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 G140 state 2 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

label: Exhibition History

content: Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's "Filthy Lucre" (May 16, 2015 to June 4, 2017)

content: Whistler and the Leylands (July 3, 1998 to June 6, 1999)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American 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: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 17.8 x 30.2 cm (7 x 11 7/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Speke Hall

title_sort: SPEKE HALL

label: Screen Image

title: Speke Hall


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Shir Gu Sai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Shir Gu Sai 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. 270, 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: Daoism in the Arts in China (December 16, 2006 to July 1, 2007)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)

content: Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)

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 Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)

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

content: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

content: Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: rabbit

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: moon

content: toad

content: Chang'e

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: Mirror

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 14.8 x 1 cm (5 13/16 x 3/8 in)

name:
Sai, Shir Gu
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Bronze
Rabbits
Art
Moon
Chinese Art
Outer space
Toads
Metal-work
Chang'e
Charles Lang Freer collection
Animals
Sculpture
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Mirror

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: MIRROR

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mirror


content: 4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Probably unearthed near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). [1]

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Orvar Karlbeck. [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Bishop’s unpublished report, Archaeological Research in China, 1924-34, Mr. Karlbeck had acquired nearly all the objects near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 4 in the object record.

content: The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

content: For further information also refer to “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

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: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 43.1 x 43.1 cm (16 15/16 x 16 15/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Metal-work

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Sword

title_sort: SWORD

label: Screen Image

title: Sword


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Fragment of bar for slicing border inlays. Columnar rod and bar mosaic. Opaque white matrix with pattern in black, red and green.

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 15, 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: lotus

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

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of bar for border inlays

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF BAR FOR BORDER INLAYS

title: Fragment of bar for border inlays


content: late 4th-6th century

content: 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, 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: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Italy

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 4

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 G233 state 5 of 9.

label: Provenance

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

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: eating

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 24 x 30.4 cm (9 7/16 x 11 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Food habits
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Traghetto

title_sort: THE TRAGHETTO

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Traghetto


label: Date

content: 1st century B.C.?

label: Period

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: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: iridescence

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

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 0.7 cm (1/4 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, flattened tubular

title_sort: BEAD, FLATTENED TUBULAR

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, flattened tubular


content: 13th-14th century

content: Jin or Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Fan Kuan (傳)范寬 (ca. 960-ca. 1030)

label: Label

content: Located on the eastern end of the Qinling Range in Shaanxi Province, Mount Hua has been venerated since antiquity as one of the Five Sacred Mountains of China. Home to many Daoist temples and monasteries, it was also a favorite destination for poets and painters seeking direct inspiration from nature. Among those was Fan Kuan, a Shaanxi native and one the greatest early masters of monumental landscape painting. A man of strong Daoist inclinations, Fan Kuan is said to have lived for many years among these mountains spending whole days and nights absorbed in deep concentration while seeking to internalize the infinitely variable forms and features of the hills and their changing seasonal appearance. As an artist, Fan Kuan was attracted to the dramatic aspects of nature and intrigued by the tactile surfaces of things, such as rocks and trees, as well as by the underlying "bone structure" of massive geological forms.

content: With its strongly contoured mountains delineated in bold, powerful outlines, its harsh granite surfaces textured with distinctive dabs of ink known as "sesame seed" or "rain drop" dots, with its large rocks vigorously protruding from the edge of the foreground water, and its tiny human figures and precisely drawn houses and temples, this unsigned painting conforms in all particulars to the stylistic conventions of the Fan Kuan tradition and may preserve an earlier lost composition. It was probably created a few decades before 1340 when a Yuan dynasty viewer inscribed his name at lower left.

content: To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1322, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)

content: In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)

content: Chinese Landscape Painting (November 15, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

content: Chinese Art—Stone Sculpture (September 1, 1979 to March 14, 1982)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: mountain

content: Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 156 x 99.6 cm (61 7/16 x 39 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Mountains
Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

label: Title

content: Clearing skies over Mount Hua 華嶽睛嵐圖

title_sort: CLEARING SKIES OVER MOUNT HUA 華嶽睛嵐圖

title: Clearing skies over Mount Hua 華嶽睛嵐圖


label: Date

content: 14th-15th century?

label: Description

content: Tile, hexagonal. Surface chipped; corner broken.

content: Clay: soft, dense, white.

content: Glaze: original silicious transparent greenish cream; advanced disintegration; iridescent.

content: Decoration: a gazelle and floral pattern in low relief in the engobe; traces of blue under-glaze painting.

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1904, L. 1311, 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: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

content: Stone-paste

content: H x W: 2.4 x 21.9 cm (15/16 x 8 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Tile

title_sort: TILE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tile


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

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: 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 39, 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

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: 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: On View

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

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2.2 cm (7/8 in)

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead. Longitudinal bore

title_sort: BEAD. LONGITUDINAL BORE

label: Screen Image

title: Bead. Longitudinal bore


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 80, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: ocean

content: sun

content: sunrise

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 26.8 x 26.2 cm (10 9/16 x 10 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

place: China Sun

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Saluting the sunrise over the sea

title_sort: SALUTING THE SUNRISE OVER THE SEA

title: Saluting the sunrise over the sea


content: early 17th-mid 18th century

label: Provenance

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

content: Private collection, collected from Wihan Somdet Palace, Ayutthaya, Thailand between 1975 and 1976. [1]

content: From 1992

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

label: Origin

content: Possibly Netherlands

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

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

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

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

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Glass fragment


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

content: Reportedly excavated in Loyang, Honan [1]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [2]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1412, pg. 332, 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: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

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

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: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade

content: Diam x D: 11.2 x 0.8 cm (4 7/16 x 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Jade

content: China

content: Disk (bi)

title_sort: DISK (BI)

title: Disk (bi)


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

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, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.6 cm (1/4 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 1300-950 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period or early Western Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 977, 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: Resound: Ancient Bells of China (October 14, 2017 - July 5, 2021)

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: Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Musical Instrument

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 14.2 x 7.2 cm (5 9/16 x 2 13/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

content: China

label: Title

content: Yoke rattle

title_sort: YOKE RATTLE

title: Yoke rattle


content: ca. 1770

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Shiba Kokan 司馬江漢 (1747-1818)

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Shotei Harushige no zu.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Harunobu.

label: Label

content: Because Kokan's reputation rests on his immersion in Western learning and mastery of European painting techniques and copperplate printing, his painting of a beauty in the traditional ukiyo-e style is rare and confounds expectations. In creating a beauty with a large head and delicately proportioned limbs, Kokan emulates the very popular style of Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770). Harunobu's paintings and prints were especially fashionable in the 1760s. Kokan's painting here evokes the dense atmosphere of a summer night, as a woman examines a caged firefly.

content: Kokan wrote in his own diary that he forged Harunobu paintings after the master's death. This painting bears the Harunobu seal and is signed Shotei Harushige, a name bestowed on Kokan by Harunobu. By 1774 Kokan had turned his considerable gifts to Western astronomy, natural science, and realistic painting in the Western style.

content: Kokan's drive to create realistic images is seen in nascent form in this painting. For it he used an ancient Buddhist painting technique of applying pigment to both the front and back of the silk support, creating an illusion of delicate dimensionality. For example, the beauty's underrobe, seen through a semitransparent outer garment is actually painted on the backside of the silk.

content: To 1898

content: Edward S. Hull Jr., New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 154, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

content: well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, 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), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Sylvan Sounds: Freer, Dewing, and Japan (May 18, 2013 to January 4, 2015)

content: Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Edward S. Hull Jr. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: moon

content: night

content: woman

content: garden

content: firefly

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese 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: Color on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 93.4 × 33 cm (36 3/4 × 13 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Night
Moon
Outer space
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e
Gardens
Firefly
Woman
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: A Young Woman with a Cage of Fireflies

title_sort: A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A CAGE OF FIREFLIES

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Young Woman with a Cage of Fireflies


label: Date

content: Qing dynasty

content: Jin Nong (1687-1763)

content: This small scepter is carved to resemble a woody fungus known in Chinese as lingzhi ("sacred fungus"). The plant is also called the "fungus of immortality" because it was believed to be a powerful ingredient in elixirs intended to prolong human life. An inscription on the base contains a cyclical date and a sobriquet, or art name, used by the painter and antiquarian, Jin Nong (1687-1763). Thus it is likely that this horn object was made for (or possibly made by) Jin Nong.

content: To 1918

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by You Xiaoxi in 1918 [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. 1374, 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: Worshipping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits (June 17 to September 9, 2001)

content: Beyond Paper: Chinese Calligraphy on Objects (August 18, 1994 to July 3, 1997)

content: Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

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: China

content: horn

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: fungus

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: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Horn

content: H x W x D: 24.9 x 4.3 x 4.3 cm (9 13/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 11/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Horn Scepter

title_sort: HORN SCEPTER

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Horn Scepter


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Vase with trumpet mouth. Lip repaired.

content: Clay: hard, grayish. Brown on exposed footrim.

content: Glaze: brilliant light gray, with variable veiling of blue-gray and white.

content: Decoration: inlaid with white paste, under glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 94, 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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

content: inlay (process)

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Yatsushiro ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip inlaid under bluish translucent glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 24 × 27.7 cm (9 7/16 × 10 15/16 in)

label: Style

content: Yatsushiro ware

place:
Japan
Kumamoto prefecture

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Lacquer repair
White slip
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics
Yatsushiro ware

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Yatsushiro ware vase with trumpet mouth

title_sort: YATSUSHIRO WARE VASE WITH TRUMPET MOUTH

label: Screen Image

title: Yatsushiro ware vase with trumpet mouth


label: Date

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 in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 768, 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: 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: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: drinking

content: poet

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): 40.5 x 297.8 cm (15 15/16 x 117 1/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Food habits
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Poets

content: China

content: Drunken poets

title_sort: DRUNKEN POETS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Drunken poets


content: 18th century?

content: Edo period

content: To 1907

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920), Paris, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Marcel Bing in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 64, pg. 21, 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: Marcel Bing (1875-1920) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: portrait

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: artist

content: garden

content: Japan

content: kakemono

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color, ink, and gold on paper

content: H x W (image): 24.3 × 22 cm (9 9/16 × 8 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bing, Marcel

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Portraits
Gardens
Woman
Artists
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Garden and interior: an artist painting a lady's portrait

title_sort: GARDEN AND INTERIOR: AN ARTIST PAINTING A LADY'S PORTRAIT

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 1

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 G38 state 1 of 2.

label: Provenance

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: 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: wine

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.4 x 5.5 cm (3 5/16 x 2 3/16 in)

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Wine Glass

title_sort: THE WINE GLASS

title: The Wine Glass


label: Date

content: late 4th-6th century

label: Period

content: 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.

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: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

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: 1.1 cm (7/16 in)

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 17th century or later

content: Edo period

content: Style of Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, ovoidal, very low foot. Lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: soft, grayish.

content: Glaze: thin, brownish-gray.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [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. 586, 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: [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: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Raku ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: earthenware

content: red slip

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with misfired Red Raku glaze (red slip under clear lead glaze); gold lacquer repairs.

content: H x Diam: 9.1 × 13.1 cm (3 9/16 × 5 3/16 in)

label: Style

content: Raku ware, unknown workshop

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Pottery
Ceramics
Red slip
Raku ware

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl, unknown Raku ware workshop

title_sort: TEA BOWL, UNKNOWN RAKU WARE WORKSHOP

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl, unknown Raku ware workshop


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Shuzan

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Wood-carving List, R. 5303, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Untitled Exhibition, North Corridor (November 20, 1969 to December 11, 1984)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: carving

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume Accessory

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Wood

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 11 x 28 x 2.4 cm (4 5/16 x 11 x 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type:
Costume accessories
Costume

content: Netsuke

title_sort: NETSUKE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Netsuke


content: 4th century

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: 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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: W: 0.6 cm (1/4 in)

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Heian period

label: Description

content: Several parts restored. Pedestal.

content: Wood. Traces of gesso, and color. Surface worn and blackened.

content: To 1911

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 333, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Heian period (794 - 1185)

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Guanyin

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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: Sculpture

content: Wood

content: H: 127.8 cm (50 5/16 in)

topic:
Heian period (794 - 1185)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Wood
Japanese Art
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Bodhisattva
Guanyin

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Eleven-headed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Jūichimen Kannon)

title_sort: ELEVEN-HEADED BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (JŪICHIMEN KANNON)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated at Gaeseong, Hwanghaebuk-do province, Korea [1]

content: To 1917

content: Mr. S. Yamanaka (Yamanaka & Company), Kyoto, to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. S. Yamanaka, through Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company. See Curatorial Remark 4, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record. See also, F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 1, Louise Cort, July 6, 2010, in the object record.

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1271, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For further details regarding the gift, see F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 2, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 11.4 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm (4 1/2 x 13/16 x 1/4 in)

topic:
Bronze
Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Korean Art
Metal-work

content: Korea

content: Topknot pin

title_sort: TOPKNOT PIN

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Topknot pin


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored mostly from one side leaving slight ridge; mottled shades of light to dark olive and blue greens, with delicate veinings of golden brown on one surface only; surface satin smooth with several circular saw marks on one side; traces of earth incrustation in slight cracks. (Rim chipped in two areas.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in 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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1170, pg. 269, 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: Exhibition History

content: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

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

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 17.3 x 1.3 cm (6 13/16 x 1/2 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 1550-1307 BCE

content: New Kingdom

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 1 cm (3/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Eye-bead, with an eyelet and also a lateral bore

title_sort: EYE-BEAD, WITH AN EYELET AND ALSO A LATERAL BORE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


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

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 1.2 cm (1/2 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: Section of a rod

title_sort: SECTION OF A ROD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Section of a rod


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 G14 state 3 of 4.

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

label: Exhibition History

content: Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.8 x 15.7 cm (8 3/16 x 6 3/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Street at Saverne

title_sort: STREET AT SAVERNE

title: Street at Saverne


label: Date

content: ca. 1050-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Zhou 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. 707, 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: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

content: Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 12.2 x 9.6 x 10.9 cm (4 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 4 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)
Dragon
Metal-work

content: China

label: Title

content: Dragon-head handle and ring (fragment)

title_sort: DRAGON-HEAD HANDLE AND RING (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Dragon-head handle and ring (fragment)


content: 30 BCE-395 CE

content: 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, 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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

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

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 2 cm (13/16 in)

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

content: Italy

content: Bead, spherical

title_sort: BEAD, SPHERICAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, spherical


content: 1st century

content: Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment of a vessel. Mosaic technique: columnar rods. Red, green, and yellow in semi-translucent green matrix.

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 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

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: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in)

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

content: Fragment of a vessel

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A VESSEL

title: Fragment of a vessel


label: Date

content: ca. 1050-771 BCE

label: Period

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Ta Gwan Sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 249, 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: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

content: Chinese Art (June 15, 1982 to September 24, 1982)

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

content: Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)

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

content: Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

content: Ta Guwan Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 9.5 x 6.4 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Ta Guwan

content: China

content: Finial

title_sort: FINIAL

title: Finial


content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Boju (ca. 1120s-ca.1162)

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Pao Ming Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pao Ming Sai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 33, 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

content: Pao Ming Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: ocean

content: sun

content: swallow

content: island

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 32.1 x 25.6 cm (12 5/8 x 10 1/16 in)

name:
Ming Sai, Pao
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Ocean
Swallow
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Islands

content: China

label: Title

content: Island, sun, and flying swallows

title_sort: ISLAND, SUN, AND FLYING SWALLOWS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Island, sun, and flying swallows


content: ca. 1700

content: Ayutthaya period

label: Label

content: In 1909, Charles Lang Freer purchased this and three other bronze heads of the Buddha from the American Art Galleries in New York City (F1909.48-51). Remarkably different in style, the heads reveal the range of artistic possibilities within the strictures of a single iconographic form. This Buddha's face is attentive and engaged, the eyes with delineated pupils and high arched brows. Typical of the Ayyuthaya period (14th--15th century), the shape of the face is a smooth oval, with tight, pronounced curls across the head and the ushnisha. A jade-green patina enhances the full surface. Thailand's Buddhist art is remarkable for the way the image of the Buddha transforms subtly across centuries of casting in bronze.

content: Unnamed Siamese official [1]

content: To 1909

content: Mr. Gadelius, to 1909 [2]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at sale, Collection of Siamese and Cambodian Antiquities, Curios and Relics, American Art Association, New York

content: April 6, 1909 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to the object record for F1909.48, Curatorial Remark 5, H. E. Buckman, 1964, the Envelope File contained the following note by C. L. Freer, dated February 26, 1918: "Bronze head of Buddha, life sized. Brought to New York City by Mr. Gadelius during the winter of 1908-1909, and sold along with other Siamese and Cambodian objects, at the American Art Galleries, on April 6, 1909. Mr. Gadelius assured me that this head came from the ruins of Angkor Wat, Cambodia; and this statement appears in the catalogue of the sale. I attended the sale personally and purchased at the same time three other heads, S.I. 68 (F1909.49), 69 (F1909.50) and 70 (F1909.51)." According to Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, February 18, 2002, "The catalogue of the sale of Siamese and Cambodian objects (6 April 1909) noted that they had been accumulated over a period of thirty-five years by a Siamese official."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1. See also, Original Bronze List, S.I. 68, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art (April 29, 2023 - ongoing)

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

content: Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. Gadelius (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Thailand

label: Topic

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: ushnisha

content: Thailand

content: Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)

content: Southeast Asian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: NMAA Southeast Asia

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with glass and mother-of-pearl

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 44.3 x 28 x 24.9 cm (17 7/16 x 11 x 9 13/16 in)

name:
Gadelius
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)
Southeast Asian Art
Metal-work
Ushnisha

culture:
Buddhists
Southeast Asians

content: Thailand

content: Head of a Buddha

title_sort: HEAD OF A BUDDHA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Head of a Buddha


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, 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] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 123, 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: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 208.5 x 112.5 cm (82 1/16 x 44 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Repairing
Monk
Brocading
Weft patterning

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk's robe, patched: Kesa

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. A BUDDHIST MONK'S ROBE, PATCHED: KESA


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 4

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 G206 state 4 of 5.

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 31, September 1903, 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: The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: night

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.2 x 21.8 cm (6 x 8 9/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Night
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne Shipping

title_sort: NOCTURNE SHIPPING

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Nocturne Shipping


content: 1806, 6th month

content: Edo period

content: Kitao Masayoshi 北尾政美 (1764-1824)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Description

content: A woman with flowing robes sitting beside a writing table. Signature and seal; inscription and three seals.

label: Marks

content: The three seals are as follows:

content: Seal: [CHN] Santo

content: Round seal: [CHN] Ha Sanjin

content: Round seal: [CHN] Ha Sanjin

label: Inscriptions

content: The inscription is as follows:

content: ([CHN] Itsuzuke o kyaku tsukamatsurazu kore jin nari ([CHN]) ikiji wo tatsuru kore ([CHN]) gi nari ([CHN]) monbi no ([CHN]) dochu

content: ([CHN]) kore rei nari neya no ([CHN]) tekuda wa kore ([CHN]) chi nari

content: makoto ni hamaru wa ([CHN]) kore shin nari ([CHN]) go-jo mo ([CHN]) go-jo ni

content: ([CHN]) aioi no ([CHN]) matsu no ([CHN]) iro zo tanoshimu-tanoshimu

content: ([CHN]) Santo Kyoden daisuru ([CHN]) Bun-kwa hi-no-e-tora natsu roku gwatsu

content: This may be rendered in English as follows:

content: “Not to permit a guest to stay in the brothel day after day: this is Benevolence. To show an unyielding disposition: this is Rightiousness. To put on full dress with five crests and parade about the quarter on the five appointed days: this is Propriety. To employ artifice in the bedroom: this is Widsom. To fall truly in love: this is Good Faith.

content: “Gojo (the ‘Five Cardinal Virtues,’ --- just enumerated) and gojo (the ‘five streets,’ --- of the Yoshiwara), may be likened to the two ‘Composition Pine Trees’; and the rank of Tayu (‘Great Civil Officer’), proper to a pine, means also a first class prostitute who enjoys amorous experiences with all guests of the house, treating each according to his kind.

content: “Written by Santo Kyoden.

content: “Written by Santo Kyoden.

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 303, 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: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: writing

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Full color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 41.8 × 69.3 cm (16 7/16 × 27 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: A prostitute sitting beside a writing table

title_sort: A PROSTITUTE SITTING BESIDE A WRITING TABLE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


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 27, 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

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

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: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 2 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_sort: BALL

title: Ball


content: 2nd-4th century

content: 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, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 0.9 cm (3/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, conical

title_sort: BEAD, CONICAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead, conical


label: Date

content: late 17th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly Royal Library of Bahádar Sháh, method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: Ownership information unknown [2]

content: By 1886-1907

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), method of acquisition unknown [3]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna [4]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift from Charles Lang Freer [5]

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), page 28.

content: This catalog reports: “From the royal library of Bahádar Sháh, the last crowned descendant of the Moghul emperors. Taken at the storming of Delhi in 1857. Each of the volumes contains thirteen beautifully colored pictures.”

content: [2] See Note 1

content: [3] In the Freer Art Inventory, created sometime before Charles Lang Freer’s death in 1919, cataloguers include notations indicating Col. Hanna owned the work by 1886. See Art Inventories, Paintings: Indian and Persian, H. B. Hanna collection, undated, from FSA A.01, Box 65, Folder No. 9, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer, copy in object file.

content: 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].

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 during the time of the Indian Mutiny (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: [4] See the 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: [5] 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 February 22, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: Shahnama

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Manuscript

content: Manuscript on paper

content: H x W: 54.2 x 31.5 cm (21 5/16 x 12 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Shahnama

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: A section of a Shahnama (Part III)

title_sort: A SECTION OF A SHAHNAMA (PART III)

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

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A section of a Shahnama (Part III)


content: 15th-16th century

content: Muromachi period

content: To 1905

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1905 [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. 141, 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: Exhibition History

content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

content: Japanese Art (March 12, 1982 to November 3, 1986)

content: Japanese Art (July 14, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

content: Japanese Art (April 11, 1978 to March 6, 1981)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: portrait

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: child

content: lotus

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese 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

content: Color and gold on silk panel

content: H x W: 186 x 64.5 cm (73 1/4 x 25 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japanese Art
Portraits
Children
Lotus
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Kobo Daishi as a child seated on a lotus

title_sort: KOBO DAISHI AS A CHILD SEATED ON A LOTUS


content: early 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Copy after Suzuki Kiitsu 鈴木其一 (1796-1858)

label: Label

content: The unusual shape and reliatively small size of the folding fan format offered a special challenge to creative artists. Compositions that would otherwise appear quite ordinary achieve a daring originality within the slender curved format. At the same time, the ready availability of fans made it possible for ordinary artists to mass produce and even to forge works, and to append spurious signatures and seals of the great masters. This is a later copy of a work by Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858).

content: To 1907

content: Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions Reserved List, R. 5721, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

content: Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: peony

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

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: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on gold-leafed paper

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 54.8 cm (21 9/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Peony

title_sort: PEONY

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Peony


label: Date

content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Description

content: Bottle. Wood stand.

content: Surface: gray-green patina.

content: Decoration: rings in low relief.

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 41, 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: Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

content: Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)

content: Korean Art (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

content: Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 16 (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

content: Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

content: Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 32.6 x 18.7 cm (12 13/16 x 7 3/8 in)

topic:
Bronze
Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Korean Art
Metal-work

room: Gallery 14

content: Korea

content: Bottle

title_sort: BOTTLE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bottle