content: 100 BCE-100 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment of inlay. Mosaic technique: columnar rods. Colors: red, blue, violet, brown and yellow.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in)

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

content: Fragment of inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of inlay


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Huang Quan (903-968)

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 108 x 57.8 cm (42 1/2 x 22 3/4 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Eight Mynah Birds with Bamboo and Orchids

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: EIGHT MYNAH BIRDS WITH BAMBOO AND ORCHIDS

type: Images


content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Zhou Wenju (傳)周文矩 (active mid-10th century)

content: To 1911

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon 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 Panel List, L. 84, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 31.5 x 42.3 cm (12 3/8 x 16 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

content: China

content: Man cleaning his ear

title_sort: MAN CLEANING HIS EAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Man cleaning his ear


label: Date

label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 782, pg. 202, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3.4 x 4.7 cm (1 5/16 x 1 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

place:
Inner Mongolia/Ordos
China

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a horse

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A HORSE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament in the form of a horse


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

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 G37 state 3 of 3.

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: Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012)

content: Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)

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: reading

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.9 x 11.9 cm (6 1/4 x 4 11/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Reading by Lamplight

title_sort: READING BY LAMPLIGHT

title: Reading by Lamplight


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from 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 Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)

content: Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

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

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

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: W: 15 cm (5 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Topknot pin

title_sort: TOPKNOT PIN

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Topknot pin


label: Date

content: early 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)

content: Flowering plants and autumn grasses posed against the backdrop of a hazy autumn moon was a popular subject for Hoitsu; close variations are found both as individual paintings and as elements of larger ensembles representing the birds and flowers of the twelve months.

content: Hoitsu's observation of nature approaches the accuracy of botanical drawing while retaining an idealised, gossamer delicacy. The artist achieves this balance by defining forms through carefully controlled, multilayered pigment washes rather than by defining shapes through ink outline.

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), Kidderminster, England, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michael Tomkinson in 1904 [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, L. 418, pg. 110, 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: Rinpa: Creativity Across Time and Space (October 1, 2022 to April 2, 2023)

content: Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

content: Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 1 (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)

content: More Than Flowers: Sources of Tradition in Japanese Painting (September 2, 2001 to November 24, 2002)

content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)

content: Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)

content: Autumn Colors (October 19 to December 20, 1984)

content: Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)

content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

content: Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

content: Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)

content: Chinese and Japanese Art--Lacquer and Paintings (August 18, 1967 to October 14, 1969)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: moon

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 142 × 50 cm (55 15/16 × 19 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Autumn
Moon
Outer space
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Moon and Autumn Plants

title_sort: MOON AND AUTUMN PLANTS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Moon and Autumn Plants


content: early 13th century

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

label: Origin

content: Iran

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

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

content: H x W x D: 3.4 x 13.3 x 8.2 cm (1 5/16 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in)

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragmentary base of a large bowl

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY BASE OF A LARGE BOWL

title: Fragmentary base of a large bowl


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: 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: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Bead, double

title_sort: BEAD, DOUBLE

title: Bead, double


label: Date

content: 475-221 B.C.E

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, 1931 [1]

content: From 1931

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, in 1931 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated Folder Sheet note. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

content: Jincun, probably Henan province, China

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: dragon

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 3.3 x 7.9 x 0.5 cm (1 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in)

place:
China
Jincun
Henan province

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

content: China

content: Pendant in the form of two dragons

title_sort: PENDANT IN THE FORM OF TWO DRAGONS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Pendant in the form of two dragons


content: Momoyama or Edo period

label: Artist

content: Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)

label: Marks

content: Contains twelve seals.

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] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 15, pg. 3, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: goose

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (each): 179.8 x 370.3 cm (70 13/16 x 145 13/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Goose
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Wild geese

title_sort: WILD GEESE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wild geese


content: Edo period

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

content: To 1902

content: Eugene Glaenzer, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Eugene Glaenzer in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 266, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Eugene Glaenzer (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: fish

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: hawk

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

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk mounted on paper

content: H x W: 91.7 x 36.4 cm (36 1/8 x 14 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Glaenzer, Eugene

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

content: Japan

content: Hawk and fish

title_sort: HAWK AND FISH

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Hawk and fish


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, notched. Mishima technique. Gohon type with crane design (gohon tachizuru chawan [Jpn])

content: Clay: dense, resonant, grayish-white.

content: Glaze: greenish-gray, flushed with pink, dappled in cream yellow.

content: Decorations: cranes, incised, partially filled with white paste, and touched with brown, under glaze.

content: Seal. Gourd-shaped seal, "Akahada" [Jpn]

content: Gourd-shaped seal, "Akahada" [Jpn]

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 475, 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: Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)

content: Korean Style in Japanese Ceramics (August 23, 2013 to February 9, 2014)

content: The Idea of China in Japan: The Tea Ceremony in Japan (December 19, 1999 to June 11, 2000)

content: Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Nara prefecture, Japan

content: inlay (process)

content: ceramic

content: crane

content: Akahada ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white inlay and black pigment under clear glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.8 x 12.2 cm (3 7/16 x 4 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Akahada ware

place:
Nara prefecture
Japan

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Akahada ware
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Crane

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Akahada ware tea bowl with design of standing cranes

title_sort: AKAHADA WARE TEA BOWL WITH DESIGN OF STANDING CRANES


content: 9th century BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: Ceremonial vessel, type "lei." Repaired (?).

content: Surface: heavy incrustation of mingled blue and brown.

content: Decoration: in low relief; animalistic handles.

content: To 1915

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

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY purchased on behalf of Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) from Marcel Bing through C. T. Loo of Lai Yuan &Co., New York in early December 1915 [2]

content: 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Eugene Meyer on December 14, 1915 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Bing’s ownership is documented in several locations. See, for example: November 11, 1915 letter from Marcel Bing to Charles Lang Freer; letters from December 10 and 15 from Eugene Meyer to Charles Lang Freer; telegrams exchanged between Marcel Bing, Charles Lang Freer, and Eugene Meyer dating from November 15 to December 5, 1915; February 2, 1916 letter from Charles Lang Freer to Marcel Bing; and Freer Gallery of Art Original Bronze List S.I. 672. Copies of aforementioned documents in object file.

content: [2] Eugene Meyer, Agnes E. Meyer, and Charles Lang Freer negotiated with Marcel Bing to arrange a joint purchase of Bing’s collection of 11 Chinese bronzes and 1 jade. See correspondence cited in note 1. The Meyers and Freer decided to divide the collection - Meyers acquiring 5 bronzes and Freer acquiring 6 bronzes in addition to the jade – and the price, calculating each party’s payment was based on the appraisal values assigned to each piece. The Meyers ultimately sent the entire payment to C. T. Loo, Lai Yuan & Company (sometimes spelled Lai-Yuan), who in turn wired money to Bing. Meyers made the payment in early December 1915, with Freer paying the Meyers for the objects destined for his collection on December 14, 1915.

content: See also: Freer Gallery of Art, Original Bronze List, S. I. 670; invoices from Lai Yuan & Company addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Meyer and Mr. Charles L. Freer; and Dorota Chudzicka, “’In Love at First Sight Completely, Hopelessly, and Forever with Chinse Art’: The Eugene and Agnes Meyer Collection of Chinese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art” in Collections Vol. 10, No. 3 (Summer 2014), p. 334-335, copies in object file.

content: [3] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 672, copy in object file. See also 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: Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 (1880-1957)

content: Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

content: wine

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 29.8 x 31.1 cm (11 3/4 x 12 1/4 in)

name:
Loo, C. T.
Freer, Charles Lang
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.
Lai-Yuan & Company
Bing, Marcel

room: Gallery 09

building: Freer

content: China

content: Ritual wine vessel (lei)

title_sort: RITUAL WINE VESSEL (LEI)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ritual wine vessel (lei)


label: Date

content: 17th-18th century

label: Period

content: Late Ming or probably Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Fang Chunnian (ca. 1225-1264)

label: Description

content: Yellow frontispiece paper with a five-clawed dragon, clouds and a flaming pearl. Total of 21 seals, signature, eight colophons. Carved white jade clasp. SI label and Freer labels on exterior of scroll. Housed in a wooden box with a sliding cover (inscribed in gold).

content: The painting depicts a multitude of Daoist immortals, accompanied by animals and attendants, journeying by various means across a "blue and green style" landscape and an ocean, to visit the Queen Mother of the West on the occasion of her birthday. It also depicts the palace in the clouds, the gardens containing the peaches of immortality, musicians, the cranes of immortality dancing, and a field of the fungi of immortality. At the end of the scroll, a group gathers on a terrace to welcome the Queen Mother.

label: Signatures

content: Signature

label: Marks

content: 21 seals, eight colophons. SI label and Freer labels on exterior of scroll.

label: Label

content: The Queen Mother of the West was one of the most important goddesses of the traditional Chinese pantheon. She dwelt in the Kunlun Mountains, located south of the Takla Makan desert in western China, where according to legend she was visited over the centuries by a number of emperors and Daoist masters seeking the esoteric doctrines that confer immortality. Her most famous encounter reportedly occurred in 110 B.C.E., when she journeyed to the court of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (reigned 141-87 B.C.E.) and presented him with several magical peaches, which ripen only once every three thousand years. Said to confer immortality when eaten, these special peaches became the most common attribute of the Queen Mother. According to early sources, the peaches of immortality grow not only in the mountain home of the goddess, but also on certain mythological islands in the ocean east of China, where other gods and immortals reside. It is unclear which of these locations is depicted in the current scroll.

content: The painting shows various groups assembling to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. Several palace women and young boys can be seen harvesting ripe peaches at the right end of the displayed section, as an imperial figure and attendant courtiers promenade on a terrace overlooking the small grove. Other male figures appear in the doors and windows of the main palace behind them, while the more distant buildings are populated by women practicing various musical instruments for the approaching celebration. At left, another group of women has ascended a high platform to await the arrival of the goddess from the air.

content: This lavishly illustrated handscroll was probably produced by a seventeenth- or eighteenth-century workshop that specialized in high-end reproductions of famous works. The scroll bears a spurious signature of Fang Chunnian, who served in the imperial painting academy of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279) and was praised for his depictions of Daoist immortals and Buddhist deities in landscape settings. The Peach Festival is the best-known painting associated with his name.

content: Collection of an Imperial Duke in Peking [1]

content: To 1908

content: Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942), Beijing, China, and Alliance, OH, to 1908 [2]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Isaac Taylor Headland in 1908 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to an undated note signed by Isaac Taylor Headland (see Curatorial Remark 6, H.E. Buckman, 1963). 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 Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 610, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Tales of the Brush: Literary Masterpieces in Chinese Painting (July 28, 2007 to January 13, 2008)

content: Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Art Society of Pittsburgh, 1908 (1908)

content: Isaac Taylor Headland (1859-1942) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: mountain

content: landscape

content: Daoism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: festival

content: palace

content: garden

content: Queen Mother of the West

content: Daoist Immortals

content: peach

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 56.6 x 638.1 cm (22 5/16 x 251 1/4 in)

name:
Headland, Isaac Taylor
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Daoist Immortals
Blue-and-green style
Art
Daoism
Palace
Chinese Art
Peach
Gardens
Mountains
Festivals
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Queen Mother of the West

content: China

content: The Peach Festival of the Queen Mother of the West

title_sort: THE PEACH FESTIVAL OF THE QUEEN MOTHER OF THE WEST

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: From 1991

content: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of John Hadley Cox [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See “Listing of Objects offered to the FGA by Mr. John Hadley Cox,” September 12, 1991, copy in object file.

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005) was an educator and a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery, and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Changsha region of Hunan Province in South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935 (B.A.), he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. Whilst in China, he amassed his collection of ceramics and other materials from active archaeological sites in the region. During World War II, Cox served as an officer in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (now the CIA), and he was sent to Shanghai in 1945 to collect counterintelligence. Cox was also a fellow of the Harvard-Yenching Institute of Far Eastern Studies, an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan, and a linguistics professor at Georgetown University. In 1991, Cox donated 106 potsherds of Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese origin to the Freer Gallery Study Collection. Cox also left numerous items of his collection to the art gallery of his alma mater.

content: [2] See Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, December 19, 1991, copy in object file. This work is part of the museum’s Freer Study Collection.

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

content: Mirror

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (approx.): 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in)

topic:
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

label: Title

content: Fragments of Mirror

title_sort: FRAGMENTS OF MIRROR

title: Fragments of Mirror


label: Date

content: ca. 1750-1760

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Shevdar Gangeyagi (active 1740-1770)

label: School/Tradition

content: Kota school

content: This is a preparatory drawing for a sword sheath that was meant to be embroidered, tooled in leather or painted. An artist cleverly exploited the format by creating a vertical landscape of rocky gorges. His energetic line emphasizes movement, action and volume, apparent especially in the the massing of parallel lines indicating the bears' long fur and the the folds of the hunters' garments. The encounters are varied and dramatic.

content: Royal hunts were symbolically important expressions of kingship within the Ancient Near East, Persia and India. Beginning around 1660, artists in Kota began creating extraordinary images of rulers hunting game, which through to the mid-eighteenth century deployed calligraphic contour lines to render animals with great vivacity in highly textured landscapes. This preparatory drawing is characteristic of the Kota style of drawing.

content: To 1967

content: Sri Ram Gopal Vijaivargia, Jaipur [1]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Sri Ram Gopal Vijaivargia, Jaipur in December 1967 [2]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: 1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the drawing from Ram Gopal Vijaivargia, Jaipur in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Sri Ram Gopal Vijaivargia (1905-2003)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Kota, Rajasthan state, India

content: bear

content: hunting

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W (overall): 48.9 × 14.6 cm (19 1/4 × 5 3/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Vijaivargia, Ram Gopal

place:
Kota
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Animals
Hunting
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Bears

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: A raja hunting wild boars, design for a scabbard

title_sort: A RAJA HUNTING WILD BOARS, DESIGN FOR A SCABBARD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: ca. 1600-ca. 1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

content: To 1960

content: Chen Rentao (1906-1968), Hong Kong, and Frank Caro, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, to 1960 [1]

content: From 1960 to 1979

content: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury [2]

content: From 1979

content: Freer Gallery of Art, from October 23, 1979 [3]

content: [1] This object is one of a group of 88 objects (F80.104-F80.180, FSC-S-22-25 and FSC-O-11a-h) seized in 1960 by the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, from the dealer and collector Chen Rentao, Hong Kong and Frank Caro of C. T. Loo & Co., New York.

content: The objects were deemed to have been introduced into the commerce of the United States in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1592 (Trade with Communist China).

content: [2] See note 1. The object’s ownership title is based on the settlement agreement, dated November 1971, between the United States, Chen Tung Siang Wen, the executrix for Chen Rentao Estate, and Frank Caro, copy in object file.

content: See U.S. Customs Service Memorandum, April 23, 1979 and a letter from Thadeus Rojek, Chief Counsel, Department of the Treasury, U.S. Custom Service, to Marie C. Malaro, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, dated November 29, 1979, copy in object file. The objects remained in the custody of the U.S. Customs Service office in New York until 1979.

content: [3] The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery of Art on October 23, 1979.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Chen Rentao 陳仁濤 (1906-1968)

content: U.S. Customs Service

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Transferred from the Department of the Treasury, U.S. Customs

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 16.8 x 5.4 x 0.6 cm (6 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in)

name:
U.S. Customs Service
Chen, Rentao

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Jade

content: China

content: Dagger-axe (ge 戈)

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE 戈)

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Dagger-axe (ge 戈)


content: 18th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: halo

content: India

content: emperor

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Gold, color, and silver on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 19 x 11.8 cm (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Portraits
Kings and rulers
Halo

content: India

content: Portrait of an emperor

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF AN EMPEROR

title: Portrait of an emperor


label: Date

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: 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H x W: 4 x 4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in)

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1906

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

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: child

content: woman

content: United States

content: American 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: Tool and Equipment

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 9.8 x 13.3 cm (3 7/8 x 5 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Children
Woman
Metal-work

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Nursemaid and Child

title_sort: NURSEMAID AND CHILD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Nursemaid and Child


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 30, S.I. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: river

content: snow

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 22.4 x 22.8 cm (8 13/16 x 9 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Winter
Snow
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

content: Winter landscape

title_sort: WINTER LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Winter landscape


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1907

content: Y. Fujita and Company, Japan, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company in Japan in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 30, page 21, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Furniture and Furnishing

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 40 × 42.1 cm (15 3/4 × 16 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Fujita

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

content: China

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

content: Stand

title_sort: STAND

title: Stand


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: From 1920

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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 742, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: woman

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 24.3 x 212.4 cm (9 9/16 x 83 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Woman

content: China

content: Ten figures of men and women of rank

title_sort: TEN FIGURES OF MEN AND WOMEN OF RANK

title: Ten figures of men and women of rank


label: Date

content: 4th century

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

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

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 (reigned 1101-1125))

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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 858, 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: peony

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 197.4 x 90 cm (77 11/16 x 35 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Peony
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Birds
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: A pheasant, a rock, and peonies

title_sort: A PHEASANT, A ROCK, AND PEONIES

title: A pheasant, a rock, and peonies


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 25, 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: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in)

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

room: Gallery 20

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ball


label: Date

content: ca. 1700-1725

label: School/Tradition

content: Mewar school

label: Label

content: From the evidence of this painting, Rom Rishi (literally, hairy sage) appears to have been the leader of a band of militant ascetics devoted to Vishnu. Wearing Vaishnava tilaks on their foreheads, his attendants, one of whom fans him with a large leaf, are armed with shields and swords. The women and men of the court, all finely dressed, are seated to the right side of the rishi.

label: Provenance

content: To 1967

content: Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi [1]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in December 1967 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

content: From 2018

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

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Indian Arts Palace, Delhi in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to Ralph Benkaim’s personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Indian Arts Palace

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Mewar, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: court

content: ascetic

content: sword

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: attendant

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (painting): 18.1 × 28.6 cm (7 1/8 × 11 1/4 in)

content: H x W (overall): 22.2 × 32.4 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/4 in)

name:
Indian Arts Palace
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Rajasthan state
Mewar
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Swords
Attendant
Court
Ascetic

content: India

content: An Audience with Rom Rishi

title_sort: AN AUDIENCE WITH ROM RISHI

title: An Audience with Rom Rishi


content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or early Ming dynasty

content: When Charles Lang Freer purchased this hanging scroll from Seaouke Yue [You Xiaoqi] in November 1917, it was attributed to the Tang dynasty (618-906) and identified as an episode in the history the tragic Han dynasty heroine, Wang Zhaojun (first century B.C.E.). Since nothing in the traditional representations of the Wang Zhaojun story corresponds in any way with the relationships of the figures in this painting, it is celar that the traditional identification of the subject was incorrect.

content: A brief entry in Guo Ruoxu's Tuhua jianwen zhi (late 1070s) provides the answer to the identity of the participants in the painting Xin Pi Tugging the Emperor's Robe. Xin Pi was the loyal but outspoken minister who served Emperor Wen of the state of Wei (reigned 220-26). The dramatic confrontation depicted in the Freer painted occurred when Xin Pi criticized a decision by the emperor because he felt it would place an undue hardship on the people. Angered by such outspoken criticism, the emperor rose from his seat and was about to withdraw. But refusing to be ignored, Xin Pi followed the emperor and continued to remonstrate by tugging at the hem of his gown. Eventually, Xin Pi's extraordinary courage caused the emperor to reconsider his decision. Paintings depicting the exploits of meritorous ministers, loyal generals, and paragons of filial piety, reflect the influence of Confucian tradition.

content: Stylistic features in the rendering of details of the landscape and figures support a 14th-century date for the scroll. That date would also be consistent with the choice of a didactic Confucian narrative theme, since artists of all schools during that period were re-examining ancient themes and traditions of painting.

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 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1207, 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

label: Exhibition History

content: Old Tales Retold: Narrative in Chinese Painting (April 20 to October 20, 2013)

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: emperor

content: minister

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 106.1 x 49.7 cm (41 3/4 x 19 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Kings and rulers
Minister

content: China

label: Title

content: Xin Pi Tugging the Emperor's Robe 辛毗引裾圖

title_sort: XIN PI TUGGING THE EMPEROR'S ROBE 辛毗引裾圖

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Xin Pi Tugging the Emperor's Robe 辛毗引裾圖


label: Date

content: 5th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: Several types of zithers were played in ancient China. The earliest (the se, zheng, and zhu) used movable bridges for tuning, but the qin, a seven-stringed zither that evolved between the fifth and second century B.C.E., has tuning pegs on the underside that are turned with a metal key. The decoration of these tuning keys-combative animals and a bear native to China's northern territory-may have been inspired by the goods traded with seminomadic peoples along China's northern frontier. Some scholars believe this may indicate that the qin developed, at least in part, in response to foreign musical traditions.

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. 972, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Virtue and Entertainment: Chinese Music in the Visual Arts (October 1, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

content: The Dragon's Moan (February 6 to October 1, 2000)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: snake

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Musical Instrument

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 8.2 x 4 cm (3 1/4 x 1 9/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Qin tuning key (qin zhenyao) with tiger and snake

title_sort: QIN TUNING KEY (QIN ZHENYAO) WITH TIGER AND SNAKE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Lin (active early to mid-13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Panel List, R. 1219, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: bird

content: goose

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: plum blossom

content: camellia

content: willow tree

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 175.7 x 105.7 cm (69 3/16 x 41 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Camellia
Goose
Chinese Art
Willow tree
Birds
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Plum blossom

content: China

content: A group of geese under snow-covered willow and blossoming trees

title_sort: A GROUP OF GEESE UNDER SNOW-COVERED WILLOW AND BLOSSOMING TREES


content: 13th-14th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Description

content: Spoon. Surface: olive-green and black patina; grayish pittings. Decoration: incised.

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: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1000, 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: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 27.4 x 3.4 x 4.3 cm (10 13/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 11/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

title: Spoon


label: Date

content: ca. 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: Sword. Broken in five pieces, and lacking one piece. Grey-green patina. Guard with design cast in relief and fragments of turquoise inlay. Hilt with two rings cast in relief and traces of turquoise inlay. Pommel round and concave containing thin concentric rings.

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck, Peking, China. [1]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Orvar Karlbeck, Peking, China. [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 52.4 x 4.8 cm (20 5/8 x 1 7/8 in)

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Sword

title_sort: SWORD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Sword


content: Asuka period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Count Tanaka, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Count Tanaka through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, in 1909 [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. 171, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Art: Painting and Sculpture (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

content: Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Count Tanaka (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: wood

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Asuka period (552 - 710)

content: Japan

content: mudra

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: Sculpture

content: Wood

content: H (overall): 95.7 cm (37 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tanaka

topic:
Asuka period (552 - 710)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Wood
Japanese Art
Mudra
Bodhisattva

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Bodhisattva

title_sort: BODHISATTVA

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bodhisattva


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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 G3 state 1 of 1.

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: Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012)

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

content: 1904 Grolier Club, New York (1904)

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: woman

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 10.8 x 7.7 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Au Sixième

title_sort: AU SIXIÈME

title: Au Sixième


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

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 G13 state 2 of 3.

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 10.8 x 15.3 cm (4 1/4 x 6 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Liverdun. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature

title_sort: LIVERDUN. ONE OF THE TWELVE ETCHINGS FROM NATURE


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Fang Congyi (active 1340-1380)

content: Having laid aside his carrying pole of bundled twigs and sticks, a wood-gatherer stops at a fishing boat moored by the choppy river and accepts a drink from a barefoot fisherwoman wearing a loose, patched robe. A young child leans back on the deck of the roughly roofed boat, casually observing their interaction. While the destitute condition of these ordinary country folk is neither idealized nor obscured, the potential starkness of their poverty is greatly tempered by the simple human warmth and hospitality of the scene.

content: The signature at lower right of the Yuan dynasty artist Fang Congyi (active ca. 1340-1380) is forged.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1918 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1290, 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: On the River (April 01, 1995 to January 23, 1996)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: boat

content: willow tree

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: wood-gathering

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 143.8 x 43.2 cm (56 5/8 x 17 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Willow tree
Wood-gathering
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Woodcutter Receiving a Drink at a Fishing Boat

title_sort: WOODCUTTER RECEIVING A DRINK AT A FISHING BOAT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler declared bankruptcy following a series of personal and professional difficulties, including quarrels with his patron Frederick Leyland over the Peacock Room, expenses related to his new home, and the cost of an ongoing lawsuit against art critic John Ruskin. Whistler drew this bird’s-eye view of St. James Street—home to exclusive gentlemen’s clubs—expressly to raise funds. The British weekly magazine Vanity Fair commissioned and reproduced the image in its July 2, 1878, issue. By September, Whistler would be in Venice, working on a much larger commission from the Fine Art Society.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G178 state 2 of 4.

content: Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (circa 1829-1891), London [1]

content: To 1892

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1892 [2]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1892 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Hutchinson Collection stamp in margin (see Curatorial Remarks in the object record).

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, 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: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints, East Corridor (January 5, 1944 to January 8, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (April 4, 1930 to January 20, 1944)

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

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

content: Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca. 1829-1891)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: city

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: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 27.8 x 17.6 cm (10 15/16 x 6 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hutchinson, Joshua Hutchinson
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Store front
Cities and towns
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: St. James's Street

title_sort: ST. JAMES'S STREET

label: Thumbnail Image

title: St. James's Street


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 9

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 G237 state 17 of 17.

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: 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (March 23, 1962 to July 4, 1962)

content: Centennial Exhibition, East Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 10, 1958)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints (December 12, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings, Lithographs, and Drypoint (September 24, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

content: American Paintings, Etchings, and Lithographs. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.7 x 30.3 cm (8 1/8 x 11 15/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: San Biagio

title_sort: SAN BIAGIO

title: San Biagio


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: pigeon

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 26.3 x 36.3 cm (10 3/8 x 14 5/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Pigeon

title_sort: PIGEON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Pigeon


content: late 17th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Hanabusa Itcho 英一蝶 (1652-1724)

content: To 1902

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 287, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)

content: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

content: Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: heron

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: willow tree

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

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 130.8 × 54.2 cm (51 1/2 × 21 5/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Willow tree
Japanese Art
Herons
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Heron and willow

title_sort: HERON AND WILLOW

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Heron and willow


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; mottled taupe and tan partly covered with cream-colored incipient disintegration; surface minutely pitted. (Rim chipped and smoothed in several areas.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1295, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 16.1 x 1.5 cm (6 5/16 x 5/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1919

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1311, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll; ink on silk

content: H x W: 60.2 x 69.5 cm (23 11/16 x 27 3/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Rocks and Bamboos

title_sort: ROCKS AND BAMBOOS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Rocks and Bamboos


content: 4th-5th century

content: Fragment of a flask.

content: Opaque black matrix with white and green dragged rods.

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 47, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Fragment of a flask

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A FLASK

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a flask