content: 6th-5th century BCE

content: Late Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 1.3 cm (1/2 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)
Mosaic glass
Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: probably 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Style of Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)

label: Marks

content: Two seals. Small seal of Korin. Round seal of Hoshuku.

label: Label

content: This quick ink sketch shows designs for the decoration of two cylindrical tea bowls with motifs of pine and plum. Both motifs were appropriate for use during the winter months. The sketch was executed in the style of the painter Ogata Korin (1658–1716), whose younger brother was the influential Kyoto potter Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743).

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 Kakemono List, S.I. 114, pg. 24, 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: Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)

content: The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

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

content: Boxed In: Japanese Ceramics and Their Storage Boxes (September 23, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: pine tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: plum blossom

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 28.2 x 54 cm (11 1/8 x 21 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

type: Country

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Two cups decorated respectively with pine and plum

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: TWO CUPS DECORATED RESPECTIVELY WITH PINE AND PLUM

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Gilt bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.4 x 3.8 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Ornament: immortal, crane, and clouds (pair with F1916.725)

title_sort: ORNAMENT: IMMORTAL, CRANE, AND CLOUDS (PAIR WITH F1916.725)

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Style of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

content: Kyoto workshop, Kenzan style

label: Description

content: Bowl (futujawan), missing lid, ovoidal; bold foot. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: buff stoneware, fired in reduction.

content: Glaze: transparent.

content: Decoration: in cobalt and iron, with patch of white slip, under glaze.

content: Signature: Kenzan, written in iron on foot.

label: Signatures

content: Kenzan, written in iron on foot.

label: Label

content: The earliest ceramics made by the Kyoto potter Ogata Kenzan are finely wrought works that echo the shapes and colors of contemporaneous luxury goods, including lacquer and albums of poetry illustrated with Japanese-style painting. Later in his career, Kenzan developed simplified versions of decoration that could be reproduced quickly and in quantity, responding to their immense popularity. As seen in the landscape with a pine grove on this bowl, the abbreviated “Kenzan style” of decoration became a staple of Kyoto ceramic workshops. The bowl originally had a matching lid and was one of a set of bowls used for serving steamed food.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [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. 428, 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: Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

content: The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: pine tree

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip, iron and cobalt pigments under transparent glaze

content: H x Diam: 6.7 x 13.4 cm (2 5/8 x 5 1/4 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Kenzan-style food bowl with design of pine trees

title_sort: KENZAN-STYLE FOOD BOWL WITH DESIGN OF PINE TREES


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: In this famous scene that appeared in many kabuki versions of the Soga brothers' vendetta to avenge their father's death, Soga no Goro (1174-1193) struggles with Asahina Saburo, who tries to restrain Goro from intervening in a confrontation between his brother Juro (1172-1193) and their uncle. The scene evolved into a dance piece from an enactment of a struggle over the armor that Goro has carried to the scene. This dance was performed in the bravado aragoto style that became a specialty of Edo actors, especially of the Ichikawa Danjuro family line. The actor playing Soga no Goro is likely to be Ichikawa Danjuro II (1689-1758).

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 19, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints (December 8, 2002 to May 26, 2003)

content: Japanese Prints (January 18, 1980 to May 18, 1980)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: theater

content: Japan

content: actor

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: yakusha-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

content: H x W: 67.7 x 34.6 cm (26 5/8 x 13 5/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The armor-pulling scene from a Soga play

title_sort: THE ARMOR-PULLING SCENE FROM A SOGA PLAY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 305 BCE-19 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 19, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bar for cutting slices for inlay

title_sort: BAR FOR CUTTING SLICES FOR INLAY

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bar for cutting slices for inlay


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Maruyama Okyo 円山応挙 (1733-1795)

label: Label

content: In Japanese and Chinese painting and poetry, geese represent autumn. Their annual migrations also symbolize an unsettled existence. This painting was formerly mounted on four sliding doors set in tracks between two rooms. This portrayal of two geese flying out to sea shows a dramatic and expansive realism that comes from the artist's familiarity with techniques that included some methods of depicting perspective and volume, which Okyo learned from studying European art.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen and Panels List, S.I. 95, pg. 3, 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: Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)

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

content: Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

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

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

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Artist and Patron (May 11, 1984 to January 17, 1985)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: goose

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 05: Japanese Art from the Collection

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: 176.7 x 372 cm (69 9/16 x 146 7/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 05

building: Freer

content: Japan

content: Geese Over a Beach

title_sort: GEESE OVER A BEACH

title: Geese Over a Beach


content: Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty, Northern Qi dynasty

content: This is the front of a funerary couch, or platform, that supported a coffin. Scholars suggest it was made for Cave 4 at northern Xiangtangshan; it was rare, however, for a Buddhist cave to serve as a burial place. The couch is also unusual for its combination of Persian and Chinese elements. In the center, the censer topped by a bird and flanked by heavenly beings is a typical Chinese Buddhist image. The musicians and dancers in the pearl-encircled roundels represent secular Central Asian entertainers depicted in a Persian style.

content: To 1915

content: Lai-Yuan and Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 684, pg. 164, 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: 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: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

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

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

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

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

content: Stone Sculpture, Gallery 17, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to November 17, 1955)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Probably Ce xian, Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: relief seal

content: dancing

content: funerary

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern dynasties (386 - 581)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: China

content: musician

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: dancer

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Sogdians

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Grey marble with traces of pigment

content: H x W x D: 60.3 x 234 x 23.5 cm (23 3/4 x 92 1/8 x 9 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

place:
China
Ce xian
Henan province

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Dance
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Funerary
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
Dancer
Stone
Relief seal
Musicians

room: Gallery 16

content: China

label: Title

content: Frontal from the base of a funerary couch with Sogdian musicians and dancers and Buddhist divinities

title_sort: FRONTAL FROM THE BASE OF A FUNERARY COUCH WITH SOGDIAN MUSICIANS AND DANCERS AND BUDDHIST DIVINITIES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1120, pg. 250, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher no. 12, January 1917.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Northwest China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 18.3 x 4.3 x 0.9 cm (7 3/16 x 1 11/16 x 3/8 in)

date:
BCE 5000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

content: China

content: Straight chisel (gui 圭)

title_sort: STRAIGHT CHISEL (GUI 圭)

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Straight chisel (gui 圭)


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] Undated folder sheet note. See Voucher No. 23, December 1915, S.I. 655, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see the folder for F1915.327. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

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

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

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

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

content: China

content: Mask and ring handle

title_sort: MASK AND RING HANDLE

title: Mask and ring handle


content: 14th century?

content: Possibly Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Wu Zhen 吳鎮 (1280-1354)

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 94, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy (November 22, 2014 to May 31, 2015)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 27 x 36.1 cm (10 5/8 x 14 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

label: Title

content: Shooting rapids under high cliffs

title_sort: SHOOTING RAPIDS UNDER HIGH CLIFFS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Shooting rapids under high cliffs


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Buff clay, stained beneath glaze. On outside, underglaze iron painted decoration (which appears gray) of plovers in a "fishnet" lattice. Clear glaze, slightly underfired, crackled, partially wiped off base; narrow panel of copper-green ash glaze on outside, overlapping rim.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [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. 631, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: iron pigment

content: plover

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: copper-green glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Oribe style ware

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron pigment under clear glaze and with copper-green glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.9 × 12.3 cm (3 1/2 × 4 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware, Revival Oribe type

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Seto

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Plover
Ceramics
Copper-green glaze
Oribe style ware
Seto ware
Iron pigment

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl in Oribe style

title_sort: TEA BOWL IN ORIBE STYLE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl in Oribe style


content: ca. 1600-1400 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period or early Shang dynasty

content: Ceremonial implement of the type kuei [gui] 圭; opaque, moss green with minute silvery specks and scattered light tan strata marks; area of mottled grayish brown decomposition at handle and a blue green streak at conical perforations; smoothed depressions near each end on one side; upper corner chamfered. (Handle and corner chipped.)

content: Acquired with an inscribed box, now lost.

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1009, pg. 216, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Erligang period, Early Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1400 BCE)

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 33.7 x 4.6 x 0.9 cm (13 5/16 x 1 13/16 x 3/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

content: China

content: Forked blade (zhang 璋)

title_sort: FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋)

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Forked blade (zhang 璋)


label: Date

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 73.2 x 49.8 cm (28 13/16 x 19 5/8 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Maiden playing a samisen

title_sort: MAIDEN PLAYING A SAMISEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Maiden playing a samisen


content: Ming dynasty

label: Description

content: Cup holder.

content: Surface: thin dull green and brown patina, and vestiges of original gilding.

content: Decoration: in open work; engraved.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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. 1243, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: incising

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Daoism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 7.8 x 11.6 cm (3 1/16 x 4 9/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Daoism
Chinese Art
Incising
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Cup holder

title_sort: CUP HOLDER

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Cup holder


content: Edo period

content: Kano Shoun (1637-1702)

label: Calligrapher

content: Nakayama Atsuchika (1656-1716)

label: Label

content: This scroll from a set of three portrays the tale of the killing of Shuten Doji, a giant who lived in a mountain fortress and periodically kidnapped and devoured young noblewomen from Kyoto. Set in the tenth century, the story celebrates the exploits of the warrior known as Raiko. With his band of warriors disguised as Buddhist monks, Raiko locates and enters Shuten Doji’s fortress. There they kill the giant after he falls asleep from drinking a wine potion.

content: This lively tale was often reproduced in paintings and in woodblock-printed books. Painted on silk rather than the usual paper, this set of scrolls is a particularly luxurious example of a work by a professional artist of the Kano school. The participation of an imperial prince and high-ranking imperial courtiers as calligraphers indicates that the commission for this scroll must have come from a person of high rank. These handscrolls enhance the museum’s holdings of Japanese narrative paintings of the Edo period (1615-1868) and complement other paintings of the same story in folding screen and fan formats.

content: (see also F1998.26.1 and F1998.26.3)

content: To 1998

content: Deborah and David Chodoff, Katonah, NY, by descent, to 1998 [1]

content: From 1998

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Deborah and David Chodoff in 1998

content: Notes:

content: [1] The object came from the estate of the owner's mother, who had owned them since acquiring them in Japan during her residence there in the 1960s (see Curatorial Note 2, Ann Yonemura, March 4, 1998, in the object record).

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Tale of Shuten Doji (March 21 to September 20, 2009)

content: Honoring Friends: Recent Gifts by Members of the Freer and Sackler Galleries (June 10 to November 25, 2001)

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

content: Deborah and David Chodoff

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Shuten Doji

content: Tale of Shuten Doji

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, gold, and silver on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 37.6 x 2334.6 cm (14 13/16 x 919 1/8 in)

topic:
Tale of Shuten Doji
Art
Shuten Doji
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: The Tale of Shuten Dōji

title_sort: THE TALE OF SHUTEN DŌJI

title: The Tale of Shuten Dōji


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han 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 Bronze List, S.I. 451-457, page 109, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze with gilding and turquoise inlay

content: H x W: 17.5 x 3.6 cm (6 7/8 x 1 7/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Garment hook (daigou)


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Wang Guan (active late 10th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1360, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll; ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 127.4 x 61.9 cm (50 3/16 x 24 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Luohan Seated under a Tree

title_sort: LUOHAN SEATED UNDER A TREE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Luohan Seated under a Tree


content: late 18th-early 19th century

content: Edo period

content: Tawaraya Sori III (fl. ca. late 18th-early 19th century)

content: To 1900

content: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto, to 1900 [1]

content: To 1906

content: S. Ikeda, Tokyo, to 1906 [2]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Ikeda in 1906 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 146, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1. It is probable that S. Ikeda refers to Ikeda Sei’emon (or Seisuke II), the eldest son of the well-known Japanese dealer and collector Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900). Ikeda Sei’emon maintained shops in Tokyo and Kyoto under the trade name S. Ikeda & Co. After the death of his father, Ikeda Sei’emon sold a number of objects from his father's collection (Ikeda Collection).

content: [3] See notes 1 and 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: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: drinking

content: man

content: celebration

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W: 39.2 x 55.8 cm (15 7/16 x 21 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ikeda, Seisuke
Ikeda, S.

topic:
Rites and ceremonies
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Food habits
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Men
Japanese Art
Cherry blossom
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Two men returning from cherry blossom viewing

title_sort: TWO MEN RETURNING FROM CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, 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] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, 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: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: woman

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 73 x 49.7 cm (28 3/4 x 19 9/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Two sketches: lady playing samisen and lady with back to observer looks between open shoji

title_sort: TWO SKETCHES: LADY PLAYING SAMISEN AND LADY WITH BACK TO OBSERVER LOOKS BETWEEN OPEN SHOJI


content: 4th 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: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 4th-5th century

label: Description

content: Fragment of a flask.

content: Opaque black matrix with dragged white threads.

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 44, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in)

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

content: Fragment of a flask

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A FLASK

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a flask


label: Date

content: Early 17th century

content: Edo period

content: To 1900

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1900 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 38, pg. 7, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Ancient and Alive: Japan's Native Gods (October 14, 2017 to April 29, 2018)

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

content: Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to November 13, 1995)

content: Japanese Screens (February 11, 1983 to July 19, 1988)

content: Japanese Art--Shinto (October 12, 1976 to December 10, 1976)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: festival

content: shrine

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: palanquin

content: musician

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 95 x 171 cm (37 3/8 x 67 5/16 in)

topic:
Festivals
Charles Lang Freer collection
Shrine
Art
Shamisen
Music
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Palanquin
Musicians

content: Japan

content: A festival at the Sumiyoshi Shrine

title_sort: A FESTIVAL AT THE SUMIYOSHI SHRINE

title: A festival at the Sumiyoshi Shrine


content: 475 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Warring States period to Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1240, 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: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 11.6 x 2.6 cm (4 9/16 x 1 in)

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou), fragment

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU), FRAGMENT

title: Garment hook (daigou), fragment


content: late 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)

label: School/Tradition

content: Rinpa

label: Label

content: Freer’s admiration of the simplicity and elegance of paintings by Ogata Korin began in 1887 with his first purchase of Japanese art from the New York art dealer, Takayanagi Tozo—a folding fan with an ink sketch of the head of a crane. Although the fan is no longer considered an authentic example, Freer acquired many works by Krin, as well as by earlier and later artists of the Rinpa school. This painting of

content: hollyhocks, purchased from the Paris art dealer Siegfried Bing (1838–1905), repeats a subject that Korin often painted on gold-leafed screens and on hanging scrolls. The leaves of the hollyhocks employ a characteristic Rinpa technique of brushing ink or pigments to create pooled effects, then painting details in gold.

content: To 1901

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 250, pg. 56, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

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 (image): 122.2 × 48.7 cm (48 1/8 × 19 3/16 in)

name:
Bing, Siegfried
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: White hollyhocks

title_sort: WHITE HOLLYHOCKS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: White hollyhocks


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; very tall form with wide projecting collar at both ends; bored from both sides leaving slight median ridge; richly mottled reddish brown, olive green, and dull yellow; scattered veins of cream white decomposition and some dark, rough incrustations; decoration: channeled and incised grooves, corner ridges and faint circles. (Collar chipped.)

content: Acquired with box and stand, now lost.

content: Ritual tubes (cong) of this height are rare and have been found only in the richest graves. The foot-long perforations drilled through such an intractable material as jade as evidence of a highly advanced jade-working technology.

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 995, pg. 214, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Ancient Chinese Jades (May 9, 1993 to May 18, 1998)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 28.5 x 7.5 x 7.6 cm (11 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 3 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

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

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

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

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


content: late 7th-early 8th century

label: Period

content: Early or mid-Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Yamanaka and Company, Boston 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, Boston in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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 (June 15, 1982 to September 24, 1982)

content: Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 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, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

label: Origin

content: probably Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: chasing

content: hammering

content: punching

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: frog

content: grape

content: China

content: Chinese Art

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Container

content: Cast and hammered silver with chased and ring-punched decoration and leaf gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 6.4 x 5 cm (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in)

place:
Shaanxi province
Xi’an
China

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Frogs
Hammering
Art
Punching
Chinese Art
Chasing
Metal-work
Animals
Sculpture
Grape
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Lidded box in the form of a melon with grapevines and knob in the form of a frog

title_sort: LIDDED BOX IN THE FORM OF A MELON WITH GRAPEVINES AND KNOB IN THE FORM OF A FROG


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

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 Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1037, 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: Work and Commerce: Everyday Life in Chinese Painting (June 19, 2004 to January 17, 2005)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: cormorant

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 151.3 x 98.1 cm (59 9/16 x 38 5/8 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Fishing with Cormorants

title_sort: FISHING WITH CORMORANTS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fishing with Cormorants


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 4th

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 G188 state 5 of 7.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

content: Whistler and the Thames (December 17, 2000 to June 17, 2001)

content: Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: bridge

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

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.3 x 29.5 cm (8 x 11 5/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: Old Battersea Bridge

title_sort: OLD BATTERSEA BRIDGE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Old Battersea Bridge


label: Date

content: ca. 1806-1811

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), Tokyo, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, 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: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

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

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: elephant

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: Fugen

content: monk

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: Drawing

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 26.4 x 18 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/16 in)

topic:
Fugen
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Courtesan
Monk
Bodhisattva
Elephants

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Preparatory sketch for The Courtesan Eguchi as the Bodhisattva Fugen and the Monk Saigyo

title_sort: PREPARATORY SKETCH FOR THE COURTESAN EGUCHI AS THE BODHISATTVA FUGEN AND THE MONK SAIGYO


content: Muromachi period

content: Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 88, pg. 24, 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: Japan

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

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: 166.9 x 369.5 cm (65 11/16 x 145 1/2 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Landscape: hills and buildings

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: HILLS AND BUILDINGS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Landscape: hills and buildings


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Riu Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 260, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Riu Gu Sai (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: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Mirror

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 6.9 x 0.7 cm (2 11/16 x 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Riu Gu

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

content: China

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mirror


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: 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

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: 14th-15th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Xu Ben (1335-1380)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 809, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: mountain

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 92.3 x 31.9 cm (36 5/16 x 12 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

content: Mountain gorge: houses and a stream in the valley

title_sort: MOUNTAIN GORGE: HOUSES AND A STREAM IN THE VALLEY


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


label: Date

content: ca. 1801-1802

content: Edo period

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

label: Signatures

content: Contains signature.

label: Marks

content: Contains one seal.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 152, pg. 33, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

content: well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: egret

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 85.8 × 25.5 cm (33 3/4 × 10 1/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Egret on a Bridge Post

title_sort: EGRET ON A BRIDGE POST

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Egret on a Bridge Post


content: 305 BCE-19 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 19, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a bar

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BAR

title: Fragment of a bar


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 2

label: Label

content: Echoing panoramic views of the Thames created two centuries earlier, Whistler chose a long, narrow format for one of his first two etchings of the river, still London’s main commercial thoroughfare. The familiar dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral hovers downriver in the far distance, blessing this bustling commercial scene crowded with vessels, serviced by dockworkers and bargemen, and overlooked by ramshackle warehouses advertising marine supplies.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G46 state 3 of 5.

content: To 1905

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

content: An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: boat

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 7.6 x 20.2 cm (3 x 7 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Thames Warehouses

title_sort: THAMES WAREHOUSES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Thames Warehouses


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ornament; rounded plaque with straight base; obverse slightly convex; reverse slightly concave with three double perforations; opaque, mottled cream and tans; silvery incrustation, more profuse on reverse; decoration: carved in low relief and incised, a stylized face with geometric pattern over and about it.

content: Acquired with a box.

label: Provenance

content: Purportedly found at Xiaxi, Zhejiang [1]

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, (late 19th–early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [2]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1916 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 10, Julia K. Murray, 1982, in the object record "A review of the Original Miscellaneous List shows that this object was excavated in Hsiaki [Xiaxi] 下溪, Chekiang [Zhejiang] 浙江."

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1055, p. 235, 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: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Ancient Chinese Jades (May 9, 1993 to May 18, 1998)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 6.9 x 8 x 1 cm (2 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 3/8 in)

content: China

content: Head ornament with mask

title_sort: HEAD ORNAMENT WITH MASK

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Head ornament with mask


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Several figures scattered along a broad beach; the sea in the distance; unsigned.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board. The paper support is mounted on top of a manufactured board that already had a facing paper.

content: To 1902

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald 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 Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,

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: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Watercolors, Oil Paintings, and Pastels (January 20, 1944 to October 13, 1947)

content: Whistler Pastels and Drawings, Re-arranged and some additions (January 7, 1924 to January 20, 1944)

content: Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)

content: American Paintings, Pastels, and Water Colors, and Drawings. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

content: Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: cobalt blue

content: Prussian blue

content: raw sienna

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: ultramarine

content: water

content: ocean

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 17.7 x 25.3 cm (6 15/16 x 9 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Water
Art
Bone black
Zinc white
Cerulean blue
Vermilion
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
Ultramarine
American Art
Raw sienna
Ocean
Prussian blue
Cobalt blue

content: United States

content: Opal Beach

title_sort: OPAL BEACH

title: Opal Beach


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1900

content: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto, to 1900 [1]

content: To 1906

content: S. Ikeda, Tokyo, to 1906 [2]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Ikeda in 1906 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, pg. 33, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1. It is probable that S. Ikeda refers to Ikeda Sei’emon (or Seisuke II), the eldest son of the well-known Japanese dealer and collector Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900). Ikeda Sei’emon maintained shops in Tokyo and Kyoto under the trade name S. Ikeda & Co. After the death of his father, Ikeda Sei’emon sold a number of objects from his father's collection (Ikeda Collection).

content: [3] See notes 1 and 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: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: farming

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: rice

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 136.3 x 282 cm (53 11/16 x 111 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Two farmers ploughing and harrowing a rice field

title_sort: TWO FARMERS PLOUGHING AND HARROWING A RICE FIELD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 17th to early 20th century

content: Late Ming- Qing dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, 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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 834, pg. 182, 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: [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: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: bucket

content: boy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W: 5.2 x 2.9 cm (2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Bucket
Nephrite
Jade
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Boy

content: China

content: Tanzi wearing a deer skin and holding a bucket

title_sort: TANZI WEARING A DEER SKIN AND HOLDING A BUCKET

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: 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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 23.7 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm (9 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

title: Spoon


content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl with spreading foot and straight rim. Several cracks running down from rim: gold lacquer repairs on rim.

content: Clay: medium grayish white pottery, buff on surface.

content: Glaze: thick tan with large crackle, none under the foot. Crackle stained intentionally.

content: Decoration: three swallows painted in underglaze cobalt.

content: To 1897

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

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 464, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: bird

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Kyoto-related ware

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with cobalt decoration under crackled glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.9 × 12.7 cm (3 1/2 × 5 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto-related ware

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Kyoto-related ware
Animals
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Birds
Ceramics

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl with design of plovers, Kyoto-related ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL WITH DESIGN OF PLOVERS, KYOTO-RELATED WARE


label: Date

content: 1st century

content: Roman period

content: Fragment of a bowl. Mosaic technique: columnar rods. Yellow and white in a semi-translucent dark blue matrix.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in)

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

content: Fragment of a bowl

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BOWL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a bowl


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Clay: fine, dense. Earthenware. Areas of black reduction.

content: Glaze: brilliant, metallic copper-red, splashed with green. Lead glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 735, 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)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: ivory

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: earthenware

content: lead glaze

content: Japanese 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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with lead glaze; ivory lid

content: H x Diam: 7.9 × 6.9 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in)

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Lead glaze
Ivory
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Pottery
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Tea caddy, katatsuki shape

title_sort: TEA CADDY, KATATSUKI SHAPE

title: Tea caddy, katatsuki shape