (11 1/4 x 67 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

label: Title

content: Trestle roads in the mountains of Shu

title_sort: TRESTLE ROADS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SHU

title: Trestle roads in the mountains of Shu


content: ca. 575

content: Northern Qi dynasty

content: This sculpture of a bodhisattva, or enlightened being, probably represents the Buddha of the Future (Maitreya in the Indian language Sanskrit) while he was waiting to be reborn into the world as a Buddha. Maitreya waits in heaven meditating beneath a Dragon Tree, which Chinese sculptors typically interpreted to be a ginkgo, like the tree here. The depiction of children emerging from lotuses in a pond on the base of this sculpture is a rare detail on an image of Maitreya.

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 308, pg. 76, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)

content: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

content: Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

content: Early Chinese Pottery and Scultpure, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916 (March 6 to October 15, 1916)

content: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: child

content: lotus

content: Maitreya Buddha

content: meditation

content: ushnisha

content: China

content: halo

content: reincarnation

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Marble with traces of pigment and gesso

content: H x W x D: 33 x 17.5 x 15.4 cm (13 x 6 7/8 x 6 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Meditation
Maitreya Buddha
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Reincarnation
Children
Lotus
Stone
Halo
Ushnisha

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 17

content: China

content: The Bodhisattva Mile (Sanskrit Maitreya), seated in "Pensive Pose"

title_sort: THE BODHISATTVA MILE (SANSKRIT MAITREYA), SEATED IN "PENSIVE POSE"

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 50, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ball


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 2.1 cm (13/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title: Ball


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 0.8 cm (5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ancient Egyptian Art
New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Momoyama period

label: Marks

content: The seal is a name of Kano Eitoku.

content: To 1896

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 39, pg. 14, 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 locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

content: Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: flower

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: chicken

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color and ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 125.8 × 68.4 cm (49 1/2 × 26 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
Chicken
Flowers
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Black hen and a sunflower

title_sort: BLACK HEN AND A SUNFLOWER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Black hen and a sunflower


content: possibly 386-535

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Possibly Northern Wei dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1910

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1910 [1]

content: From 1910 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1910 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 151, p. 60, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: relief seal

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: lotus

content: China

content: halo

content: abhaya mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Marble

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall): 18.5 x 12.4 x 9.5 cm (7 5/16 x 4 7/8 x 3 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Stone
Relief seal
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
Halo

content: China

content: Seated Buddha with figures

title_sort: SEATED BUDDHA WITH FIGURES

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Seated Buddha with figures


content: 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 1, Sketches by Hokusai, S.I. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 11.1 x 15.6 cm (4 3/8 x 6 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Men
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Man seated with an armrest

title_sort: MAN SEATED WITH AN ARMREST

title: Man seated with an armrest


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1930

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

content: Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

content: Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

content: Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

content: Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: tiger

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 3.8 × 11.3 × 1.1 cm (1 1/2 × 4 7/16 × 7/16 in)

place:
China
Jincun
Henan province

topic:
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Tiger

content: China

label: Title

content: Tubular handle with feline and raised linked curls

title_sort: TUBULAR HANDLE WITH FELINE AND RAISED LINKED CURLS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: ca. late 11th-early 10th century BCE

label: Period

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "tsun."

content: Surface: dark green and dull golden patina over blackish bronze.

content: Decoration: in high and low relief. Inscription inside.

label: Inscriptions

content: "One the date of Hsin-mao (cyclical number) of the ten and three months, the Emperor was at (place) ----bestowed Chien (?) (name) Chai (?) (kind of metal), and said, Ch'ien (?), bestow you this valuable Ke. To praise and glorify the kindness of the Emperor, I make for the Chi (a woman's name) this precious vessel."

label: Provenance

content: Collection of Chen Ta Whah Ling, of Weihsien, China [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased through By Rai-sai, China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 195, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Brushing the Past: Later Chinese Calligraphy from the Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (April 30, 2000 to January 2, 2001)

content: Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

content: Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)

content: Chen Ta Whah Ling

content: By Rai-sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

content: Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 20.5 × 17.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ling, Chen Ta Whah
Rai-sai, By

content: China

content: Ritual wine container (zun) with dragons

title_sort: RITUAL WINE CONTAINER (ZUN) WITH DRAGONS

label: Screen Image


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1915

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, New York, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 708, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 4.7 x 2.7 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Possibly a pin

title_sort: POSSIBLY A PIN

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Possibly a pin


label: Date

content: early 13th century

content: From 1950s – 2001

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, acquired in the 1950s from Iran. [1]

content: From 2001

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Acquired by donors in the 1950s during a visit to Iran.

content: [2] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: camel

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

label: Data Source

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted with luster

content: H x W x D: 2.7 x 9.4 x 9 cm (1 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 9/16 in)

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics
Camel

label: Title

content: Fragmentary base of a bowl with image of a camel

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY BASE OF A BOWL WITH IMAGE OF A CAMEL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: ca. 5th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

content: C.D. McGrath, New York, NY, to 1919 [1]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by C.D. McGrath in 1919 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1386, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: C. D. McGrath (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 8.6 x 8.1 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
McGrath, C. D.

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

content: Fragments

title_sort: FRAGMENTS

title: Fragments


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: flower

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mosaic glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Flowers
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of an inlay with a floral pattern

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY WITH A FLORAL PATTERN

label: Screen Image


content: 11th-12th century

label: Description

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Glaze: turquoise green and blue, largely lost under areas of partial disintegration, having a rich iridescence.

content: To 1908

content: Aziez Khayat, New York to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Aziez Khayat in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 33, October 1908, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1856, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Aziez Khayat (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Raqqa, Syria

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x W x D: 35.1 x 34.5 x 4.7 cm (13 13/16 x 13 9/16 x 1 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Raqqa ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Khayat, Aziez

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Raqqa ware
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Iridescence
Ceramics

content: Tile, large, square

title_sort: TILE, LARGE, SQUARE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tile, large, square


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

content: Columnar rod mosaic. Opaque yellow matrix with the design inlaid in opaque white, green and red and translucent greenish blue.

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 14, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: flower

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: W (overall): 2.1 cm (13/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment of an inlay


content: 17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 6607, pg. 14, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: elephant

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Jade

content: H x W x D: 5 x 6.8 x 2.2 cm (1 15/16 x 2 11/16 x 7/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Carving
Chinese Art
Incising
Jade
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Attendant
Elephants

content: China

content: Elephant and attendants

title_sort: ELEPHANT AND ATTENDANTS

title: Elephant and attendants


content: 6th century

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 47, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lombardy, Italy

content: iridescence

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 2.2 x 1.6 cm (7/8 x 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Glass
Iridescence

content: Italy

content: Double bead

title_sort: DOUBLE BEAD

label: Screen Image

title: Double bead


label: Date

content: 100 BCE-100 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Hollow tomb tile. Funerary model of a gate in three parts, a center section between 2 towers, all with simulated tile roof.

content: Clay: slate-gray earthenware, fine texture.

content: Glaze: none

content: Decoration: impressed with dies or stamps with a variety of geometric motifs and a large ram's head in high relief near base of center section.

content: To 1923

content: Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan [1]

content: From 1923

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan in July 8th 1923 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1. Also see the Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Tung Kee Curio Shop

content: China

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: funerary

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

label: Accession Number

content: Model

content: Unglazed earthenware

content: H x W x D (assembled): 77 × 92.5 × 25.5 cm (30 5/16 × 36 7/16 × 10 1/16 in)

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Funerary
Ceramics
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Funerary model of a gate

title_sort: FUNERARY MODEL OF A GATE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Funerary model of a gate


content: Late Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Dong Yuan (傳)董源 (died 962)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 720, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 23.9 x 237 cm (9 7/16 x 93 5/16 in)

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Mountain landscape

title_sort: MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Mountain landscape


content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014), Fustat, Egypt [2]

content: From ? to 1992

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992), possibly purchased from George Scanlon [3]

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

content: Mary Slusser (1918-2017), Washington, DC, by inheritance from the estate of her sister Dorothy Shepherd Payer [4]

content: From 1993

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary Slusser, Washington, DC [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

content: [2] Dr. George Scanlon visited Egypt beginning in 1950. He conducted archaeological excavations in Fustat between 1964 and 1980 through nine seasons. It is possible that he acquired the Fustat sherds during this time period. The card found with the collection states, “ex-collection of George Scanlon 1968, $125 acq'd in Cairo." It is unclear whether George Scanlon acquired these sherds in 1968 or whether the 1968 year refers to when Dorothy Shepherd Payer bought them.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [5] See note 4.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Mary Slusser in memory of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 15.3 x 8.6 cm (6 x 3 3/8 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

name:
Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
Payer, Dorothy Shepherd
Scanlon, George
Slusser, Mary Shepherd

topic:
Sgraffito ware
Art
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)
Pottery
Arts of the Islamic World
Ceramics

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: sherd, red body, white slip, yellow-green glaze

title_sort: SHERD, RED BODY, WHITE SLIP, YELLOW-GREEN GLAZE

data_source: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery


label: Date

content: late 14th-early 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 41, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.5 x 24.2 cm (8 7/8 x 9 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Rivers

content: China

content: Landscape: a cataract descending into a broad stream; distant mountains

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: A CATARACT DESCENDING INTO A BROAD STREAM; DISTANT MOUNTAINS

label: Screen Image


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 35, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 2.1 cm (13/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

room: Gallery 20

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Button bead


content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Gao Kegong (1248-1310)

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 655, 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.

content: This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: mountain

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 25.5 x 189.5 cm (10 1/16 x 74 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Misty mountains

title_sort: MISTY MOUNTAINS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Misty mountains