content: 1st-2nd century

label: Period

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 1.1 cm (7/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 5th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Bishop’s unpublished report, Archaeological Research in China, 1924-34, Mr.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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 5 in the object record.

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.5 x 5.3 cm (1 3/8 x 2 1/16 in)

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

type: Country

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Fitting for a spear (shu)

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: FITTING FOR A SPEAR (SHU)

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fitting for a spear (shu)


content: early 8th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

label: Description

content: Figurine: a standard bearer; molded hollow.

content: Clay: soft, white.

content: Glaze: pale green over white slip; iridescent and finely crackled; partly disintegrated.

content: To 1909

content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1997, 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: Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 20.5 x 5.8 cm (8 1/16 x 2 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Iridescence
Ceramics

content: China

content: Tomb figure of a standard bearer

title_sort: TOMB FIGURE OF A STANDARD BEARER

title: Tomb figure of a standard bearer


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: From 1876 to 1892

content: Frederick Richards Leyland (1831-1892), London, from 1876 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1894

content: Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland, London, from 1892 [2]

content: From 1894 to 1904

content: Mrs. James Watney (Blanche Marie Georgiana Burrell Watney), London, purchased from the Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland in 1894 [3]

content: Obach & Co., London, purchased from Mrs. James Watney, through Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1904 [4]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [5]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [6]

content: Notes:

content: [1] These panels were removed from a staircase in Frederick Richard Leyland's house, 49 Prince's Gate, London (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record). When Frederick Richard Leyland died in 1892, 49 Prince's Gate - and its contents - was offered for sale.

content: Leyland's porcelains and other treasures were sold. The house - which still contained these stair panels, as well as the famous Peacock Room - did not bring a high enough offer and it was withdrawn from sale. It was finally purchased in 1894 by Mrs. James (Blanche) Watney. Upon discovering that the Peacock Room could be taken apart and reassembled, Mrs. Watney decided to sell the room. In 1903, Mrs. Watney engaged Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries in Leicester Square as agents. Unable to purchase, dismantle, and reassemble the room on their own, Ernest Brown, one of principals, enlisted the cooperation of Obach & Co., a larger gallery on New Bond Street. In 1904, Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room from Obach & Co., and soon thereafter purchased these stair panels (see Curatorial Remark 5, David Park Curry, 1984, in the object record). See also, F1904.61, Curatorial Remarks and Provenance, for more information.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See note 1. Also, the exact nature of the transactions between Mrs. Watney, Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, and Obach & Co. is somewhat unclear. Messrs. Brown and Phillips appear to have acted simply as agents for Mrs. Watney, facilitating the sale of architectural fragments of 49 Prince's Gate, from Mrs. Watney to Obach & Co.

content: Obach & Co. appear to have been full owners of these pieces, having purchased them from Mrs. Watney before selling them to Freer.

content: [5] See notes 1 and 4.

content: [6] 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: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Decorator (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: flower

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Painting

content: Oil paint and metal leaf on wood

content: H x W: 51.1 x 36.8 cm (20 1/8 x 14 1/2 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Flowers

content: United States

content: Staircase panel

title_sort: STAIRCASE PANEL

label: Screen Image

title: Staircase panel


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Li Zhaodao 李昭道 (675-758)

content: Formerly attributed to Shang Qi (active early 14th century)

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 33, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: river

content: travel

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: inn

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: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 29.9 x 23 cm (11 3/4 x 9 1/16 in)

name:
Ming Sai, Pao
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Description and travel
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Inn
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

label: Title

content: Way-station and travelers

title_sort: WAY-STATION AND TRAVELERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Way-station and travelers


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Jar: low ovoidal.

content: Clay: soft, reddish.

content: Glaze: Lead silicate, bluish-green, with silvery iridescence, over olive-brown; areas of disintegration.

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

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

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: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 14.2 × 17.5 cm (5 9/16 × 6 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tomb jar


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Charles Gillot Collection, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, through Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company), in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 18, Original Miscellaneous List, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] After his death in 1903, a sale of Asian art belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February 1904 at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka and Co.) attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (which is now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see Curatorial Remark 4, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record). Also, see note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: horse

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: gourd

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: Container

content: Lacquer

content: H x W x D: 5.6 x 8.7 x 2.2 cm (2 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 7/8 in)

name:
Gillot, Charles
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Gourd
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Horses

content: Japan

content: Medicine case (inro)

title_sort: MEDICINE CASE (INRO)

label: Screen Image

title: Medicine case (inro)


content: Edo period

content: Tea bowl. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: lustrous cream, with greenish, pinkish-brown, darker brown areas and stainings, brown crackle.

content: To 1897

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 389, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

content: Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Saga prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Karatsu ware, Kenjo Karatsu type

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: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with clear, colorless glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8 × 12.7 cm (3 1/8 × 5 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, Kenjo Karatsu related type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Karatsu ware tea bowl

title_sort: KARATSU WARE TEA BOWL

title: Karatsu ware tea bowl


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Warring States period

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: lacquer

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Data Source

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

content: Container

content: Lacquer

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Lacquer
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Fragments from a decorated box

title_sort: FRAGMENTS FROM A DECORATED BOX

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragments from a decorated box


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Intaglio print of a river scene in Venice, Italy. In the forground on the water rests a singe row boat. Beyond it on the shore is a larger vessel which is surrounded by men. In the middle a large wall rises above the shoreline, and the view through a two-story arch reveals buildings and more people. On both sides of the arch are windows with shutters and on the right, a large balcony, from which clothing is hung on a line.

label: Signatures

content: Signature in pencil: the Butterfly, imp.

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G237 state 9 of 17.

label: Provenance

content: To 1887

content: M. Knoedler & Co., New York. [1]

content: From 1887 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York in 1887. [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer.

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Bill of Sale dated November 11, 1887 in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. At the time of this sale, M. Knoedler & Co. was located in New York City, later the gallery opened branches in London and Paris. See also Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

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 of Art.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Fine Impressions: Whistler, Freer, and Venice (October 18, 2014 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: M. Knoedler & Co. (1846-2011) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 21 x 30.3 cm (8 1/4 x 11 15/16 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: San Biagio

title_sort: SAN BIAGIO

label: Thumbnail Image

title: San Biagio


content: mid 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Kano Yasunobu (1613-1685)

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, Kakemono Reserved, R. 399, pg. 11, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: man

content: boat

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 25.4 x 36.3 cm (10 x 14 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Woman

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Chinese man and woman in a boat

title_sort: CHINESE MAN AND WOMAN IN A BOAT

label: Screen Image

title: Chinese man and woman in a boat


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

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: Korea

label: Topic

content: incising

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

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 2.2 x 0.9 cm (7/8 x 3/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Ornament: gourd-shaped bottle

title_sort: ORNAMENT: GOURD-SHAPED BOTTLE

title: Ornament: gourd-shaped bottle


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Implement; axe head shape, of the type fu 斧 or yueh [yue] 鉞; slightly rounded blade edge, large circular perforation bored from both sides leaving median ridge, semicircular boring with median ridge on upper edge; mottled, translucent, bluish green and russet browns, reverse has profuse earth incrustations. (Corners chipped.)

content: Acquired with an inscribed box, now lost.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1153, pg. 263, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 10 × 12.3 × 0.8 cm (3 15/16 × 4 13/16 × 5/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 2.2 cm (7/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Axe (fu 斧)

title_sort: AXE (FU 斧)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Axe (fu 斧)


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G135 state 2 of 6.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: James McNeill Whistler (January 2, 1985 to June 23, 1986)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: child

content: woman

content: chair

content: United States

content: American 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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 19.6 x 13.2 cm (7 11/16 x 5 3/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chairs
American Art
Drypoint
Children
Woman

content: United States

label: Title

content: Fanny Leyland

title_sort: FANNY LEYLAND

label: Screen Image

title: Fanny Leyland


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1086, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: slit tapestry

content: painting (image-making)

content: tapestry

content: silk (fiber)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fruit

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

content: Hanging scroll; color on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 91.4 × 55.9 cm (36 × 22 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Fruit
Chinese Art
Painting (image-making)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Slit tapestry

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Tapestry: fruit trees and hollyhocks

title_sort: TAPESTRY: FRUIT TREES AND HOLLYHOCKS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tapestry: fruit trees and hollyhocks


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Hezhi 馬和之 (active mid- to late 12th century)

label: Provenance

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: man

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 24.3 x 22.9 cm (9 9/16 x 9 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Men
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Fishing

content: China

content: Man fishing from a boat under a tree

title_sort: MAN FISHING FROM A BOAT UNDER A TREE

label: Screen Image

title: Man fishing from a boat under a tree


content: 6th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lombardy, Italy

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Mosaic glass

content: Italy

content: Bead, with a large bore

title_sort: BEAD, WITH A LARGE BORE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead, with a large bore


label: Date

content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 9.4 x 9.2 cm (3 11/16 x 3 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: sherd, red body, white slip; green, brown, yellow striped glaze

title_sort: SHERD, RED BODY, WHITE SLIP; GREEN, BROWN, YELLOW STRIPED GLAZE

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

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan in 1903 [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. 48, pg. 77, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For information regarding purchase location, see Accession List.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and tint on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 108.5 x 49.2 cm (42 11/16 x 19 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A Chinese man standing in a high wind

title_sort: A CHINESE MAN STANDING IN A HIGH WIND

title: A Chinese man standing in a high wind


content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

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 Bronze List, S.I. 842, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze, silve and turquoise inlay

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Period

content: Northern Qi dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 419, pg. 130, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)

content: Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan (February 26, 2011 to January 6, 2013)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: northern Xiangtangshan, South Cave, Hebei province, China

content: gilding

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: relief seal

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern dynasties (386 - 581)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: temple

content: ushnisha

content: urna

content: cave

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Limestone with traces of pigment and gilding

content: H x W x D (overall): 63.4 x 41.4 x 27.4 cm (24 15/16 x 16 5/16 x 10 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
northern Xiangtangshan
South Cave
China
Hebei province

topic:
Gilding
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Temple
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Urna
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
Stone
Relief seal
Ushnisha

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 17

building: Freer

content: China

content: Head of a Buddha

title_sort: HEAD OF A BUDDHA

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Head of a Buddha


label: School/Tradition

content: Nagaur school

label: Description

content: The setting is a huge, open marble terrace, set bedside a lush arbor-filled garden. A large summer white carpet is patterned with bold flowers in a trellis shape with metal derived lozenge-shaped images interspersed. The Kutch retinue of nobles sits on this carpet on the left side, while the Nagaur visitors sit on the right side. The chief Mahant of Kutch, dressed in salmon robes, joins the left side assembly. A multi-floral burgundy-based smaller carpet has been placed on top of this white carpet, and a smaller still yellow cotton dhurrie sits on top of the burgundy carpet. It is upon this that the two royals are seated against burgundy bolsters. A hexagonal shaminana, boldly designed with gold floral designs on red velvet, shelters them from the sun.

label: Inscriptions

content: Verso in mixed Gujarati and Devanagari: Bakhat Singhji, Rao Shri Lakhpatji, Rao Shri

content: From at least 1977

content: Fuest, Heidelberg [1]

content: From at least 1983

content: Dr. and Mr. O.C. Kirsch, Heidelberg [2]

content: Sale, London, Francesca Galloway, Indian Miniatures and Works of Art, autumn 2004, lot 7: “Meeting between Lakhpatji & Bakhat Singh” [3]

content: From 2004 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, “Indian Miniatures and Works of Art,” Francesca Galloway, London, lot no. 7, “Meeting between Lakhpatji & Bakhat Singh” in July 2004 [4]

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to B.N. Goswamy, he saw the painting in a Heidelberg gallery in 1977. The gallery was called Fuest, and was owned by Mr. Fuest. Later Mr. Fuest closed the gallery and moved to either Australia or New Zealand.

content: [2] According to Goswamy, B.N. and A. Dallapiccola, A Place Apart: Painting in Kutch 1720-1820, (Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1983), pp. 75, plate VI.

content: [3] See auction catalogue from the sale in London. Francesca Galloway, Indian Miniatures and Works of Art, autumn 2004, lot 7: “Meeting between Lakhpatji & Bakhat Singh.”

content: [4] See note 3.

content: [5] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Fuest

content: Dr. and Mrs. O. C. Kirsch

content: Francesca Galloway, Ltd. (established 1992)

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Nagaur, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: man

content: fan

content: courtier

content: India

content: ruler

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 48.3 × 68 cm (19 × 26 3/4 in)

content: H x W (framed): 68.6 × 88.9 cm (27 × 35 in)

name:
Galloway, Francesca Marigold
Fuest
Kirsch, O. C.
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Rajasthan state
Nagaur
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Fans
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Men
Portraits
Ruler
Courtier

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Darbar Mirza Maharai Lakhpatiji

title_sort: DARBAR MIRZA MAHARAI LAKHPATIJI

title: Darbar Mirza Maharai Lakhpatiji


label: Date

content: ca. 1630

content: probably Marwar school

content: Verso: (center) in devanagari Kukum Ragini (Kakubha Ragini)

content: (top) in a later hand in blue ink, 8000 crossed out; Rs. 5000

label: Label

content: Kakubha Ragini, a wife of Megha Raga, has the mood of a heroine deserted by her lover. Holding two lotus flower garlands, Kakubha wanders sadly in a grove with two peacocks, whose plaintive cries would have been understood as echoing her feelings of dejection.

content: Raga (Sanskrit, color or passion) is the term for a classical music mode, a set framework for improvisation. Having originated in the first millennium, ragas were systematized and classified during the thirteenth through sixteenth century, they were classified into ragamalas, meaning garlands of musical modes. A common system recognized six raga husbands, each "married" to five ragini wives for a total of thirty-six "families." Families of musical modes sometimes included sons or ragaputras as well. By the fifteenth century, ragas had become associated with specific moods, times, seasons, affective properties, deities, lovers, and heroes. Around 1590-1620, illustrated ragamala series became a favorite subject for Rajput patrons, as well as for some Mughals, such as Abd-ur Rahim, patron of the Freer Ramayana and the Laud Ragamala. Specific iconographies were developed for depicting each mode. These formulae lent themselves to variations, which were sometimes dependent on region.

content: Illustrated ragas evoke mood and engender feeling, as do musical compositions. But the connection seems to be indirect. Although some connoisseurs of music may have internally "heard" a composition when viewing its image, ragamalas were probably more broadly valued for their poetic and pictorial pleasures. The commission of a ragamala series would also have been understood as a sign of a patron's cultivated sensibility.

content: To 1967

content: Sundaram, New Delhi [1]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Sundaram, New Delhi in December in 1967 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Sundaram, New Delhi in December 1967, several years before Indian paintings were categorized as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Sundaram (India, active 1960's)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: probably Marwar, Rajasthan state, India

content: peacock

content: flower

content: woman

content: ragamala

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (painting): 19.4 × 13 cm (7 5/8 × 5 1/8 in)

content: H x W (overall): 23.5 × 17.2 cm (9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Sundaram

place:
Rajasthan state
Marwar
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Peacock
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Flowers
Ragamala
Woman

content: India

content: Kakubha Ragini, folio from a Ragamala

title_sort: KAKUBHA RAGINI, FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Kakubha Ragini, folio from a Ragamala


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1254, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze, gilding

content: H: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Ornament with two dragonheads

title_sort: ORNAMENT WITH TWO DRAGONHEADS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament with two dragonheads


content: Period of Division

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: 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. 437-450, page 103, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze, gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 4.3 x 2.4 cm (1 11/16 x 15/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Animal

title_sort: ANIMAL

title: Animal


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1904

content: La Societe des Beaux-Arts, Glasgow, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from La Societe des Beaux-Arts in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 32, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Lost Symphony: Whistler & the Perfection of Art (January 16 to May 30, 2016)

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

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

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: La Societe des Beaux-Arts (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: woman

content: fan

content: United States

content: American Art

content: nude

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Drawing

content: Black crayon with touches of white chalk on brown paper

content: H x W: 119.4 x 61.4 cm (47 x 24 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
La Societe des Beaux-Arts

topic:
Fans
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Nudity
Woman

content: United States

content: Venus (Standing Nude)

title_sort: VENUS (STANDING NUDE)

title: Venus (Standing Nude)


content: circa 900-1400

label: Provenance

content: To 1981

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

content: From 1981 to 1988

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

content: From 1988 to 1995

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

content: From 1995

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

content: Syria?

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Glass Blown and enameled

content: H x W x D (overall): 3.7 x 3 x 1.3 cm (1 7/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in)

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

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Islamic Glass Fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


content: 18th century

label: Description

content: Jar, ovoidal; low basal ring (chipped). Piece broken out of base; saturated with oil.

content: Clay: soft, gray (red at the foot).

content: Glaze: brilliant greenish cream, crackled; yellow discolorations.

content: Decoration: in black outline and gray-blue; under glaze.

content: To 1908

content: Moussa Arouani and Co., Damascus, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Moussa Arouani and Co. in 1908 [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. 1780, 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: Moussa Arouani and Co. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Iran

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone-paste with underglaze painted decoration

content: H x W: 23 x 19.7 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moussa Arouani and Co.

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Jar

title_sort: JAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Jar


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

content: Clay: soft, reddish-buff.

content: Glaze: lead silicate; green, unevenly applied; golden iridescence; almost wholly disintegrated.

content: Decoration: a collar and clasp modelled in relief.

content: To 1910

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1910 [1]

content: From 1910 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2002, Freer Galley 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: Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

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: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: dog

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 19.8 x 21 cm (7 13/16 x 8 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Dogs
Pottery
Funerary
Iridescence
Ceramics

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb model of a watch dog

title_sort: TOMB MODEL OF A WATCH DOG

title: Tomb model of a watch dog


content: 18th century to early 20th century

content: Qing dynasty

content: Utensil: an incense burner. Wood cover.

content: Surface: dark green patina.

content: Decoration: handles in low relief. Designs inlaid in silver and gold.

content: Bronze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 896, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: incense

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Bronze and wood, inlaid with gold and silver

content: H x W: 6.3 x 6.6 cm (2 1/2 x 2 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Incense
Metal-work

content: China

content: Incense burner

title_sort: INCENSE BURNER

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Incense burner


content: Period of Division

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 776, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

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: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D: 4.7 x 1.9 x 2.9 cm (1 7/8 x 3/4 x 1 1/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Lion

title_sort: LION

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Lion


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G76 state 2 of 4.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: 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: Whistler Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)

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

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)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 13.8 x 21.4 cm (5 7/16 x 8 7/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Old Hungerford Bridge

title_sort: OLD HUNGERFORD BRIDGE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Old Hungerford Bridge


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 2, 1

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 G56 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15.3 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Stevens' Boat Yard

title_sort: STEVENS' BOAT YARD

title: Stevens' Boat Yard


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 10, 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)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of inlay. Columnar rod and plate mosaic

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY. COLUMNAR ROD AND PLATE MOSAIC

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Signatures

content: Contains signature.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

label: Provenance

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 Panel List, L. 12, pg. 2, 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: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color on silk

content: H x W: 58 x 36 cm (22 13/16 x 14 3/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Autumn landscape

title_sort: AUTUMN LANDSCAPE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Autumn landscape


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period or early Bronze Age

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; conical perforation bored mostly from one side; obverse of deep olive green shading to lighter tones mottled with brown, reverse of closely mottled olive greens and medium to dark browns; satin smooth surfaces. (Rim and perforation slightly chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated in An-hsi, Chekiang [1]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1409, pg. 331, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: 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

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 14.1 x 0.9 cm (5 9/16 x 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: late 3rd century BCE-early 3rd century CE

content: Han dynasty

content: Top broken. Wood stand.

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Unglazed.

content: To 1916

content: Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company 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 Pottery List, L. 2460, 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: Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

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: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Model

content: Unglazed earthenware

content: H x W: 6.2 x 3.6 cm (2 7/16 x 1 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Ceramics
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Inner cast or model for a comic mask in the round

title_sort: INNER CAST OR MODEL FOR A COMIC MASK IN THE ROUND

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 18th-19th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1164, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: slit tapestry

content: painting (image-making)

content: tapestry

content: silk (fiber)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: child

content: fungus-of-immortality

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 169.3 x 81.3 cm (66 5/8 x 32 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Painting (image-making)
Children
Fungus-of-immortality
Slit tapestry

content: China

content: Weft-woven tapestry (kesi): Three Star Gods and Joy Personified as Two Children

title_sort: WEFT-WOVEN TAPESTRY (KESI): THREE STAR GODS AND JOY PERSONIFIED AS TWO CHILDREN

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Drawing from a live model, Whistler here explored the drape of filmy gauze on a figure set against a rail. The composition was one of his favorites and reappears in subsequent drawings, paintings, and prints. While the draperies and hip-sprung stance recall ancient classicism, the gesture of the hand held to the face is reminiscent of Japanese woodblock prints of courtesans laughing behind their kimono sleeves.

content: James Staats Forbes (1823-1904), London [1]

content: To 1905

content: William Marchant & Co., London, to 1905 [2]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William Marchant & Co. in 1905 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record states: "From the Forbes collection.

content: See Journal Voucher No. 1, December 1905."

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Drawings, pg. 3, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: The Lost Symphony: Whistler & the Perfection of Art (January 16 to May 30, 2016)

content: Whistler's Nudes (April 21, 2002 to January 5, 2003)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

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

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

content: James Staats Forbes (1823-1904)

content: William Marchant & Co. (flourished 1907-1925) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Drawing; black and white crayon on brown paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (a - drawing): 27.8 × 18.1 cm (10 15/16 × 7 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Forbes, James Staats
William Marchant & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Woman

content: United States

content: Draped Figure at a Railing

title_sort: DRAPED FIGURE AT A RAILING

title: Draped Figure at a Railing


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ornament; long, four sided pendant with a blunt end and a small perforated projection at top; translucent gray mottled with orange brown and a deep area of opaque dull brown showing decomposition. (Slightly chipped.)

content: To 1914

content: Huang Zhonghui (circa 1870-after 1923), to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from HHuang Zhonghui, in New York, in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5687, 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: Huang Zhonghui 黃中慧 (ca. 1870-after 1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 5 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (1 15/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Huang, Zhonghui

content: China

label: Title

content: Tapered pendant

title_sort: TAPERED PENDANT

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tapered pendant


content: 13th-14th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

content: Surface: lustrous gray and black patina. Decoration: incised lines and stipple.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1002, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 23.8 x 3.8 x 4.5 cm (9 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Spoon


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Unclassified

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

title: Ball


content: first half of 17th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Shallow flaring; low basal ring. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: dense, gray-white.

content: Glaze: cream, crackled. Six spur marks inside. Ash glaze.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 553, 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

label: Exhibition History

content: Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Saga or Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 4.3 × 16.1 cm (1 11/16 × 6 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware

place:
Nagasaki prefecture
Japan
Saga

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl

title_sort: TEA BOWL

title: Tea bowl


content: 4th century B.C.?

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: early 13th century

label: Period

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted with luster and some blue glaze

content: H x W x D: 4 x 11.4 x 8.5 cm (1 9/16 x 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 in)

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

content: Fragment with partial figural design

title_sort: FRAGMENT WITH PARTIAL FIGURAL DESIGN

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment with partial figural design


content: 13th-14th century?

label: Description

content: Half-cruciform tile.

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Glaze: dark blue, silvered over with iridescent areas of partial disintegration.

content: To 1909

content: Vitali Madjar, Cairo, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1969, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Vitali Madjar (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Iran

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Architectural Element

content: Stone-paste painted with blue glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.6 x 10.1 cm (7 5/16 x 4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Vitali Madjar

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

content: Tile

title_sort: TILE

title: Tile