label: Date

content: 18th 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: [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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: music

content: lovers

content: lute

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: musician

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 19.7 x 12.8 cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
Lovers
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Music
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Attendant
Lute
Musicians

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Lovers on a terrace, with an attendant and musicians

title_sort: LOVERS ON A TERRACE, WITH AN ATTENDANT AND MUSICIANS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Period

content: Northern Qi dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, 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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 916, pg. 204, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: southern Xiangtangshan, Caves 4-6, Hebei province, China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern dynasties (386 - 581)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: Amitabha Buddha

content: temple

content: cave

content: China

content: Mahasthamaprapta

content: kalasa

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Limestone with traces of pigment

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 36 x 24.5 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 x 9 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

place:
Caves 4-6
China
Hebei province
southern Xiangtangshan

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Stone
Bodhisattva
Charles Lang Freer collection
Temple
Amitabha Buddha
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
Attendant
Mahasthamaprapta
Kalasa

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 17

building: Freer

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Head of the bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta (Dashizhi)

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: HEAD OF THE BODHISATTVA MAHASTHAMAPRAPTA (DASHIZHI)

type: Images


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Very thick perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; mottled dark greenswith scattered browns and black, shot with translucent veinings and spots of tan and lighter green; traces of whitish incipient disintegration; marks of round saw on one surface. (Rim broken and chipped in several areas.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated in Anki, Chekiang [1]

content: To 1917

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1294, pg. 291, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 19.3 x 2.4 cm (7 5/8 x 15/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 2.5 cm (1 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

room: Gallery 20

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

title: Ball


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Egypto-Alexandrian, Ptolemaic-Augustan era. Button bead. Columnar rod mosaic. Yellow inlay in a semi-translucent green matrix.

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 35, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 1.9 cm (3/4 in)

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

title: Button bead


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 36, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Button bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Button bead


label: Date

content: Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

content: Covered baluster vase, one of three in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-194).

content: Clay: white porcelain.

content: Glaze: clear, feldspathic.

content: Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a court lady being entertained by a dancer and musicians, floral sprays on neck, domed cover has ladies, flowers and rocks, and a bud-shaped finial knob.

content: To 1916

content: Duveen Brothers, New York [1]

content: From 1916 to 1941

content: Mrs. B. F. Jones Jr. (d. 1941), Pittsburgh and Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, purchased from Duveen Brothers in 1916 [2]

content: Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Art Property and Furnishings of the Palatial Residence of the Late Mrs. B.F. Jones Jr, Sewickley Heights, PA,” November 27, 1941, lot 670 (ill.): “Important Blue and White Five-Piece Garniture, K’ang-hsi”

content: From 1941 to no later than 1945

content: Myron S. Falk, Sr. (1878-1945), Greenwich, Connecticut, purchased through Edward Wells at the Parke-Bernet Sale, Inc., New York, November 27, 1941 [3]

content: From 1940s to 1980

content: Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992), New York, given by Myron S. Falk, Sr. in the 1940s [4]

content: From 1980

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner in 1980

content: Notes:

content: [1] The garniture appears in an undated Duveen Brothers black-and-white stock photo, which bears the handwritten notations: "1849/29761, Height of Vases 18 1/2 ins., beakers 17 1/2 ins." and "61" in the lower left corner, and "A set of 5 Blue & White Nankin vases & beakers", in the lower right corner. See Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Duveen Brothers records, Duveen Brothers stock documentation from the dealer’s library, 1829-1965. Series I. Photograph albums, 1871-1956. Series I.A. Stock albums, 1907-1954; ID/Accession Number: 2007.D.1 (bx.1-9), China books, vol. 3, p. 61. Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat717039.

content: [2] The purchase was recorded on September 19, 1941 in the Duveen Brothers' collector file for B. F. Jones Jr., as one of the "Objects sold directly to Mrs. B.F. Jones, Jr.", during the year 1916. There it is described as "A Garniture of Five Pieces of Old Chinese Porcelain of fine quality. Kang Hsi period. Consisting of 3 Vases with Covers, and 2 Beaker-shaped Vases, decorated with figures of Lange Eleisen flowers, etc.", and a price of $9,000 is noted. See Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981 (bulk 1909-1964). Series II. Correspondence and papers. Series II.I. Collectors' files: Jones, B. F., Jr., 1, ca. 1917-1941, ID/Accession number: 960015, (bx.472,f.3), p. 2. Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/960015b472f003.

content: [3] The object is listed in an invoice issued by Wells Objects of Art Specialist in Chinese Antiquities to Myron S. Falk on November 28, 1941, copy in object file.

content: A copy of the 1941 auction catalogue preserved in the Museum Library bears Myron S. Falk Sr.’s handwritten notations: “Welles will bid $1050 for M.S.F. Valued $3-4,000. Mrs. Jones paid Duveen Bros. $15,000", in the left margin and "Sold for $800. to M. S. F." in the right margin. The accompanying plate illustrating the garniture bears the handwritten notation: "In my opinion covers do not belong—but extremely fine set! Extremely rare in garniture form and without defects". See also “Art Sale Brings $14,135: K’an-shi Garniture is sold for $750…,” New York Times (November 27, 1941).

content: [4] The objects were gifted by Myron S. Falk, Sr. to his son, Myron S. Falk, Jr., see Page Report, dated September 18, 1995, in object file.

content: The objects were initially included in Sotheby-Parke-Bernet Galleries’s Sale “Fine Chinese Works of Art” on May 8, 1980 as lot 261 (color ill.) and then taken out of the sale.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)

content: Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duveen Brothers

content: Mrs. B. F. Jones

content: Mr. Myron S. Falk, Sr.

content: Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)

content: Mrs. Mildred F. Loew

content: Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

label: Origin

content: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: flower

content: Jingdezhen ware

content: music

content: dancing

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)

content: woman

content: cobalt pigment

content: China

content: porcelain

content: Chinese Art

content: dancer

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 12: The Peacock Room in Blue and White

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

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

content: Vessel

content: Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

content: H x Diam (assembled): 46.3 × 17.2 cm (18 1/4 × 6 3/4 in)

label: Style

content: Jingdezhen ware

name:
Falk, Myron S.
Loew, Mildred F.
Duveen Brothers
Lenzner, Eleanor F.
Jones, B. F.

place:
China
Jiangxi province
Jingdezhen

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Ceramics
Flowers
Dancer
Cobalt pigment
Porcelain
Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)
Music
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Dance
Jingdezhen ware
Woman

room: Gallery 12 - Peacock Room

content: China

content: Baluster vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

title_sort: BALUSTER VASE, FROM A FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE (F1980.190-.194)

type: 3D mesh

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category: Full resolution

UNITS: m

FILE_TYPE: zip

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: obj

title: Baluster vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

category: Low resolution

title: Baluster vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, gltf, scale in m)

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: gltf

title: Baluster vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, glb, scale in m)

FILE_TYPE: glb

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: glb

title: Baluster vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (iOS AR model 3D mesh, usdz, scale in m)

category: iOS AR model

FILE_TYPE: usdz

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: usdz

title: Baluster vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Low Resolution 3D mesh, glb, scale in m)

category: Low Resolution


content: ca. 2000-1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement; blade with one side beveled and slightly concave; upper end slightly concave; irregular longitudinal ridge; prominent lateral projection on each side above perforated tang; black with brownish translucence at upper end; some cream-colored markings on reverse. (Slightly chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 877, pg. 190, 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: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Shenmu Shimao, probably Shaanxi province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Longshan culture, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

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: 34 x 7.9 x 0.4 cm (13 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

place:
Shenmu Shimao
Shaanxi province
China

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

content: China

label: Title

content: Forked blade (zhang 璋)

title_sort: FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋)

title: Forked blade (zhang 璋)


label: Date

content: ca. 1624-1637

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, S.I. 55, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Sotatsu: Making Waves (Saturday, October 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 31, 2016)

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

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

content: Japanese Screens (August 13, 1997 to May 4, 1998)

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

content: From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

content: Japanese Calligraphy (December 21, 1984 to November 7, 1985)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: cursive script

content: semi-cursive script

content: Japan

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, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W (.195): 168.2 x 375.7 cm (66 1/4 x 147 15/16 in)

content: H x W (.196): 168.2 x 377.2 cm (66 1/4 x 148 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cursive script
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Semi-cursive script
Japanese Art
Poetry
Flowers

content: Japan

content: Folding screens mounted with poems from the anthology, Shin kokinshu 新古今集和歌色紙貼付屏風 （一双、画像：左隻のみ）

title_sort: FOLDING SCREENS MOUNTED WITH POEMS FROM THE ANTHOLOGY, SHIN KOKINSHU 新古今集和歌色紙貼付屏風 （一双、画像：左隻のみ）

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Period

content: Northern Song dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 992, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: gilding

content: repoussé

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Gilt bronze

content: H x W: 3.7 x 4 cm (1 7/16 x 1 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Repoussé
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Belt ornament (from a set of eight, F1916.474, 719-724, F1917.558)

title_sort: BELT ORNAMENT (FROM A SET OF EIGHT, F1916.474, 719-724, F1917.558)


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: circa 900-1400

label: Provenance

content: To 1981

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

content: From 1981 to 1988

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

content: From 1988 to 1995

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

content: From 1995

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

content: Syria?

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Blown and enameled glass

content: H x W x D (overall): 3 x 3.4 x 0.3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/8 in)

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

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Islamic Glass Fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


label: Artist

content: Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919)

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, Portraits of Whistler, pg. 3, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: England

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on paper

content: H x W: 18.6 x 13.2 cm (7 5/16 x 5 3/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits

content: United States

content: Portrait of Whistler

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Portrait of Whistler


label: Date

content: 6th-5th century BCE

label: Period

content: Late Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead. Chipped

title_sort: BEAD. CHIPPED

title: Bead. Chipped


content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Mi Fu (傳)米芾 (1052-1107)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 41, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Album leaf; ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 28.2 x 19.8 cm (11 1/8 x 7 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Riverside pavilion

title_sort: RIVERSIDE PAVILION

title: Riverside pavilion


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)

content: To 1911

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 40, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Boating on a River (February 12 to August 14, 2005)

content: On the River (April 01, 1995 to January 23, 1996)

content: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Lacquer (February 22, 1971 to November 22, 1971)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: tree

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese 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 silk

content: H x W (image): 26.1 x 30.4 cm (10 1/4 x 11 15/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Approaching the winter shore

title_sort: APPROACHING THE WINTER SHORE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Approaching the winter shore


label: Date

content: late 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea jar: inverted pear shape with short wide neck and slightly flaring lip. Three lugs on shoulder.

content: Clay: medium stoneware, fired glossy reddish brown. Five large stacking scars on base.

content: Glaze: thick mottled olive green ash glaze (ameyu [Jpn]) with purple splashes flowing at random down from the shoulder, over all-over coating of iron-slip glaze (akadobe [Jpn]).

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 95, 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: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Tachiku, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Tamba ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with slip glaze and ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 29.1 × 24.2 cm (11 7/16 × 9 1/2 in)

label: Style

content: Tamba ware

place:
Tachiku
Hyogo prefecture
Japan

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

content: Japan

content: Tamba ware tea-leaf storage jar

title_sort: TAMBA WARE TEA-LEAF STORAGE JAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tamba ware tea-leaf storage jar


content: 18th century

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: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

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: tiger

content: hunting

content: elephant

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 27.3 x 19.5 cm (10 3/4 x 7 11/16 in)

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

content: India

label: Title

content: Tiger hunting

title_sort: TIGER HUNTING

title: Tiger hunting


label: Date

content: ca. 1640

label: Period

content: Adil Shahi dynasty

content: Bijapur Court

content: Deccani school

content: To 1924

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

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Bijapur, Karnataka state, Deccan plateau, India

content: portrait

content: Adil Shahi dynasty (1489 - 1686)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 7 x 5.3 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/16 in)

place:
Bijapur
Deccan plateau
Karnataka state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Adil Shahi dynasty (1489 - 1686)
Portraits

content: India

content: Portrait of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, of Bijapur (d.1626) (?)

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF IBRAHIM ADIL SHAH II, OF BIJAPUR (D.1626) (?)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: Northern Qi dynasty

label: Label

content: According to the sacred text of the Lotus Sutra, when the historical Buddha delivered a sermon a vision of the entire cosmos often appeared before him, which is why he was sometimes called the Cosmological Buddha. The decoration on the front and back of this figure's monastic robe features scenes of the life of the historical Buddha and cosmic imagery.

content: On the front chest of the robe, Mount Sumeru, a sacred Buddhist mountain believed to connect heaven and earth, is depicted with two snakes, or naga, entwined around it. Scenes below illustrate the historical Buddha as a prince before his enlightenment. The tortures of hell appear above the hem.

content: Taku Shanfang, Beijing, method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: From 1923

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop (1881-1942) from Taku Shanfang, Beijing [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bishop List, Objects of Stone, No. S-9, copy in object file.

content: [2] Carl Whiting Bishop purchased this on behalf of the Freer Gallery of Art on December 24, 1923, in Beijing from the art dealer, Taku Shanfang. See note 1. In 1922, the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston jointly appointed Bishop, a trained archaeologist, as the leader of a four-year archaeological expedition to China. Around the same time, the Freer Gallery of Art appointed Bishop as a curator and charged him with purchasing works for the museum while abroad. This work was first accepted into the Freer Gallery of Art Study Collection in December 1923. In 1968, it was transferred to the Permanent Collection of the Freer Gallery of Art. See Bishop Collection, Collections Management Office.

content: Research updated April 18, 2023

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Body of Devotion: The Cosmic Buddha in 3D (January 30, 2016 to July 9, 2017)

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

content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

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

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

content: Taku Shanfang

label: Origin

content: Anyang, Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: naga

content: hell

content: heaven

content: China

content: Vairocana Buddha

content: Mount Meru

content: Lotus Sutra

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Sculpture

content: Limestone

content: H x W x D: 151.3 x 62.9 x 31.3 cm (59 9/16 x 24 3/4 x 12 5/16 in)

content: Weight (without concrete base): 818.5 pounds

name:
buddha
Taku, Shanfang

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

topic:
Vairocana Buddha
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Heaven
Mount Meru
Art
Chinese Art
Lotus Sutra
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Stone
Hell

culture:
Buddhists
Naga (South Asian people)
Chinese

content: China

content: Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Desire

title_sort: BUDDHA DRAPED IN ROBES PORTRAYING THE REALMS OF DESIRE

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

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence (Full resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in mm)

UNITS: mm

title: Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence (Low resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in mm)

title: Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence (Low resolution 3D mesh, gltf, scale in mm)

title: Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence (Low resolution 3D mesh, glb, scale in mm)

title: Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence (Low resolution 3D mesh, draco compressed glb, scale in m)

FILE_TYPE: draco compressed glb

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: draco compressed glb

title: Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence (iOS AR model 3D mesh, usdz, scale in m)


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 813, pg. 213, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: ram

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 1.6 x 1.5 cm (5/8 x 9/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Standing ram

title_sort: STANDING RAM

title: Standing ram


content: 14th-15th century

label: Period

content: Nanbokucho period

content: The eighteen figures represented in these two paintings (see F1904.312) are all grouped under the Japanese name tenbu, or heavenly beings. The varied figures generally personify forces active in the cosmos; all trace their origins to indigenous beliefs of India and Central Asia. The inscriptions that identify each being are not completely reliable, however, the guardians of the four directions, shown as fierce warriors in the left-hand painting, and the deities of the sun and moon, seen here with corresponding symbols at the top of each painting, are recognizable.

content: Other inscriptions indicate that the paintings originally belonged to Sanseizenji, a subtemple of Tofukuji, an important medieval Zen Buddhist center in Kyoto. Artists in the Tofukuji atelier were known for their high-quality iconography and skillful assimilation of influential Chinese Buddhist painting styles.

content: To 1904

content: Mr. Shibata, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mr. Shibata, through Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Bought from the heir of the owner through the Yokohama Specie Bank, with Bunkio Matsuki acting as agent (according to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record).

content: See further, See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, S.I. 19, 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: In the Shadow of an Apocalypse (October 14, 2017 to October 28, 2018)

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

content: Telling Tales in Japanese Art (November 23, 1996 to August 14, 1997)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Nanbokucho period (1333 - 1392)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: deva

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 115.8 x 56.7 cm (45 9/16 x 22 5/16 in)

name:
Shibata
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Japanese Art
Nanbokucho period (1333 - 1392)
Deva
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Group of deva and devi

title_sort: GROUP OF DEVA AND DEVI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Group of deva and devi


content: 1883 or 1884

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: William McNeill Whistler [1]

content: To 1906

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [2]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] The painting was owned by James McNeill Whistler's brother, William Whistler, for many years (see Curatorial Remark 4, David Park Curry, 1984, in the object record).

content: [2] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The frame was bought from James E. Hanna of Detroit (see Curatorial Remark 1 in the obeject record).

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

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

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (September 16, 1981 to March 26, 1984)

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

content: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)

content: Whistler Paintings (October 15, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1955 (December 16, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings (February 12, 1944 to May 10, 1945)

content: Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)

content: Whistler Landscapes, Oil (January 20, 1928 to May 1, 1933)

content: Whistler Oils Exhibition (January 8, 1925 to January 20, 1928)

content: American Paintings by J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 8, 1925)

content: American Paintings, J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to February 12, 1944)

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

content: William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Oil on canvas

content: H x W: 32 x 62.8 cm (12 5/8 x 24 3/4 in)

name:
Whistler, William McNeill
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art

content: United States

content: Green and Silver: The Devonshire Cottages

title_sort: GREEN AND SILVER: THE DEVONSHIRE COTTAGES

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G314 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

content: To 1888

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: landscape

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 13.2 x 9.5 cm (5 3/16 x 3 3/4 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Windsor Castle

title_sort: WINDSOR CASTLE

title: Windsor Castle


content: ca. 1617

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Anada K. Coomaraswamy, Boston 1931 [1]

content: From 1931

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Anada K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1931 [2]

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, India

content: Hinduism

content: Krishna

content: lovers

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Rasikapriya

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: messenger

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 8 x 13 cm (3 1/8 x 5 1/8 in)

place:
Agra
Uttar Pradesh state
India

topic:
Lovers
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Krishna
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Rasikapriya
Messenger

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians
Hindus

content: India

label: Title

content: The lover (Krsna) in conversation with the messenger from the beloved, from a Rasikapriya

title_sort: THE LOVER (KRSNA) IN CONVERSATION WITH THE MESSENGER FROM THE BELOVED, FROM A RASIKAPRIYA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhang Zeduan (late 11th-early 12th century)

content: To 1915

content: Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944), Peking, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edmund Backhouse through T.J. Larkin, London, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 933, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: spring

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: festival

content: river

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 28.5 x 689 cm (11 1/4 x 271 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Backhouse, Edmund

topic:
Festivals
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Rivers
Spring

content: China

content: Spring Festival on the River

title_sort: SPRING FESTIVAL ON THE RIVER

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Spring Festival on the River


content: late 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Style of Iwasa Matabei (1578-1650)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Label

content: These two paintings (see also F1903.60) are sections from a late-seventeenth-century handscroll by an unidentified painter. In one, a boy performs a so-called Narihira odori (Narihira dance), in which the dancer enacts the role of the poet, nobleman, and romantic hero Ariwara no Narihira (825-880). Narihira dances, which feature an elegant costume with a courtier's hat, were often performed by boys and young men in early-seventeenth-century kabuki. In the other painting, a monkey performs a dance to entertain a mother and her children.

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Voucher no. 40, March 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, the object record for F1903.60. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Year of the Monkey (May 18, 1980 to February 15, 1981)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: dancing

content: child

content: woman

content: man

content: fan

content: monkey

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 28.5 × 33.8 cm (11 1/4 × 13 5/16 in)

topic:
Fans
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Dance
Ukiyo-e
Monkeys
Children
Woman

content: Japan

content: Monkey trainer and monkey performing a dance

title_sort: MONKEY TRAINER AND MONKEY PERFORMING A DANCE


label: Date

content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

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. 283, 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: 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: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern dynasties (386 - 581)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: China

content: Shakyamuni

content: Prabhutaratna Buddha

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D: 12.5 × 5.9 × 3.4 cm (4 15/16 × 2 5/16 × 1 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Shakyamuni
Chinese Art
Abhaya mudra
Prabhutaratna Buddha
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
Metal-work
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
Varada mudra

content: China

label: Title

content: Seated Prabhutaratna Buddhas (duobao) with seated Shakyamuni (verso)

title_sort: SEATED PRABHUTARATNA BUDDHAS (DUOBAO) WITH SEATED SHAKYAMUNI (VERSO)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 (1664-1729)

content: To 1904

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936), Woodstock, NY, and New York to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bolton Coit Brown in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1214, pg. 21-A, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: theater

content: warrior

content: Japan

content: actor

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 32.6 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm (12 13/16 x 6 1/8 x 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Brown, Bolton Coit

topic:
Theater
Charles Lang Freer collection
Warrior
Art
Wood
Actors and actresses
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: An Actor as warrior

title_sort: AN ACTOR AS WARRIOR

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: An Actor as warrior


content: early 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Tosa Mitsunori (1583-1638)

label: School/Tradition

content: Tosa

label: Label

content: The Tale of Genji, a fifty-four chapter fictional work written in the early eleventh century by court lady Murasaki Shikibu, was a rich source for illustration. The Tale of Genji and other literary classics created in the imperial court of the Heian period (794-1185) figured prominently in the revival of courtly taste in early seventeenth-century Kyoto. Painters of the Tosa school, of which Mitsunori was a leading member specialized in subjects from classical Japanese literature and played a key role in that revival. Here Misunori's paintings in the fine linear style known as hakubyo are paired with poems written by various court calligraphers. This group of thirty pairs of paintings and calligraphy illustrating certain of the fifty-four chapters of The Tale of Genji are said to have been formerly mounted on a folding screen.

label: Provenance

content: To 1932

content: Yamanaka and Company, New York 1932 [1]

content: From 1932

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York in 1932 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond (November 17, 2018 to October 20, 2019)

content: Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)

content: East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)

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

content: Tales and Legends in Japanese Art (June 21, 2003 to January 4, 2004)

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

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

content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to June 27, 1994)

content: Literary Themes in Japanese Art (February 13, 1986 to March 9, 1987)

content: Japanese Calligraphy (April 18, 1977 to September 13, 1977)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1951 (January 23, 1951 to February 25, 1956)

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

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

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

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: The Tale of Genji

content: Japan

content: gafu

content: Japanese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 24.7 x 20.3 cm (9 3/4 x 8 in)

topic:
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Gafu
The Tale of Genji

content: Japan

content: Album of paintings and calligraphy depicting scenes from The Tale of Genji

title_sort: ALBUM OF PAINTINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE TALE OF GENJI


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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: W (overall): 1.9 cm (3/4 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment of an inlay


content: 14th-15th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Qiao Zhongchang (active first-half 12th century)

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1370, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

content: Centennial Exhibition, North Corridor (February 25, 1956 to November 20, 1969)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 1, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to December 12, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1955 (November 17, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

content: Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 21.3 x 82 cm (8 3/8 x 32 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Returning Home after Harvest

title_sort: RETURNING HOME AFTER HARVEST

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Returning Home after Harvest


label: Date

content: ca. 1050-771 BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5680, pg. 7, Freer Galley 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)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 10.6 x 4 x 0.2 cm (4 3/16 x 1 9/16 x 1/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

content: China

content: Fragment of a ceremonial axe

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A CEREMONIAL AXE

title: Fragment of a ceremonial axe


content: 15th century

content: Muromachi period

content: Mr. Kawara, Osaka [1]

content: To 1900

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1900 [2]

content: From 1900 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1900 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] "From the Collection of Mr. Kawara, President of the Osaka Mercantile Steamship Co." (according to Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record).

content: [2] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, pg. 4, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. Kawara

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Japan

content: Monju

content: Mahayana Buddhism

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

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color and gold on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 83.5 × 35.5 cm (32 7/8 × 14 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kawara
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Monju
Japanese Art
Bodhisattva
Mahayana Buddhism
Kakemono

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Portrait of Manjushri (Monju)

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF MANJUSHRI (MONJU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Portrait of Manjushri (Monju)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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.

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: metal

content: copper

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Copper

content: H x W: 19.4 x 31.8 cm (7 5/8 x 12 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Etching plate: The Forge

title_sort: ETCHING PLATE: THE FORGE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Etching plate: The Forge


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whether by design or by accident, Whistler’s small, stage-like, close-cropped images echo urban photographs by John Thomson, a documentarian of lower- and working-class London neighborhoods. The Barrow recalls Thomson’s Cheap Fish of St. Giles from the book Street Life in London. The book included articles juxtaposed with photographs “taken from life,” meant to provide “unquestionable accuracy” of the urban poor’s marginal existence. Yet, like Whistler’s images, these photographs were carefully staged.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G346 state 7 of 8.

label: Provenance

content: To 1888

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 12.5 x 17.5 cm (4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Barrow- Quartier des Marolles, Brussels

title_sort: THE BARROW- QUARTIER DES MAROLLES, BRUSSELS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: early 18th century

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Rajput 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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from India (October 14, 1978 to May 15, 1979)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Bikaner, Rajasthan state, India

content: woman

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, slight color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 15.5 x 9.2 cm (6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

place:
Bikaner
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Woman
Attendant

content: India

content: A lady and attendants seated in a courtyard

title_sort: A LADY AND ATTENDANTS SEATED IN A COURTYARD


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 33, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of an inlay: part of a feather headdress (?)

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY: PART OF A FEATHER HEADDRESS (?)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: Qing dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1110, pg. 246, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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)

content: China

content: jade

content: dragon

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade

content: H x W x D: 16.3 x 16.3 x 0.9 cm (6 7/16 x 6 7/16 x 3/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Dragon plaque

title_sort: DRAGON PLAQUE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Dragon plaque


content: ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

content: From 1936 to 1991

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, NV, purchased in Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan province, China [1]

content: From 1991

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, NV [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1. See also the "List of Objects Offered to the Freer Gallery of Art" and Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: China

content: ceramic

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: H x W (overall): 2.2 x 1.6 cm (7/8 x 5/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Sherd, undecorated

title_sort: SHERD, UNDECORATED

title: Sherd, undecorated


label: Period

content: Period of Division

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 784, pg. 202, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.2 x 5.6 cm (1 1/4 x 2 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

place:
Inner Mongolia/Ordos
China

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a horse

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A HORSE

title: Ornament in the form of a horse


label: Date

content: 13th century

content: Southern Song dynasty

label: Label

content: This painting is the product of an unknown court artist of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Beneath the summer trees, a few simply clad palace women and children stroll along the paved pathway beside a stone-lined pond. Their route leads through an elegant gazebo that may represent an actual structure in the imperial gardens of Hangzhou (in Zhejiang Province), the Southern Song capital.

content: To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

label: Provenance

content: To 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, Beijing, 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 Album List, pg. 36, 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: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

content: Chinese Album Leaves (December 17, 1962 to April 8, 1963)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)

content: water

content: palace

content: garden

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 26.9 x 28.1 cm (10 9/16 x 11 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Palace
Chinese Art
Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Gardens

content: China

label: Title

content: Strolling to a lakeside gazebo 湖亭遊覽圖

title_sort: STROLLING TO A LAKESIDE GAZEBO 湖亭遊覽圖

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Strolling to a lakeside gazebo 湖亭遊覽圖


content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

label: Description

content: Standing Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) on a four-legged base.

content: Surface: gilded, black and reddish brown patina on worn areas.

content: Decoration: details in low relief and engraved. Inscription.

label: Inscriptions

content: (H.C. Lovell, 1974) The inscription reads: "Shen-kuei san-nien san-yueh i-jih fo-ti-tzu Han Chi Pen-hsien wai mang fu chien hsiao nei ch'in tsao Kuan-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u." [Chn]

content: It can be rendered: On the first day of the third month in the third year of Shen-kuei (April 6th, 520 A.D.), Buddhist Han Chi, Pen-hsien, had this image of Kuan-yin made for his deceased father out of filial piety for close relatives.

content: The inscription reads: [Chn]

content: The inscription reads: [Chn]

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 96, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Ta Ge Chung (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: Guanyin

content: China

content: mandorla

content: kundika

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D: 26 x 8.6 x 7.4 cm (10 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta

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

content: China

content: Statuette: Avalokiteshvara (Kuan yin)

title_sort: STATUETTE: AVALOKITESHVARA (KUAN YIN)

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Statuette: Avalokiteshvara (Kuan yin)