label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G75, state 1 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 6.8 x 11.4 cm (2 11/16 x 4 1/2 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Vauxhall Bridge

title_sort: VAUXHALL BRIDGE

title: Vauxhall Bridge


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 4, 3

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 G68 state 6 of 6.

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [3] See note 2.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint

type: Country

content: United States

label: Title

content: Axenfeld

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: AXENFELD

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Axenfeld


label: Date

content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Sheng Mou 盛懋 (ca. 1310-1360)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

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.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: pavilion

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 31.2 x 51.3 cm (12 5/16 x 20 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Mountains
Pavilion
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: A broad view of mountains and water

title_sort: A BROAD VIEW OF MOUNTAINS AND WATER

title: A broad view of mountains and water


content: ca.1050-771 BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 226, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 6.3 x 7.4 cm (2 1/2 x 2 15/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Riu Gu

content: China

content: Chariot or harness fitting (?)

title_sort: CHARIOT OR HARNESS FITTING (?)

title: Chariot or harness fitting (?)


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: In the foreground, a flat beach at low tide; in the distance, points of land running into the water; signed with the butterfly at the lower left.

label: Signatures

content: Blue butterfly in lower left quadrant

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board. The paper support is mounted on top of a manufactured board that already had a facing paper. Graphite sight lines around all four edges.

content: To 1904

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Whistler—Landscapes and Seascapes (October 14, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Paintings and Drawings (December 14, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

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

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

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

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

content: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1887)

content: Sixth Summer Exhibition (1882)

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: crop marks

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: raw sienna

content: raw umber

content: zinc white

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: indigo

content: landscape

content: water

content: cloud

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 13.8 x 25.5 cm (5 7/16 x 10 1/16 in)

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

topic:
Water
Crop marks
Art
Bone black
Zinc white
Cerulean blue
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
Landscapes
American Art
Raw sienna
Cloud
Prussian blue
Indigo
Raw umber

content: United States

content: Note in Blue and Opal–Jersey

title_sort: NOTE IN BLUE AND OPAL–JERSEY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Note in Blue and Opal–Jersey


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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a bar for inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BAR FOR INLAY

title: Fragment of a bar for inlay


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G100, state not provided.

content: To 1893

content: M. Knoedler & Co., New York to 1893 [1]

content: From 1893 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, in March of 1893 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Objects transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This print is part of a set that was purchased from Knoedler and Co. in March of 1893. The set was kept in the Reserve Section until January of 1921, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and each print given a registration number for that year (see Curatorial Remark 1, G. D. Guest, 1921, in the object package). See also, Accession List, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.8 x 15.3 cm (9 x 6 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Shipping at Liverpool

title_sort: SHIPPING AT LIVERPOOL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Shipping at Liverpool


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Copy after Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)

content: Formerly attributed to Jing Hao (傳)荊浩 (ca. 870-ca.935)

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 694, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: autumn

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: waterfall

content: Zhuangzi

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): 25 x 116.6 cm (9 13/16 x 45 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

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

content: China

content: Conversing beside the Hao River

title_sort: CONVERSING BESIDE THE HAO RIVER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Conversing beside the Hao River


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 7 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm (2 3/4 x 5/8 x 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

content: Topknot pin

title_sort: TOPKNOT PIN

title: Topknot pin


content: ca. 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

content: To 1918

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1379, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3 x 2.5 cm (1 3/16 x 1 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament in the form of an animal mask

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF AN ANIMAL MASK

title: Ornament in the form of an animal mask


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 425, pg. 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: chicken

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese 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): 109.5 x 47.1 cm (43 1/8 x 18 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Cock, hen and chick

title_sort: COCK, HEN AND CHICK

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Cock, hen and chick


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: This drawing was untitled by Whistler, perhaps because it depicts one of the most famous spots on the Rhine: on a rocky little island south of Caub, in the middle of the river, rises the Pfalz, a curious old building with a pentagonal tower covered with an unsightly roof, numerous turrets and jutting corners, which is small, can barely be made out in the drawing. To the left a large baroque building hugs the bluffs.

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, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: mountain

content: river

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 white paper

content: H x W: 5.1 x 16.9 cm (2 x 6 5/8 in)

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Rivers

content: United States

content: Pfalz

title_sort: PFALZ

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Pfalz


content: Period of Division

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 542, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: chimera

content: boar

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 6.1 x 6.9 cm (2 3/8 x 2 11/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Chimera

title_sort: CHIMERA

title: Chimera


label: Period

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 19.6 x 20.4 cm (7 11/16 x 8 1/16 in)

name:
Ming Sai, Pao
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Birds
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Birds and pines

title_sort: BIRDS AND PINES

title: Birds and pines


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Edo period

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 44, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan or China

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: China

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk and gilt paper

content: H x W: 164.5 x 109.1 cm (64 3/4 x 42 15/16 in)

place: China Japan

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

content: China

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Buddhist monk's mantle, modified for use as wall hanging

title_sort: BUDDHIST MONK'S MANTLE, MODIFIED FOR USE AS WALL HANGING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Description

content: Cup, peach shaped, with low, spreading foot; translucent, greenish white with light and dark brown markings; large areas of opaque cream white decomposition; much earth incrustation. Incised, wide band of interlocked double spiral pattern, one t’ao-t’ieh [taotie] 饕餮 mask. (Rim and foot rim broken, surface damage.)

content: To 1930

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

content: Vessel

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 5.1 x 9.8 x 11.3 cm (2 x 3 7/8 x 4 7/16 in)

place:
China
Jincun
Henan province

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

content: China

content: Spouted cup with mask and incised linked curls

title_sort: SPOUTED CUP WITH MASK AND INCISED LINKED CURLS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: late 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Toyonobu Utagawa (active 1770-1780)

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 190, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Full color on paper

content: H x W (image): 90.7 × 29.5 cm (35 11/16 × 11 5/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Yujo on parade

title_sort: YUJO ON PARADE

title: Yujo on parade


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: School of Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1524)

content: Formerly attributed to Su Hanchen (active early to mid-12th century)

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 996, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Chinese Flower Paintings (March 18 to September 22, 1983)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: woman

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 101.4 × 58.5 cm (39 15/16 × 23 1/16 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Court ladies and attendant

title_sort: COURT LADIES AND ATTENDANT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Court ladies and attendant


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G101 state 3 of 14.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: winter

content: woman

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.5 x 15 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: Speke Hall: The Avenue

title_sort: SPEKE HALL: THE AVENUE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Speke Hall: The Avenue


label: Date

content: 200 BCE-100 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, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: Korea

label: Topic

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Gilt bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 25.6 x 3.3 x 3.4 cm (10 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 5/16 in)

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Spoon


content: 17th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Zheng Xianqing (17th century)

content: To 1909

content: Ho, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 268, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ho (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: standard script

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Calligraphy

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 23.4 x 51.8 cm (9 3/16 x 20 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ho

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

content: China

content: Two poems and postscript in standard script

title_sort: TWO POEMS AND POSTSCRIPT IN STANDARD SCRIPT

label: Screen Image


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 196, pg. 43, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: geisha

content: man

content: celebration

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: musician

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 31.4 × 45 cm (12 3/8 × 17 11/16 in)

topic:
Rites and ceremonies
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Shamisen
Music
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Men
Japanese Art
Geisha
Ukiyo-e
Kakemono
Musicians

content: Japan

content: Interior scene of a party with geisha and clients

title_sort: INTERIOR SCENE OF A PARTY WITH GEISHA AND CLIENTS

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Bowl with everted lip and low foot ring. Two movable ring handles are suspended from looped relief masks below the rim. Bands of red pigment enclose a frieze of swirling, abstract decoration painted on the outside of the vessel below the rim. A red band is painted on the foot ring.

content: To 1916

content: C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co., New York, to April 1, 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1968

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, purchased from C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co. on April 1, 1916 [2]

content: From 1968

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co.’s invoice issued to Mrs. Eugene Meyer and dated February 29, 1916, where the bronze is listed as “Round bronze vase with two small rings, painted with polychrome floral design,” copy in object file.

content: A stamped note on the invoice states that the payment for the bronze was received by Loo on April 1, 1916.

content: The invoice includes three other bronzes (see records for F1968. 32a-b, F1968.34a-b, and F1968.35a-b) which with F1968.33 form a group probably made as a set to be used as mingqi (funerary objects).

content: The four vessels reportedly came from Changsha, Hunan province, however, there is no certainty of their provenance, see Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat. (Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1971), pp. 28-29 (ill.) and Diane M. Nelson, “Bronze ‘Ming-ch’i’ Vessels with Painted Decoration: A Regional Study in Han Pictorialism,” Artibus Asiae 42, 2/3 (1980), pp. 147-8.

content: [2] See C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co.’s invoice, cited in note 1.

content: [3] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, where the object is listed as no. 19 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file. The object was accessioned to the Freer Gallery’s collection in 1968.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 18: Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 8.1 x 15.7 cm (3 3/16 x 6 3/16 in)

name:
C. T. Loo & Company
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

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

room: Gallery 18

building: Freer

content: China

content: Basin with painted decoration

title_sort: BASIN WITH PAINTED DECORATION

title: Basin with painted decoration


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 96, pg. 27, 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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

content: Hokusai: Japanese Screens (February 18 to July 29, 2012)

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japan Fine Arts Association, 1900 (1900)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: bird

content: fish

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: river

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

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

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall each): 174.3 x 377.8 cm (68 5/8 x 148 3/4 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Fishes
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Birds
Ukiyo-e
Rivers

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Six Tama Rivers

title_sort: SIX TAMA RIVERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Six Tama Rivers


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 622, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: mythological subject

content: fly

content: tiger

content: snake

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: music

content: demon

content: toad

content: fruit

content: flute

content: Zhong Kui

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 101.7 x 59.6 cm (40 1/16 x 23 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Water
Art
Fruit
Chinese Art
Demon
Toads
Snakes
Flute
Tiger
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mythological subject
Insects
Zhong Kui
Music
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Zhong Kui taming the Five Pestilences

title_sort: ZHONG KUI TAMING THE FIVE PESTILENCES

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Zhong Kui taming the Five Pestilences


content: ca. first half 5th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1929

content: Edgar Worch (1880-1972), Berlin. [1]

content: From 1929

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Edgar Worch, Berlin. [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Edgar Worch (1880-1972)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze, gold, turquoise

content: H x W: 55 x 4.1 cm (21 5/8 x 1 5/8 in)

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Sword

title_sort: SWORD

title: Sword


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 223, 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: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.8 x 11.8 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Mask

title_sort: MASK

title: Mask


label: Date

content: 17th century (?)

label: Period

content: Momoyama period

label: School/Tradition

content: Kano

label: Provenance

content: Possibly to 1903

content: Authorities of Bukkoji temple, Kyoto, possibly to 1903 [1]

content: Possibly from 1903 to 1904

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to possibly purchased from the temple authorities of Bukkoji temple, Kyoto, in 1903 [2]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Bunkio Matsuki collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 21-23, 1904 [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 3 in the object record: "It is said that these doors originally belonged to the ancient Bukkoji temple at Kyoto, which burned about the year 1800, and that these doors were saved and sold by the temple authorities, in the year 1903, to the dealer who sold them to Mr. Freer.

content: [2] See note 1. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, as well as Purchase Details in the Accession List, Collections Management office. See further, Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1204, pg. 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: eagle

content: tree

content: pine tree

content: deer

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on wood

content: H x W: 172.8 x 86.2 cm (68 1/16 x 33 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Trees
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
Eagles

content: Japan

content: Pair of doors with eagle on a pinetree on one side; deer and cherry-blossoms on the other

title_sort: PAIR OF DOORS WITH EAGLE ON A PINETREE ON ONE SIDE; DEER AND CHERRY-BLOSSOMS ON THE OTHER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: Momoyama period

content: To 1903

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 77, 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: Sotatsu: Making Waves (Saturday, October 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 31, 2016)

content: Japanese Art—Painted Screens (August 18, 1967 to May 2, 1973)

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

content: Japanese Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: plant

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: morning glory

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color and silver on paper

content: H x W: 164.8 x 173.8 cm (64 7/8 x 68 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Morning glory
Japanese Art
Plants

content: Japan

content: Coxcombs, maize and morning glories 鶏頭玉蜀黍朝顔図屏風

title_sort: COXCOMBS, MAIZE AND MORNING GLORIES 鶏頭玉蜀黍朝顔図屏風

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 682, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: architecture

content: palace

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 30.7 x 255.5 cm (12 1/16 x 100 9/16 in)

topic:
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Architecture
Palace
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Cities and towns
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Imperial palaces

title_sort: IMPERIAL PALACES

title: Imperial palaces


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 843, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 11.2 x 2 cm (4 7/16 x 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Garment hook (gou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (GOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Garment hook (gou)


content: Kamakura period

content: To 1909

content: Kita Toranosuke, Kyoto, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 994-945, pg. 69-1/2, 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: Kita Toranosuke (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: wood

content: Buddhism

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 51.4 x 18.6 x 13.2 cm (20 1/4 x 7 5/16 x 5 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kita, Toranosuke

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Wood
Japanese Art

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Figure

title_sort: FIGURE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Figure


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 598, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

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

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 3.5 x 3.8 cm (1 3/8 x 1 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Mask

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mask


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, S.I. 68p, pg. 22, 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: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: plum blossom

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: shikishi

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

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Shinsuke, Hayashi

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Shikishi
Poetry
Plum blossom

content: Japan

content: Plum blossoms

title_sort: PLUM BLOSSOMS

title: Plum blossoms


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Egypto-Alexandrian, Ptolemaic-Augustan era. Button bead. Columnar rod mosaic. White rods in translucent uncolored matrix, yellowish tint.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

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: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 1.8 cm (11/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

room: Gallery 20

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Button bead


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Gilt bronze

content: H: 2 cm (13/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Ornament

title_sort: ORNAMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament


label: Date

content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: 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

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H x W: 3 x 3 cm (1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in)

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

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: 30 BCE-395 CE

label: Period

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H: 0.8 cm (5/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, hexagonal

title_sort: BEAD, HEXAGONAL

title: Bead, hexagonal


content: early 17th-mid 18th century

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

content: Private collection, collected from Wihan Somdet Palace, Ayutthaya, Thailand between 1975 and 1976. [1]

content: From 1992

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

content: Possibly Netherlands

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H x W: 3.8 x 2.7 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/16 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

label: Title

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Glass fragment


content: Possibly Ming dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 771, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: garden

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color on silk

content: H x W (overall): 36.1 x 216.5 cm (14 3/16 x 85 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Garden scene: melons, egg-plants, flowers, and two weasels

title_sort: GARDEN SCENE: MELONS, EGG-PLANTS, FLOWERS, AND TWO WEASELS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 2000-1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement; quadrilateral, thin blade form; slightly curving, very sharp, beveled cutting edge; four conical perforations and a circular depression, the beginning of a fifth perforation; semi–translucent, slate gray with grayish white and tan mottlings and spots; granular pitted area on upper edge. (Blade edge 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. 876, pg. 190, 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: Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 35.9 x 8.9 x 0.3 cm (14 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 1/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

content: China

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏)

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏)

title: Harvesting knife (hu 笏)


content: ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

content: From 1936 to 1991

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

content: From 1991

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [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.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: China

label: Topic

content: bone

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Data Source

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

content: Natural Material

content: Bone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 1.2 x 0.7 cm (1/2 x 1/4 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Bone fragments

title_sort: BONE FRAGMENTS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bone fragments


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: A woman in a long-trained, blue and white gown, stands turned from the observer, a fan in her hand.

content: Signature near right edge. Framed.

label: Signatures

content: Signature: the Butterfly, near right edge.

label: Provenance

content: To 1892

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1892 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1892 [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, Paintings, pg. 21, 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: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room (July 13, 2024 to January 21, 2027)

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

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

content: American Paintings (April 15, 1975 to December 5, 1975)

content: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: fan

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Chalk and pastel on brown paper

content: H x W (overall): 28.1 x 18.5 cm (11 1/16 x 7 5/16 in)

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

topic:
Fans
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art

content: United States

content: The Blue Dress

title_sort: THE BLUE DRESS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Blue Dress


content: ca. 1500-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 582, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

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: Weapon and Armament

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 2.6 × 22.2 × 6.3 cm (1 × 8 3/4 × 2 1/2 in)

content: China

content: Dagger-axe (ge)

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE)

title: Dagger-axe (ge)


label: Date

content: ca. 2000-ca. 1400 BCE

content: Erlitou culture or early Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial weapon of the type ko [ge] 戈; pointed end, beveled sides, and two cutting edges; long, slightly indicated handle indented at end and perforated; black and dark olive green; decoration: in relief and incised, both sides alike, short lateral ridges above handle, three groups of triple lines at perforation. (Slightly chipped; one granular defect.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated at Hsi-an, Shensi [1]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Said to have been excavated at Hsi-an, Shensi." Curatorial Remark 6, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record states: "The Envelope file which has now been destroyed, contained only the additional information: 'Excavated at Sianfu, in Shansi.'"

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1441, pg. 347, 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: Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: probably Shaanxi province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: China

content: Chinese Art

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

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Erlitou culture, ca. 2000-1600 BCE

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 6.2 x 31.1 x 0.8 cm (2 7/16 x 12 1/4 x 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Shaanxi province
China

culture:
Erlitou culture
Chinese

room: Gallery 19

content: China

label: Title

content: Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment reworked

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE 戈), FRAGMENT REWORKED

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment reworked


content: ca. 1670-1690

label: Artist

content: Attributed to the Sirohi Master (active ca. 1670-1690)

label: School/Tradition

content: Sirohi school

label: Inscriptions

content: Recto: in devanagari script: kamod ragini 28

label: Label

content: The character of court painting in Rajasthan owes as much to local, non-imperial styles as it does to the Mughal court. This is brilliantly demonstrated in the Sirohi ragamalas that were produced around 1690 in southwest Rajasthan for non-court patrons. This exuberant and luminous Kamod Ragini is from the first and finest of the sets.

content: In a hilly landscape, two women bring offerings to a shrine, one of whom pauses to feed two peacocks. An orange-tinged sky suggests early evening, the time of day in which Kamod is traditionally performed. The composition and palette are precisely calculated: The playful rectangles evoking architectural forms in the lower registers, the red window set squarely into the middle of a yellow hillside, and the peacock tail, banana leaf and temple spire that jut beyond the borders are signs of a master of abstraction.

content: The style is rooted in pre-Mughal tradition, particularly its bold use of red, strong color contrasts, the modulating contour line that conveys the weight of bodies, and the squarish heads of the women.

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

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1967

content: Kumar Sangram Singh, Thakur of Nawalgarh [1]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Kumar Sangram Singh in December 1967 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: [1] It is well known in the field of Indian art history that Kumar Sangram Singh, Thakur of Nawalgarh, had the entire manuscript in the 1960s; prominent art historians viewed it in his Jaipur residence.

content: [2] According Catherine Glynn Benkaim, it was purchased December 1967 from Kumar Sangram Singh, Jaipur, who had the whole manuscript.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Kumar Sangram Singh

content: Sirohi, Rajasthan state, India

content: peacock

content: woman

content: ragamala

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: twilight

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W (overall): 23.5 × 17.8 cm (9 1/4 × 7 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Singh, Kumar Sangram

place:
Rajasthan state
Sirohi
India

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Kamod Ragini

title_sort: KAMOD RAGINI

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Kamod Ragini


label: Date

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: lion

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

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

content: Mirror

content: H x W x D (overall): 9.6 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm (3 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in)

topic:
Cats
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Fragment of Mirror. Lion and grape design

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF MIRROR. LION AND GRAPE DESIGN