content: ca. 1740

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Muhammad Shah

content: Attributed to Muhammad Afzal (active 1740-1780)

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: To 1924

content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston to 1924 [1]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1924 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931)

content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

content: Delhi, Haryana state, India

content: night

content: child

content: woman

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: fireworks

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.9 x 11.7 cm (7 7/16 x 4 5/8 in)

place:
Delhi
Haryana state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Night
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Children
Woman
Fireworks

content: India

label: Title

content: Court ladies playing with fireworks

title_sort: COURT LADIES PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS

title: Court ladies playing with fireworks


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

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 G150 state 2 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: ocean

content: wind

content: beach

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

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: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.7 x 23.2 cm (6 3/16 x 9 1/8 in)

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

topic:
Wind
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Ocean
Drypoint
Beaches
Cancelled plate

type: Country

content: United States

content: The Beach, Hastings

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: THE BEACH, HASTINGS

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Beach, Hastings


content: 5th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 13.6 x 19.3 x 0.7 cm (5 3/8 x 7 5/8 x 1/4 in)

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Dagger-axe (ge)

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE)

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

title: Dagger-axe (ge)


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: S. Abe, Kyoto, Japan to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Abe in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 241, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: S. Abe (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze with silver inlay

content: H x W: 15.8 x 4.9 cm (6 1/4 x 1 15/16 in)

name:
Abe, S.
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Finial

title_sort: FINIAL

title: Finial


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 30.1 x 595.8 cm (11 7/8 x 234 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: The Lotus Society

title_sort: THE LOTUS SOCIETY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Lotus Society


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1902

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, Etc, Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, January 3, 1921, pg. 1, as well as Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 23, 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: wood

content: landscape

content: river

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on wooden board

content: H x W: 19.8 x 30 cm (7 13/16 x 11 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Wood
American Art
Rivers

content: United States

content: River Landscape

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: River Landscape


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: ca. 1660

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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: Painting

content: Gold and faint color on paper

content: H x W: 16 x 8.5 cm (6 5/16 x 3 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Portraits

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Portrait of an officer

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER

title: Portrait of an officer


content: 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 565, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze, inlaid with gold

content: H: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

content: 6th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lombardy, Italy

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Glass

content: Italy

content: Bead, hexagonal; longitudinal bore

title_sort: BEAD, HEXAGONAL; LONGITUDINAL BORE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, hexagonal; longitudinal bore


content: ca. 1840s

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

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

content: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: sake

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 31.7 x 17.4 cm (12 1/2 x 6 7/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Shojo Lifting a Sake Keg

title_sort: SHOJO LIFTING A SAKE KEG

title: Shojo Lifting a Sake Keg


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 4

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G235 state 4 of 11.

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist in 1902 [1]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Mr. Freer purchased this work on June 16, 1902 (see Accession List, Collections Management office).

content: [2] 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 in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)

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

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: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.7 x 15.1 cm (8 15/16 x 5 15/16 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Bead Stringers

title_sort: BEAD STRINGERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead Stringers


label: Date

content: 19th century

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1902 [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. 23, pg. 6, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: seal

content: river

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 33.2 x 28.2 cm (13 1/16 x 11 1/8 in)

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Seal
Rivers
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Landscape: river, town and mist

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: RIVER, TOWN AND MIST

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Landscape: river, town and mist


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)

content: To 1909

content: Shinsuke Hayashi, Kyoto, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, S.I. 70p, pg. 23, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Shinsuke Hayashi 林新助 (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: rabbit

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: grass

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 17.5 x 17.4 cm (6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Shinsuke, Hayashi

topic:
Rabbits
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Poetry
Grasses

content: Japan

content: Rabbits and grasses

title_sort: RABBITS AND GRASSES

title: Rabbits and grasses


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 655, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 5.8 x 5.4 cm (2 5/16 x 2 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Mask and ring handle

title_sort: MASK AND RING HANDLE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Mask and ring handle


label: Date

content: 15th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Traditionally attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 787, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)

content: Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

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

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

content: Ancient Chinese Paintings, Sculptures, and Jade Objects from the Collection formed by Charles Lang Freer (November 15 to December 08, 1917)

content: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: dog

content: China

content: emperor

content: prisoner

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 36.9 x 207.9 cm (14 1/2 x 81 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Prisoner
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Dogs
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Kings and rulers

content: China

content: Admonishing in chains

title_sort: ADMONISHING IN CHAINS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Admonishing in chains


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Shallow dish with everted rim.

content: Clay: dense, soft, gray-white.

content: Glaze: cream with brown discolorations; triple crackle.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 247, 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: Exhibition History

content: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Shiinomine kilns, Imari, Saga prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

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: Vessel

content: Stoneware with clear colorless glaze

content: H x Diam: 4.2 × 20.5 cm (1 5/8 × 8 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware

place:
Shiinomine kilns
Imari
Japan
Saga prefecture

topic:
Karatsu ware
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Shallow dish with everted rim

title_sort: SHALLOW DISH WITH EVERTED RIM

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Shallow dish with everted rim


content: late 7th-early 8th century

content: Early or mid-Tang dynasty

content: Ladle, with a seven-lobed bowl. Silver. Surface: intact with one small dent in forward lobe of bowl.

content: From at least 1929

content: Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941), New York and "The Chimneys," Sands Point, Port Washington, Long Island, from at least January 1929 [1]

content: From at least 1944

content: Tonying and Company, New York, from at least February 1944 [2]

content: From 1944

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company on September 21, 1944 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Mrs. Holmes lent the object to the 1929 exhibition in Berlin, Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst (Berlin: Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst and Preussischen Akademie der Künste, January 12 –April 2, 1929), cat. 425 (ill.) and to the International Exhibition of Chinese Art at Royal Academy of Fine Arts in London in 1935-36, see Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, exh. cat. (London: Royal Academy of Arts, November 1935-March 7, 1936), cat. 786 (ill.).

content: [2] See “List of Objects Contemplated for Purchase by the Freer Gallery of Art,” approved by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution on February 4, 1944, copy in object file.

content: [3] See Tonying & Company’s invoice, dated September 21, 1944, in which the object figures under no. G. 14: “Large Chinese Silver Ladle / Tang,” copy in object file. See also A. G. Wenley’s letter to C. F. Yau, Tonying & Co., dated September 19, 1944, in which Wenley confirms the purchase of the object.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)

content: Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

content: Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)

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

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

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: Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941)

content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

content: Probably Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China

label: Topic

content: chasing

content: repoussé

content: hammering

content: punching

content: metal

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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: Tool and Equipment

content: Hammered silver with repoussé, chased, and ring-punched decoration

content: H x W x D: 31 x 6.1 x 4.5 cm (12 3/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in)

name:
Holmes, Christian R.
Tonying and Company

place:
Shaanxi province
Xi’an
China

topic:
Repoussé
Hammering
Art
Punching
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Chasing
Metal-work

room: Gallery 16

building: Freer

content: China

label: Title

content: Lobed ladle with floral scrolls

title_sort: LOBED LADLE WITH FLORAL SCROLLS

title: Lobed ladle with floral scrolls


label: Date

label: Period

content: Southern Song dynasty

label: Artist

content: Lin Tinggui 林庭桂 (active late 12th century)

label: Label

content: Illustrating a scene from the daily life of Buddhist monks, this painting belongs to a set of one hundred hanging scrolls depicting the five hundred luohan, or Buddhist saints. The set of paintings was commissioned by a Buddhist abbot in 1175 and completed by Lin Tinggui and another painter three years later. The paintings were transported to Japan in the thirteenth century and eventually became the property of the Daitokuji, a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. In 1894 the Daitokuji, in need of funds for repairs, exhibited forty-four of the scrolls in Boston, where 10 of the paintings were sold. The Japanese presented this painting in gratitude to the tour's American organizer, who sold it in 1902 to Charles Lang Freer.

content: Lin Tinggui painted the six figures with precise outlines and bright, opaque colors. The five luohan and their servant are shown washing their clothes and hanging them out to dry. Written in gold and almost completely invisible, a signed inscription by the artist appears in the lower right corner.

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.

label: Provenance

content: To 1894

content: The Daitoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, to 1894 [1]

content: From 1894 to 1902

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), Japan, Boston, New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, given by the Daitoku-ji while at Museum of Fine Art, Boston, in 1894 [2]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remarks, Fu Shen and Stephen Allee, Excerpt Exhibition Label Text, May 1993. See also, Object Documentation, Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy (http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/). 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. In 1894 Ernest Francisco Fenollosa arranged a special exhibition in which forty-four Daitoku-ji paintings were shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. As an expression of gratitude for his help organizing the exhibition, the Daitoku-ji presented one of the forty-four paintings to Fenollossa, who subsequently sold it to Charles L. Freer in 1902.

content: [3] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 281, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing Disciples (March 10 to July 8, 2012)

content: Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)

content: Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (December 1, 2003 to May 23, 2004)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)

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

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

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

content: Daitoku-ji 大徳寺

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Buddhism

content: pine tree

content: Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)

content: river

content: Arhat

content: washing

content: China

content: Mahayana Buddhism

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 112.3 x 53.5 cm (44 3/16 x 21 1/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang
Daitoku-ji

topic:
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Washing
Rivers
Mahayana Buddhism

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Luohan laundering 羅漢洗濯圖

title_sort: LUOHAN LAUNDERING 羅漢洗濯圖

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Luohan laundering 羅漢洗濯圖


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1917

content: Tonying and Company, New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1181, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Mirror

content: Bronze, gilding

content: Diam x D: 14 x 1 cm (5 1/2 x 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tonying and Company

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

content: China

content: Mirror (chien)

title_sort: MIRROR (CHIEN)

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mirror (chien)


label: Date

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: portrait

content: tree

content: child

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: 13.5 x 9.8 cm (5 5/16 x 3 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

label: Title

content: Seymour Standing under a Tree

title_sort: SEYMOUR STANDING UNDER A TREE

title: Seymour Standing under a Tree


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

label: Label

content: This painting belongs to a set of three by Kano Tan'yu, a leading painter of the Kano school of professional artists. Inspiration for the paintings came from groups of poems known as the "Three Dusks" or "Three Evening Poems." The verse inscribed on this painting was composed by Fujiwara Teika (1162-1241):

content: I gaze afar

content: And ask for neither cherry flowers

content: Nor crimson leaves:

content: The inlet with its grass-thatched huts

content: Clustered in the growing autumn dusk.

content: Translation by Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner, Japanese Court Poetry (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1961)

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 397, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 30.5 × 44.8 cm (12 × 17 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Thatched huts along a shoreline from the Three Dusks

title_sort: THATCHED HUTS ALONG A SHORELINE FROM THE THREE DUSKS

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts'ung [cong] 琮; low heavy form; narrow projecting collar at both ends with hollowed areas; mottled light and dark tans, orange, and cream; decoration: channeled and incised, grooves, bands and circles. (Corner broken.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1348, pg. 311, 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: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

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

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

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

content: Chinese 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, Ancient Chinese Jade and Bronze (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)

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: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 7.1 x 9.4 x 9.5 cm (2 13/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 3/4 in)

content: Diam (hole): 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Two-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks

title_sort: TWO-TIER TUBE (CONG 琮) WITH MASKS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Two-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks


label: Date

label: Period

content: Nara period

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 Bronze List, S.I. 93, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)

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

content: Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Nara period (645 - 794)

content: Japan

content: Miroku Bosatsu

content: Japanese 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: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H (overall): 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tanaka

topic:
Bronze
Miroku Bosatsu
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Nara period (645 - 794)
Sculpture
Japanese Art
Bodhisattva
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Miroku

title_sort: MIROKU

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Miroku


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: butterfly

content: dragonfly

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Korea

content: Garment ornament: butterfly (fragments)

title_sort: GARMENT ORNAMENT: BUTTERFLY (FRAGMENTS)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Garment ornament: butterfly (fragments)


content: ca. 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

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] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 922, 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: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 9.5 x 2.2 cm (3 3/4 x 7/8 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

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

content: China

content: Fitting (fragment)

title_sort: FITTING (FRAGMENT)

title: Fitting (fragment)


label: Date

content: ca. 1200 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period

label: Label

content: Tiny turquoise mosaics define the coiled dragons, with beaked head, three-clawed paw, and spiraling tail, on the projecting tang of this dagger-axe. X-radiographs of this object reveals it was assembled from different pieces that might not have belonged together originally and were pinned and soldered in place in modern times. These repairs explain the disorderly areas of turquoise inlay.

content: Reportedly excavated in Anyang, Henan province, China [1]

content: From 1947 to 1950

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York, from 1947 [2]

content: From 1950

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on June 28, 1950 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by C. T. Loo, see A. G. Wenely's curatorial remark, dated 1950, in object file.

content: [2] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. CHL-7/961: "Bronze knife, animal handle, turquoise mosaique An-Yang Shang green patina," C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file. According to an annotation on the stockcard, the object was acquired in China. On May 10, 1950, it was taken by Loo to the Freer Gallery for examination.

content: [3] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated June 28, 1950, copy in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Chinese Bronze, Jade, Marble (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, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)

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

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Bronze with turquoise inlay

content: H x W x D: 10.5 × 41 × 3.9 cm (4 1/8 × 16 1/8 × 1 9/16 in)

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

content: Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE) WITH DRAGONS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons


content: Dated 451

content: Liu Song dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 276, 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: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

content: Special Exhibit for King and Queen of Nepal (April 26, 1960 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Art (July 19, 1958 to April 26, 1960)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 17 (November 17, 1955 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Liu Song dynasty (420 - 479)

content: Maitreya Buddha

content: China

content: mandorla

content: dhyana mudra

content: Chinese 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: Sculpture

content: Bronze and gilt

content: H x W x D (overall): 29.3 x 13.2 x 7.4 cm (11 9/16 x 5 3/16 x 2 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Liu Song dynasty (420 - 479)
Mandorla
Sculpture
Maitreya Buddha
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

label: Title

content: Buddha Mile (Maitreya)

title_sort: BUDDHA MILE (MAITREYA)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Buddha Mile (Maitreya)


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

content: Kemari, a game in which players form a circle and kick a ball back and forth without letting it fall to the ground, was played at the Japanese imperial court as early as the seventh century. Played on a court about six meters (twenty feet) on each side with its corners marked by four trees, the sport was popular among the aristocracy and later was adopted by warriors and commoners. Kemari competitions continue today.

content: These women carry shoes and a deerskin ball, equipment associated with the game. Kemari, however, was traditionally played by men. The scene may be an example of mitate, a play on words or images popular during the Edo period (1615-1868), in which an image is presented in an unexpected form or context. A common type of mitate in painting placed contemporary courtesans of the urban "floating world" in scenes from classical Japanese literature, such as The Tale of Genji, which is set in the imperial court. This scene may allude to a famous and frequently illustrated episode in The Tale of Genji, in which a courtier, playing kemari beneath blossoming cherry trees, immediately falls in love after he glimpses a beautiful princess whose cat pushes aside a bamboo blind. The play upon gender and class seen here would have been obvious and amusing to the painting's patron.

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, L. pg. 18, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls (April 5, 1933 to December 8, 1941)

content: Japanese Paintings and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to December 8, 1941)

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: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: game playing

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on silk panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 157.8 × 82.7 cm (62 1/8 × 32 9/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Seven women walking near a football court

title_sort: SEVEN WOMEN WALKING NEAR A FOOTBALL COURT

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G81 state 1 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: 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: drypoint

content: rain

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

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

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.8 x 28.8 cm (6 1/4 x 11 5/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Rain
Art
American Art
Drypoint
Cancelled plate

content: United States

content: The Storm

title_sort: THE STORM

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Storm


label: Period

content: Momoyama period

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 136, pg. 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Exhibition of Oriental and American Art Under the Joint Auspices of the Alumni Memorial Committee and the Ann Arbor Art Association (May 11 to May 30, 1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: goose

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W: 159.2 x 357.1 cm (62 11/16 x 140 9/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Goose
Japanese Art

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Wild geese, willows and peonies

title_sort: WILD GEESE, WILLOWS AND PEONIES

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wild geese, willows and peonies


label: Date

content: Period of Division

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: tiger

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: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 5.2 x 7.8 x 7 cm (2 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 2 3/4 in)

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

content: China

content: Tiger-shaped ornament or weight

title_sort: TIGER-SHAPED ORNAMENT OR WEIGHT

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tiger-shaped ornament or weight


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 27, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ball


content: Edo period or Meiji era

label: Description

content: Clay: hard, grayish. Dark gray on surface.

content: Glaze: chocolate brown; greenish-black overflow. Overfired iron glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 585, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with overfired iron glaze

content: H x Diam: 7 × 12.4 cm (2 3/4 × 4 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

place: Kyoto Japan

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Pottery
Ceramics
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: Japan

content: Tenmoku tea bowl, possibly Agano ware

title_sort: TENMOKU TEA BOWL, POSSIBLY AGANO WARE

title: Tenmoku tea bowl, possibly Agano ware


label: Date

content: possibly 581-618

content: Possibly Sui dynasty

content: To 1913

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 436, pg. 133, 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: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: lion

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: lotus

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 33.3 × 17.2 × 16.1 cm (13 1/8 × 6 3/4 × 6 5/16 in)

topic:
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva

content: China

label: Title

content: Bodhisattvas with lions and figures

title_sort: BODHISATTVAS WITH LIONS AND FIGURES

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bodhisattvas with lions and figures


content: 3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou to Western Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 634, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)

content: China

content: figure

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.5 x 4.3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 11/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: A crouching figure

title_sort: A CROUCHING FIGURE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: A crouching figure


content: late 17th-early 18th century

content: Safavid period

label: Description

content: Dish, large, shallow - on a low foot piereced with two holes. Broken and repaired.

content: Clay: soft, white. Glaze: glassy, transparent, crackled in brown. Decoration: painted in brilliant deep blue on a white slip under glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Georges Demotte, Paris, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Georges Demotte in Paris, May 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Journal Voucher No. 1, July 1904, L. 1304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

content: The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

content: Georges Demotte (1877-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: chinoiserie

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x Diam: 6.7 × 34 cm (2 5/8 × 13 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Demotte, Georges

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Dish

title_sort: DISH

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Dish


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

content: Vase: globular, with slender neck and spreading, molded rim, high base; thread mark. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: soft, reddish.

content: Glaze: rich green, with golden iridescence.

content: Decoration: corrugated encircling lines, incised geometrical pattern, and two rudimentary head-and-ring handles, molded in relief.

content: To 1906

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1474, 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: 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: China

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: tomb

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 37.6 × 27.9 cm (14 13/16 × 11 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Tomb
Pottery
Funerary
Iridescence
Ceramics
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

title: Tomb jar


content: 13th-14th century

label: Period

content: Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Liu Minshu (13th-14th century)

content: To 1916

content: Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 1062, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, pg. 91.

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: portrait

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

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): 122.6 x 68.6 cm (48 1/4 x 27 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Portraits
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: Portraits of Three Scholars: Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, and Zhu Xi

title_sort: PORTRAITS OF THREE SCHOLARS: CHENG HAO, CHENG YI, AND ZHU XI

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 17th-18th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Jar, ovoid. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: hard, sonorous, grayish.

content: Glaze: dark yellow, finely crackled; broadly splashed with mingled grayish-yellow, blue, gray-green and faint mauve.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tamba, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Tamba ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: wood-ash glaze

content: rice-straw-ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with wood-ash and rice-straw-ash glazes

content: H x Diam: 23.7 × 23.3 cm (9 5/16 × 9 3/16 in)

label: Style

content: Tamba ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Tamba
Hyogo prefecture
Japan

topic:
Rice-straw-ash glaze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Tamba ware
Stoneware
Wood-ash glaze
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Tamba ware jar

title_sort: TAMBA WARE JAR

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tamba ware jar


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: 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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 520s

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

content: From at least 1925 to 1968

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY [1]

content: From 1968

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer, 1968 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] The stele is documented as a part of the Meyer collection in Osvald Sirén, Chinese Sculpture From the Fifth to the Fourteenth Century (London: Benn, Ltd., 1925), vol. 1, p. 48, vol. 2, pl. 183.

content: [2] The stele is included in Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, listed as no. 38 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file.

content: It was accessioned to the Freer Gallery’s collection in 1968.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition (September 25, 1971 to October 2, 1972)

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

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: lotus

content: China

content: apsara

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

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

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 99.6 x 81.2 x 27.7 cm (39 3/16 x 31 15/16 x 10 7/8 in)

name:
buddha
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

culture: Buddhists Chinese Apsarases

content: China

label: Title

content: Buddhist stele

title_sort: BUDDHIST STELE

title: Buddhist stele


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Cake dish with foliate rim and lobed walls.

content: Clay: hard, grayish. Dark purple-brown on surface.

content: Glaze: brilliant black closely powdered with green; overflow of gray-white flushed with pink, crackled. Tama-nagashi glaze format.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 407, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Ryumonji kilns, Kajiki, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Ryumonji ware

content: Satsuma ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: rice-straw-ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron and rice-straw-ash glazes

content: H x Diam: 6.8 × 17.8 cm (2 11/16 × 7 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

place:
Ryumonji kilns
Japan
Kajiki
Kagoshima prefecture

topic:
Rice-straw-ash glaze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ryumonji ware
Stoneware
Satsuma ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Brown and black glaze
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Satsuma ware serving bowl, Ryumonji kilns

title_sort: SATSUMA WARE SERVING BOWL, RYUMONJI KILNS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1905

content: Mr. Scroones, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mr. Scroones, through William Marchant & Co., in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

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

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)

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

content: Paintings in Oil and Pastel by James A. McNeill Whistler (March 15 to May 31, 1910)

content: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler (February 22 to April 15, 1905)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Pastel on brown paper

content: H x W: 9.4 x 28.5 cm (3 11/16 x 11 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Scroones

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art

content: United States

content: Blue and Silver—The Islands, Venice

title_sort: BLUE AND SILVER—THE ISLANDS, VENICE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Blue and Silver—The Islands, Venice


content: 8th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

content: To 1912

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [1]

content: From 1912 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 371, pg. 116, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: ushnisha

content: forgery

content: China

content: throne

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

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: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 85.6 × 36.8 × 34.8 cm (33 11/16 × 14 1/2 × 13 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Varada mudra
Forgery
Abhaya mudra
Stone
Throne
Ushnisha

content: China

label: Title

content: Seated Buddhist figure: high octagonal pedestal and perforated background

title_sort: SEATED BUDDHIST FIGURE: HIGH OCTAGONAL PEDESTAL AND PERFORATED BACKGROUND


content: 2nd century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: 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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: Reportedly excavated at Xi’an, Shaanxi [1]

content: Duanfang (1861–1911) [2]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th–early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [3]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1919 [4]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record states: “Said to have been in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang [Duanfang] and to have been excavated in Sianfu [Xi’an], Shensi [Shaanxi].” However, note that Curatorial Remark 5, William B. Trousdale, 1964, in the object record, states: “This piece is not illustrated in the catalogue of the Tuan Fang [Duanfang] collection (T'ao chai ku yu t’u [Taozhai guyu tu], Shanghai, 1936).”

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1420, p. 337, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

content: [5] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer’s gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: 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)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 5.7 × 5.7 × 1.5 cm (2 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Sword scabbard chape

title_sort: SWORD SCABBARD CHAPE

title: Sword scabbard chape


label: Period

content: Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)

label: Label

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: Du Wenlan (1815-1881) [1]

content: To 1970

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY

content: From 1970 to 2001

content: Katharine Graham (1917-2001), Washington, DC, by descent from her mother, Agnes E. Meyer

content: From 2002

content: Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Katharine Graham in 2002 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Du Wenlan’s collector seal is located on the painting, see “Song and Yuan Painting and Calligraphy,”

content: http://www.asia.si.edu/songyuan/F1992.41/F1992-41.Documentation.pdf, accessed on November 27, 2012.

content: [2] See Katharine Graham’s Last Will and Testament, dated January 12, 2000, copy in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (December 1, 2003 to May 23, 2004)

content: Du Wenlan (1815-1881)

content: Eugene I. Meyer Jr. (1875-1959)

content: Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)

content: Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: meditation

content: Arhat

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: Bequest of Mrs. Katharine Graham

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 125.6 x 62.2 cm (49 7/16 x 24 1/2 in)

name:
Meyer, Agnes E.
Graham, Katharine Meyer
Meyer, Eugene I.
Wenlan, Du

topic:
Art
Meditation
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: Luohan Meditating in a Grotto

title_sort: LUOHAN MEDITATING IN A GROTTO

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Luohan Meditating in a Grotto