label: Date

content: 10th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Bronze Age

content: Reportedly excavated at Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-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, Louise Cort, April 5, 2010, and Louise Cort, July 23, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: jade

content: Bronze Age (1500 - 400 BCE)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Jade (serpentine)

content: H x W (overall): 4.4 x 1.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1/2 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Korean Art
Jade
Bronze Age (1500 - 400 BCE)

content: Korea

content: Bead

title: Bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: 6th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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: Lombardy, Italy

label: Topic

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Glass

type: Country

content: Italy

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bead, with a large bore; irregular

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: BEAD, WITH A LARGE BORE; IRREGULAR

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, with a large bore; irregular


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G229 state 1 of 4.

content: To 1901

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: commerce

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 19.9 x 29.4 cm (7 13/16 x 11 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

content: The Riva

title_sort: THE RIVA

title: The Riva


label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1103, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

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: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 10.9 x 10.9 x 1.3 cm (4 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

content: Mirror (chien)

title_sort: MIRROR (CHIEN)

title: Mirror (chien)


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 4, 2

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 G18 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: [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

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: child

content: woman

content: work

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15.9 x 22.8 cm (6 1/4 x 9 in)

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

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Unsafe Tenement. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature (The French Set)

title_sort: THE UNSAFE TENEMENT. ONE OF THE TWELVE ETCHINGS FROM NATURE (THE FRENCH SET)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: late 17th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: water

content: battle

content: river

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and gold on paper

content: H x W: 20.5 x 16.1 cm (8 1/16 x 6 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: A Battle on the banks of a river

title_sort: A BATTLE ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER

title: A Battle on the banks of a river


content: Sui dynasty

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 Bronze List, S.I. 95, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ta Ge Chung (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: bodhisattva

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: lotus

content: China

content: mandorla

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: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 26.3 x 8.6 cm (10 3/8 x 3 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mandorla
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Lotus
Bodhisattva
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Standing Bodhisattvas

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVAS

title: Standing Bodhisattvas


label: Date

content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

label: Description

content: Avalokitesvara (Guanyin)

content: Surface: gilded; green patina on worn areas and underneath, and blackish incrustation.

content: Decoration: details of ornament in low relief. Inscription.

label: Inscriptions

content: (From the Original Folder Sheet, see Curatorial Remark number 4)

content: Translation: "In the 3rd year of Hsi P'ing, the Northern Wei dynasty [A.D. 519] Buddhist Lu Ben Chih had this Kuan-yin made in memory of his deceased daughter and wished she might ascend into Heaven. (Note: G.D.G.: The date of the third year of Hsi P'ing should read A.D. 518.)

content: (From the Original Folder Sheet, see Curatorial Remark number 8)

content: The inscription reads: "Hsi-p'ing san-nien fo-ti-tzu Lu Pien-chih wei wang nu-erh Ni-erh tsao Kuan-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u yuan wang-che kao t'ien" [Chn].

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 287, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: lotus

content: Guanyin

content: China

content: mandorla

content: abhaya mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 18.6 × 6.9 × 5.1 cm (7 5/16 × 2 11/16 × 2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Bodhisattva
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
Metal-work
Guanyin
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture

content: China

label: Title

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

title_sort: BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)


content: mid 17th-early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信 (1636-1713)

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 401, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Famous Places of Japan (October 17, 1985 to February 13, 1986)

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: bamboo

content: chicken

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 92 x 35 cm (36 1/4 x 13 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Cock and bamboo

title_sort: COCK AND BAMBOO

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Cock and bamboo


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1906

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

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: metal

content: copper

content: portrait

content: artist

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 11.3 x 14.8 cm (4 7/16 x 5 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Title to the French Set

title_sort: TITLE TO THE FRENCH SET

title: Title to the French Set


content: 2nd century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 14th or 17th century

label: Period

content: Ottoman period

label: Description

content: Tile: small, hexagonal; beveled edges.

content: Clay: soft, sandy, buff.

content: Glaze: brilliant dark green with blue reflections; pitted and scratched.

content: Decoration: an inscription painted in gray (or white) over glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Unidentified private dealer, Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentifed private dealer in Paris, through Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, L. 1237, 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: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Turkey

content: ceramic

content: Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)

content: Turkey

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x W: 12.5 x 1.6 cm (4 15/16 x 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Turks

content: Tile

title_sort: TILE

title: Tile


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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, p. 108, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Ordos region, inner Mongolia, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in)

place:
Ordos region
inner Mongolia
China

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

content: China

content: Belt plaque

title_sort: BELT PLAQUE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Belt plaque


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G69 state 1 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: Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.5 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: Riault (The Wood Engraver)

title_sort: RIAULT (THE WOOD ENGRAVER)

title: Riault (The Wood Engraver)


content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing in 1914 [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. 767, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: 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: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 29.3 x 322.4 cm (11 9/16 x 126 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men (part 2)

title_sort: SCENES FROM THE LIVES OF FAMOUS MEN (PART 2)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: 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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, spherical; large bore

title_sort: BEAD, SPHERICAL; LARGE BORE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, spherical; large bore


content: early 17th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: elephant

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: darbar

content: India

content: emperor

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 32.8 x 19.9 cm (12 15/16 x 7 13/16 in)

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

content: India

content: A Darbar of Jahangir

title_sort: A DARBAR OF JAHANGIR

title: A Darbar of Jahangir


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 843, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 125.7 × 55.8 cm (49 1/2 × 21 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Attendant

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Lohan under a canopy; a lion, and two attendants

title_sort: LOHAN UNDER A CANOPY; A LION, AND TWO ATTENDANTS


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-19 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Fragment of an inlay (fish design). Mosaic technique: columnar rods and plates. Red, black and yellow in emerald green matrix.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: fish

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2.3 cm (7/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of an inlay with fish design

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY WITH FISH DESIGN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment of an inlay with fish design


content: Edo period

content: Collection of Mr. Kano of Nada [1]

content: To 1902

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1902 [2]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to a note from the Original Screen List (see Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record).

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 64, pg. 16, 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: [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: Mr. Kano

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: crane

content: tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 181.9 x 187.9 cm (71 5/8 x 74 in)

name:
Kano
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

content: Three cranes under a tree

title_sort: THREE CRANES UNDER A TREE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Three cranes under a tree


label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Sung, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Album List, R. 4, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Sung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: flower

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: fruit

content: peach

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 26.2 x 41.8 cm (10 5/16 x 16 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sung

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Fruit
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Peach
Birds
Flowers

content: China

content: Bird, fruit, and flowers

title_sort: BIRD, FRUIT, AND FLOWERS

title: Bird, fruit, and flowers


label: Date

label: Label

content: Portraits of Dhrub Dev with his distinctive high beaked nose were produced by painters from Mankot, Jasrota and Jammu. In the manner typical of Mankot, Jasrota, and Jammu portraiture in the early eighteenth century, the artist composed the image by combining plan views (carpet and tray) with frontal representations (figure, bolster, hookah). This painting is ascribed to Jammu because of the uncolored buff paper background and the colors, which are more subdued than those used at Mankot and Jasrota. The sober palette creates a dramatic, yet sensitive, image.

content: To 1872

content: Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872), U.K. [1]

content: Sale, London, Sotheby’s, Oriental Manuscripts, Indian and Persian Miniatures, November 27, 1974, lot. 785: “A Portrait of a Bearded Hill Raja.” [2]

content: Sale, South Kensington, London, Christie's, Islamic and Oriental Works of Art, April 13, 2000, lot no. 317: “Portrait of a Rajah.” [3]

content: From 2000 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, “Islamic and Oriental Works of Art,” Christie's, South Kensington, London, April 13, 2000, lot no. 317, “Portrait of a Rajah.” [4]

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Sotheby’s, London auction catalogue, Oriental Manuscripts, Indian and Persian Miniatures, November 27, 1974.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Christies, South Kensington, London auction catalogue, Islamic and Oriental Works of Art, April 13, 2000.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Sir Thomas Phillips (1792-1872)

content: Sotheby's (London)

content: Christie's (London)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

content: portrait

content: man

content: India

content: raja

content: smoking

content: hookah

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: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (sheet): 19.7 × 15.7 cm (7 3/4 × 6 3/16 in)

content: H x W (image within border): 16 × 14.2 cm (6 5/16 × 5 9/16 in)

name:
Sotheby's (London)
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Phillips, Thomas
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Christie's (London)

place: Kashmir Jammu India

topic:
Raja
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Men
Hookah
Portraits
Smoking

content: India

content: Portrait of a Raja, probably Raja Dhrub Dev of Jasrota

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF A RAJA, PROBABLY RAJA DHRUB DEV OF JASROTA


content: 17th century

content: Ming dynasty

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

content: To 1911

content: Ta Guan-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 738, 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: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Wangchuan Villa

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 39.1 x 592.5 cm (15 3/8 x 233 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Ta Guwan

topic:
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Wangchuan Villa

content: China

label: Title

content: The Wangchuan Villa

title_sort: THE WANGCHUAN VILLA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Wangchuan Villa


content: ca. 1250 - ca. 1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

label: Description

content: Ch'i-pi [qibi] 戚璧, or battle axe pi [bi] 璧 disc. Buff colored with some darker mottling.

label: Provenance

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [1]

content: From at least 1929 to 1968

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least January 12, 1929 [2]

content: From 1968

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] The jade is included in Duanfang’s catalogue of his jade collection, published posthumously

content: in 1936 with a preface by Wang Dalong, see Duanfang, Taozhai gu yu tu vol. 1 (Shanghai, 1936), p. 1a. Duanfang was a late Qing dynasty government official and a well-known collector of Chinese art. See also Thomas Lawton, A Time of Transition: Two Collectors of Chinese Art (Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, 1991), pp. 37-39, fig. 36.

content: [2] Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer lent the jade to an exhibition in Berlin in 1929, see Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst Veranstaltet von der Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst und der Preußischen Akademie der Künste Berlin, exh. cat. (Berlin, January 12 – April 2, 1929), cat. 151, and Chinesische Kunst: zweihundert Hauptwerke der Ausstellung der Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst in der Preussischen Akademie der Künste, Berlin, 1929, herausgegeben von Otto Kümmel (Berlin: Bruno Cassirer Verlag, 1930), cat. XVIII.

content: [3] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, dated July 24, 1967, where the jade is listed as no. 32 in the document’s Annex, copy in object file. The object was accessioned to the Freer Gallery’s collection in 1968.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Brushing the Past: Later Chinese Calligraphy from the Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (April 30, 2000 to January 2, 2001)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

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

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 22.5 x 20.3 x 1.1 cm (8 7/8 x 8 x 7/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in)

name:
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.
Duanfang

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

content: Axe (yue 鉞), made from a collared disk

title_sort: AXE (YUE 鉞), MADE FROM A COLLARED DISK

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Axe (yue 鉞), made from a collared disk


label: Date

content: ca. 1770-1775

label: School/Tradition

content: Kota school

label: Label

content: The essence of Kamod ragini is viraha, the pain of longing. Kamod is a woman who adorns herself, creates a flower-garland bed in a secluded grove, and waits all night for her lover. A halo on this lotus-eyed heroine suggests that this heroine is Radha, the absent lover is Krishna. But a vivid orange sky, which signals dawn, indicates that Radha has waited all night in vain.

content: The folio’s artist employed a composition created in 1591 for the Chunar ragamala, but he played with color and created texture through dash-like strokes, cross-hatching, and translucent layers to heighten the mood. Lush with flowering creepers, textured foliage, and rippling grass, the idyllic bower is abuzz with herons, egrets and peacocks. Radha, painted in saturated hues of opaque paint that has been highly burnished and lavishly adorned with gold, glows in the landscape. She has the egg-shaped head and slim, almost rubbery body that characterizes the beautiful woman in Bundi painting of the eighteenth-century.

content: From c.1725

content: Thakur of Dilwara, Akshah Singh, Ajmer [1]

content: From 1969 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Col. R.K. Tandan (1899-1971), Secunderabad in November 1969 [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] See Ebeling, Klaus. Ragamala Painting. Basel: Ravi Kumar, 1973. No. 212, p. 248.

content: [2] According to information from Catherin Glynn Benkaim.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Thakur of Dilwara, Akshah Singh (active 18th century)

content: Col. R.K. Tandan (1899-1971)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Kota, Rajasthan state, India

content: Radha

content: woman

content: ragamala

content: garden

content: India

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

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (painting): 18.8 × 12.9 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in)

content: H x W (overall): 32.7 × 23.8 cm (12 7/8 × 9 3/8 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Singh, Akshah
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Tandan, R.K.

place:
Kota
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Ragamala
Gardens
Woman
Radha

content: India

content: Kamod Ragini, folio from a Ragamala

title_sort: KAMOD RAGINI, FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA

title: Kamod Ragini, folio from a Ragamala


content: 16th century?

content: From 1934 to 1970

content: Dr. Myron Bement Smith (1897-1970). [1]

content: 1970 – 71

content: Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, Washington DC [2]

content: From 1971

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, Washington DC [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See folder sheet note dated July 26, 2006, copy in Myron Bement Smith Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1. Also see correspondences between Mrs. Myron Bement Smith and the Freer Gallery of Art, copy in Myron Bement Smith Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Dr. Myron Bement Smith (1897-1970)

content: Katherine Dennis Smith (1893-1983)

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Myron Bement Smith collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift from Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, from the collection of Myron Bement Smith

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste, with underglaze painting in blue and black over a white slip

content: H x W x D: 7.7 x 5.9 x 0.8 cm (3 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 5/16 in)

name:
Smith, Myron Bement
Smith, Katherine Dennis

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics
Myron Bement Smith collection

label: Title

content: Sherd

title_sort: SHERD

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Sherd


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Shuzan

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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: Japan

content: carving

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume Accessory

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 10.2 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm (4 x 1 1/4 x 1 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

object_type:
Costume accessories
Costume

content: Netsuke: Riujin

title_sort: NETSUKE: RIUJIN

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Netsuke: Riujin


label: Date

content: ca. 600-476 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period

content: Excavated from Henan province, Xinzheng, in 1923 [1]

content: From 1923

content: Freer Gallery of Art, acquired by Carl Whiting Bishop [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Excavated by Carl Whiting Bishop and Archibald Gibson Wenley as part of the Freer Gallery China Expedition. See item X444, p. 70 in “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. See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record. Also refer to Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection on August 8, 1974.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Origin

content: Xinzheng, purportedly excavated at Henan province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: tiger

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Spring and Autumn period (770 - 476 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 3.8 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm (1 1/2 × 11/16 × 1/4 in)

place:
Xinzheng
purportedly excavated at Henan province
China

content: China

content: Pendant in the form of a tiger

title_sort: PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A TIGER

title: Pendant in the form of a tiger


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 50, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria?

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H x W: 1.2 x 1 cm (1/2 x 3/8 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

label: Title

content: Bead, cubiform

title_sort: BEAD, CUBIFORM

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead, cubiform


content: late 8th century

label: Period

content: Nara period

label: Description

content: Kannon; in three sections.

content: Surface: originally gilded; much worn; brown and black patina on worn areas.

content: Decoration: of halo and base, engraved.

label: Provenance

content: To 1908

content: Mr. Tamai, Nara, Japan, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), acquired from Mr. Tamai, through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, Japan, 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 Bronze List, S.I. 42, 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 Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: casting

content: engraving (incising)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Late Nara (Tempyo) period (710 - 794)

content: Guanyin

content: Kannon

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D (assembled): 48.3 × 18 × 17.1 cm (19 × 7 1/16 × 6 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tamai

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Late Nara (Tempyo) period (710 - 794)
Art
Kannon
Sculpture
Japanese Art
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Bodhisattva
Engraving (incising)
Metal-work
Guanyin

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon)

title_sort: BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (KANNON)

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon)


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Label

content: Semimaru, a legendary figure said to have been the fourth son of Emperor Daigo (rEIGNED 897-930), was sent to Mount Osaka because he was blind. Myths and legends about Semimaru form the basis of the medieval Noh play of the same name. In the Edo period he was featured as a character in puppet plays and kabuki drama. In an earlier picture in Hokusai's popular multivolume Manga sketchbooks, Semimaru holds a lute (biwa). Here, his instrument is in a cloth bag, and his expression seems introspective. Hokusai had reached his eightieth year when he painted this work in ink and pale colors, a style he had practiced for over forty years. Many of his paintings of this period are thought to include elements of reflective self-portrayal.

content: To 1902

content: Thomas E. Kirby (1846-1924), New York to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas E. Kirby in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 269, pg. 61, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Thomas E. Kirby (1846-1924) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: lute

content: poet

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 92.4 × 18.6 cm (36 3/8 × 7 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kirby, Thomas E.

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

content: Japan

content: Poet Semimaru with His Lute in a Bag

title_sort: POET SEMIMARU WITH HIS LUTE IN A BAG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Poet Semimaru with His Lute in a Bag


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: Possibly excavated in Shansi [Shanxi] [1]

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [2]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record, this object was “said to have been excavated in Shansi [Shanxi].”

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1042, p. 232, 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: Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: purportedly found at Shanxi province, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 27.3 × 7 × 1.4 cm (10 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
purportedly found at Shanxi province
China

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Straight chisel (gui) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid

title_sort: STRAIGHT CHISEL (GUI) WITH RAISED UNIFORM CURLS ARRANGED IN A GRID

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 2

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 G93 state 4 of 6.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 19.8 x 13 cm (7 13/16 x 5 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint
Woman

content: United States

content: Weary

title_sort: WEARY

title: Weary


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 191, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: twill

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: orange

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 150 x 30.5 cm (59 1/16 x 12 in)

topic:
Twill
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Orange
Floral patterns
Brocading
Weft patterning

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk. A long strip: Kesa

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. A LONG STRIP: KESA

title: Brocade, silk. A long strip: Kesa


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl of cylindrical shape, flat cut rim, named Mino-game (long-tailed tortoise).

content: Clay: coarse dark brown stoneware

content: Glaze: dark olive green to brown, uneven mat surface

label: Label

content: Hon'ami Koetsu was a sword polisher and appaiser by profession, but he gained fame as a calligrapher and also as a maker of tea bowls that were much admired and replicated. Surviving letters show that Koetsu collaborated for making tea bowls with the Raku workshop of professional potters in Kyoto: using clay supplied by the workshop, Koetsu sculpted bowl forms by hand and returned them to the workshop for glazing and firing.

content: The black glaze on this cylindrical bowl with blunt-cut rim was scraped away to create a feeling of dignified age and wear. The slightly underfired glaze has a green tinge and matte surface. In shape and glazing, this bowl closely resembles several other Black Raku tea bowls thought to have been made by Koetsu. If not from Koetsu's own hand, this bowl is probably a faithful copy by a professional potter. The bowl's name Minogame (Mossy-Tailed Tortoise) is recorded on the bowl's storage box, which was inscribed by Rokurokusai (1837-1910), eleventh head of the Omote Senke school of tea.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

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

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 423, 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: Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style (October 14, 2017 - October 14, 2019)

content: The Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

content: Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

content: Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)

content: The Koetsu Tea Bowl (May 15, 1998 to June 23, 2005)

content: Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

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

content: Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)

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

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

content: Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)

content: Japanese Paintings Attributed to Iwasa Matabei (July 1, 1974 to October 1, 1975)

content: Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Raku ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with black raku glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.7 × 12.5 cm (3 7/16 × 4 15/16 in)

label: Style

content: Raku ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Black Raku ware tea bowl named Minogame (Mossy-tailed tortoise)

title_sort: BLACK RAKU WARE TEA BOWL NAMED MINOGAME (MOSSY-TAILED TORTOISE)

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Lin Liang (ca. 1428-ca. 1495)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Panel List, R. 32, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 98.

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: Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Painting (February 11 to August 5, 2012)

content: Chinese Bird and Flower Painting (January 27, 1986 to June 30, 1986)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: goose

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

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

content: H x W (image): 172.9 x 99.3 cm (68 1/16 x 39 1/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Swimming Geese

title_sort: SWIMMING GEESE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Swimming Geese


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: A view across the water to buildings and sailing vessels, including, at the extreme right, two sailboats, one with a red and yellow sail; signed with the butterfly at lower left corner.

label: Signatures

content: Blue butterfly in lower left corner

label: Paper/Support

content: On rough, wove paper mounted overall to board. A watermark reading "J. Whatman/Turkey Mill/187[?]" appears through the bottom half of the paper.

label: Label

content: One of only two watercolors Whistler is known to have completed while in Venice, Venice Harbour depicts a view from the public gardens, looking northwest toward St. Mark's basilica. The brown tower left of center is the Campanile, which rises behind the pale facade of the Doge's Palace. Along with a related pastel Whistler titled The Giudecca: Winter; grey and blue (now in a private collection), Venice Harbour was probably completed in November or December 1879.

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 20B, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Whistler in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)

content: James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

content: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: mounting

content: yellow pigment

content: bone black

content: cobalt blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: iron oxide red

content: zinc white

content: yellow ocher

content: indigo

content: watermark

content: water

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 12.2 x 27.8 cm (4 13/16 x 10 15/16 in)

name:
Way, Thomas
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

topic:
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Yellow pigment
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
American Art
Raw sienna
Prussian blue
Cobalt blue
Indigo
Watermark
Burnt sienna

content: United States

label: Title

content: Venice Harbor

title_sort: VENICE HARBOR

title: Venice Harbor


content: first half 8th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 321, pg. 82, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 23.7 x 16.1 x 8.9 cm (9 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 3 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Small bust of Buddhist figure

title_sort: SMALL BUST OF BUDDHIST FIGURE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Small bust of Buddhist figure


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 998, 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: Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: carp

content: lotus

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 2.4 x 1.8 cm (15/16 x 11/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Ornament: lotus and carp (pair with F1916.755)

title_sort: ORNAMENT: LOTUS AND CARP (PAIR WITH F1916.755)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 19th century

content: Edo period or Meiji era

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, copy of Ido type, deep ovoidal, on high foot. Large fire crack. Four spur maks on foot.

content: Clay: hard, gray-white, thicky molded.

content: Glaze: greenish-white, cream, and dull yellow; crackled.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 581, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Hagi ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: tea

content: copy

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with ash glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.9 × 14.9 cm (3 1/2 × 5 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Hagi ware

place:
Japan
Yamaguchi prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Hagi ware tea bowl, copy of Ido type

title_sort: HAGI WARE TEA BOWL, COPY OF IDO TYPE

title: Hagi ware tea bowl, copy of Ido type


content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Gao Kegong (1248-1310)

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1289, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: waterfall

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 46.4 x 31.2 cm (18 1/4 x 12 5/16 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: A Mountain landscape: mists and waterfall; buildings among trees

title_sort: A MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE: MISTS AND WATERFALL; BUILDINGS AMONG TREES


label: Date

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 25, 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: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink, color, and silver on paper

content: H x W (image): 29 × 41.5 cm (11 7/16 × 16 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Flowers, grasses, and a poem

title_sort: FLOWERS, GRASSES, AND A POEM

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Flowers, grasses, and a poem


content: ca. 1300-1050 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

label: Description

content: Large emblematic weapon of the type ko [ge] 戈 (Broken in two and mended; one chip missing). Mottled gray, black and brownish nephrite, somewhat translucent; decorative band of parallel and criss-cross lines engraved on the butt of the blade; a conical perforation in the tang; inscription of thirty characters.

content: Acquired with a wooden box, lid now lost.

content: Duanfang (1861-1911), Peking [1]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi Shanghai, to 1919 [2]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi 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 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 325, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Henan, probably Henan province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 6.3 × 25.2 × 0.4 cm (2 1/2 × 9 15/16 × 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

place:
China
Henan
Henan province

content: China

label: Title

content: Dagger-axe (ge 戈)

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE 戈)

title: Dagger-axe (ge 戈)


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1028, 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: Ching Dynasty Paintings (June 15, 1979 to November 6, 1979)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 31.4 x 53.7 cm (12 3/8 x 21 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Literary Gathering

title_sort: LITERARY GATHERING

title: Literary Gathering


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, L. 51, pg. 18, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tibet

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: throne

content: Tibet

content: worshiper

content: Shakyamuni

content: bhumisparsha mudra

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: thangka

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor on cloth

content: H x W: 81.3 x 53.5 cm (32 x 21 1/16 in)

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Worshiper
Thangka
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Shakyamuni
Bhumisparsha mudra
Throne

culture:
Buddhists
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: Tibet

content: Sakyamuni enthroned; and biographical scenes

title_sort: SAKYAMUNI ENTHRONED; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SCENES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 3

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 not provided.

content: To 1896

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Plates, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is part of a group (consisting of a set of sixteen plates, as well as one impression of each plate) that was purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in January 1896.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Old Hungerford Bridge

title_sort: OLD HUNGERFORD BRIDGE

title: Old Hungerford Bridge