label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Cup, deep, ovoidal, on bold foot. Crack repaired with gold lacquer.

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: brilliant orange-brown, with area of greenish cast.

content: To 1897

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

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 505, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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: Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Hagi ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 10.4 × 11.6 cm (4 1/8 × 4 9/16 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Hagi ware

place:
Japan
Yamaguchi prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl, possibly Hagi ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL, POSSIBLY HAGI WARE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl, possibly Hagi ware


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: 16th century

content: Muromachi or Momoyama period

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, pg. 140, 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: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Korean Ceramics with Korean and Japanese Paintings (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese 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: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 94.3 × 47.4 cm (37 1/8 × 18 11/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Country

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Birds and flowers

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: BIRDS AND FLOWERS

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Birds and flowers


label: Date

content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Bosu (1124-1182)

content: To 1909

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), Shanghai, China, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, in Shanghai, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 651, 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. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: mountain

content: palace

content: lake

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

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 (image): 13.8 x 147.6 cm (5 7/16 x 58 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Mountains
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Palace
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Lakes
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Mountain mist, spring morning

title_sort: MOUNTAIN MIST, SPRING MORNING

title: Mountain mist, spring morning


content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

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

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, 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. 31, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: bird

content: autumn

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 23.4 x 21.8 cm (9 3/16 x 8 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

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

content: China

content: Two crested birds on a branch; autumn leaves

title_sort: TWO CRESTED BIRDS ON A BRANCH; AUTUMN LEAVES

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G24 state 3 of 4.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: woman

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: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 12.1 x 8.2 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/4 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: La Mère Gérard

title_sort: LA MÈRE GÉRARD

title: La Mère Gérard


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: In mid-August 1858, Whistler left Paris on a sketching trip to Alsace-Lorraine and the Rhine, carrying pencils, watercolors, sketchbooks, etching needles, and copper etching plates in a knapsack on his back. He was accompanied by a young French artist named Ernest Delannoy. This comic sketch shows the artists arriving in the fashionable resort town of Baden-Baden, where their rough clothes and bohemian airs disrupted the idyll of bourgeois self-satisfaction. The drawing is on a double sheet of paper that has been removed from a sketchbook-leaving stitching holes down the middle of the image.

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 15 x 19.5 cm (5 7/8 x 7 11/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Men

content: United States

label: Title

content: Entré sur la Grande Promenade à Baden

title_sort: ENTRÉ SUR LA GRANDE PROMENADE À BADEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Entré sur la Grande Promenade à Baden


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, 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: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3 cm (1 3/16 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)

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Fragment of inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of inlay


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl, ovoidal, with short, everted lip and deep foot.

content: Clay: hard, sonorous, reddish-brown.

content: Glaze: white slip brushed over entire bowl, under transparent glaze. Hakeme technique.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 546, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tsushima island, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Tsushima ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip brushed under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.3 × 12.8 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Tsushima ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Nagasaki prefecture
Japan
Tsushima island

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

content: Japan

content: Tsushima ware tea bowl with brushed-slip decoration

title_sort: TSUSHIMA WARE TEA BOWL WITH BRUSHED-SLIP DECORATION


label: Date

content: late 6th-early 5th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: To 1915

content: John Fenning, New York, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John Fenning in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 540, 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: John Fenning (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: dragon

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 81 x 23.7 cm (31 7/8 x 9 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Fenning, John

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Dragon
Metal-work

content: China

label: Title

content: Handle in the form of a dragon from a bronze vessel

title_sort: HANDLE IN THE FORM OF A DRAGON FROM A BRONZE VESSEL

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: Mamluk period

label: Provenance

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 11.7 x 6.7 cm (4 5/8 x 2 5/8 in)

content: Sgraffito ware

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: sherd, red body, white slip, green glaze

title_sort: SHERD, RED BODY, WHITE SLIP, GREEN GLAZE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: late 17th-mid 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ogawa Ritsuo (1663-1747)

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, L. F2776, S.I. 14, 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. During an inventory of the collection of Japanese lacquerware, conducted on December 15-16, 1986, this object was discovered to be missing from the collection (for further details, see the Registrar's files, as well as Curatorial Remark 7, Kate Theimer, August 9, 1996, in the object record).

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

content: Japanese Lacquer (18 May 1980 to 15 June 1980)

content: Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: demon

content: hero

content: maple tree

content: Japan

content: lettering

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Container

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Lacquer, gold, lead, mother of pearl and ivory

content: H x W x D: 6.6 x 5.2 x 2.1 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 13/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Maple tree
Demon
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Heroes
Lettering
Dragon

content: Japan

content: Medicine case (inro)

title_sort: MEDICINE CASE (INRO)

title: Medicine case (inro)


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1907

content: Unidentified owner, Tokyo, Japan, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Tokyo, Japan, from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 142, pg. 36, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: poppy

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 gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 125.2 x 224.8 cm (49 5/16 x 88 1/2 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Pink and red poppies

title_sort: PINK AND RED POPPIES

title: Pink and red poppies


content: Edo period

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Kakemono List, L. 298, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Full color on paper

content: H x W (image): 96.4 × 47.5 cm (37 15/16 × 18 11/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Yujo and a girl (kamuro)

title_sort: YUJO AND A GIRL (KAMURO)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Yujo and a girl (kamuro)


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Button bead


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving slight median ridge; closely mottled yellow, green, and reddish-brown with some black veinings; grayish-white areas of incipient disintegration, more profuse on one side; material thickest at perforation and slopes gently to an evenly thinner rim; saw marks on one surface. (Breaks on rim on one side only.)

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1169, pg. 269, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 16.6 x 1.2 cm (6 9/16 x 7/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


content: Edo period

content: Light gray clay, brown on surface, stained under glaze. Two sculpted handles. Large swags of thick iron slip, poured onto inverted vessel, producing green tint where iron has dissolved into ash glaze; ash glaze, taking on yellowish tonality from stained body, is greenish where thick, crackled. Base glazed inside foot; Shino-type feldspathic glaze. Gold lacquer repairs to vertical firing cracks; chips on handles and lip.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 49, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Ofuke ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: slip

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x W x D: 19.4 x 20.1 x 20.1 cm (7 5/8 x 7 15/16 x 7 15/16 in)

label: Style

content: Ofuke-related ware

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

content: Japan

content: Tea ceremony water jar

title_sort: TEA CEREMONY WATER JAR

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Tea ceremony water jar


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong (active 1235-after 1262)

content: To 1911

content: Li Gu-sai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Gu-sai, 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 750, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Li Gu-sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: dragon

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: cloud

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 on silk

content: H x W: 28.2 x 60 cm (11 1/8 x 23 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Gu-sai, Li

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

content: China

content: Dragon among clouds

title_sort: DRAGON AMONG CLOUDS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Dragon among clouds


content: 1st-2nd century

content: Roman Period

label: Description

content: Columnar rod and plate mosaic. Floral design in yellow and red in an opaque dark green matrix.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: flower

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

content: Warring States period

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: wood

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

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 the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: H x W (overall): 15.9 x 3.4 cm (6 1/4 x 1 5/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Fragment of wood with lacquer

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF WOOD WITH LACQUER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment of wood with lacquer


label: Artist

content: Hans Raj Joshi (1750-1799)

label: School/Tradition

content: Kota school

label: Inscriptions

content: Recto: in devanagari script: maharaja dhiraja maharaja maharao raja sri umed singhji bahadur his

content: Courageous king of kings, great king Umed Singh

content: Verso: in devanagari script: samvat 1844 vasakih sudi 14, hitvarah din ki jp dim (?) kul thak ajai nahan ghoghari mari…Joshi Hans Raj chuterako, ji ho

content: Samvat 1844 (1787 CE), fourteenth day of Caisakh, Sunday…killed the…animals.

content: Painting by Hans Raj Joshi

content: Painting by Hans Raj Joshi

label: Label

content: Royal hunts were symbolically important expressions of kingship within the Ancient Near East, Persia and India. Beginning around 1660, artists in Kota began creating extraordinary images of rulers hunting game, which through to the mid-eighteenth century deployed calligraphic contour lines to render animals with great vivacity in highly textured landscapes. This later hunt scene deploys solid blocks of color - lavender, salmon, orange and teal - that play off the textured sage greens of the forest. The composition demands that the viewer search through the foliage for a tiger represented multiple times in a way that perhaps evokes the act of looking for game in the jungle. On the right, a tiger mauls one of the servants of the hunt. At top center, a nobleman, probably the powerful Zalim Singh, shoots from a a hunting platform at the tiger. The tiger subsequently appears on the left, charging towards Umed Singh, with white halo and dressed in camouflage green, who shoots from a hunting platform. Visible above and below the tiger is the lattice-work enclosure that was built to drive game towards the ruler.

content: The knobby lavender rocks, which appear in other Kota hunt scenes, suggest that the location is the hunting grounds of Kaithun.

label: Provenance

content: To 1971

content: Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi [1]

content: From 1971 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in December 1971 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Life at court: Art for India's Rulers, 16th-19th centuries (November 20, 1985 to May 11, 1986)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Indian Arts Palace

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Kota, Rajasthan state, India

content: portrait

content: tiger

content: hunting

content: India

content: raja

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 43.2 × 70.2 cm (17 × 27 5/8 in)

content: H x W (framed): 61.6 × 86 cm (24 1/4 × 33 7/8 in)

name:
Indian Arts Palace
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Kota
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Hunting
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Portraits
Tiger

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers

title_sort: MAHARAO UMED SINGH HUNTING TIGERS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Maharao Umed Singh hunting tigers


label: Date

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Tiffany Studios, New York, NY, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Tiffany Studios sale, American Art Association, New York, NY, April 28-29, 1916, no. 84 [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. 928, pg. 207, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Tiffany Studios

content: American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: rugmaking

content: wool (hair)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Wool

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 191.5 x 132.5 cm (75 3/8 x 52 3/16 in)

name:
American Art Association
Freer, Charles Lang
Tiffany Studios

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Wool (hair)
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Floral patterns
Rugmaking

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Rug, oblong

title_sort: RUG, OBLONG

title: Rug, oblong


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1906

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

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: woman

content: umbrella

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 10.1 x 13.5 cm (4 x 5 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: En Plein Soleil. Uncancelled plate from Twelve Etchings from Nature (The French Set)

title_sort: EN PLEIN SOLEIL. UNCANCELLED PLATE FROM TWELVE ETCHINGS FROM NATURE (THE FRENCH SET)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

content: Collection of Mr. Honma [1]

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [2]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in Detroit in 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, citing an undated note from the Original Kakemono List. This probably refers to the collection of Kosa Honma (1842-1909) of Japan.

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, pg. 130, 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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Honma Kosa (1842-1909)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and tint on silk

content: H x W (image): 78.8 × 16.4 cm (31 × 6 7/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang
Honma, Kosa

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

content: Japan

content: Descending dragon

title_sort: DESCENDING DRAGON

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Descending dragon


label: Period

content: Possibly Yuan dynasty

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 Album List, pg. 30, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 27.9 x 34.1 cm (11 x 13 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Rivers

content: China

content: River landscape: trees and houses in the foreground

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE: TREES AND HOUSES IN THE FOREGROUND


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1905

content: Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906), Washington, DC, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Waggaman Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 25-February 3, 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 138, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)

content: American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: bridge

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 16 × 15.3 cm (6 5/16 × 6 in)

name:
Waggaman, Thomas E.
American Art Association
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Landscape

title_sort: LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Landscape


label: Date

content: Mamluk period

label: Provenance

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 7 x 5.7 cm (2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: sherd, red body, white slip, green glaze

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Period

content: Period of Division

content: To 1917

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1341, pg. 308, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (June 2, 1944 to March 13, 1944)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, 1944 (March 13, 1944 to November 14, 1944)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Asian Sculpture, North Corridor (May 2, 1923 to October 28, 1955)

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

content: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Gautama Buddha

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

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: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 120.5 × 76.6 × 21 cm (47 7/16 × 30 3/16 × 8 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Gautama Buddha
Abhaya mudra
Attendant
Stone

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Buddhist tablet: the Buddha Gautama Sakyamuni (Shih-chia) and attendant divinities

title_sort: BUDDHIST TABLET: THE BUDDHA GAUTAMA SAKYAMUNI (SHIH-CHIA) AND ATTENDANT DIVINITIES

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Wu Wei (1459-1508)

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: donkey

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: qin

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: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 22 x 22.6 cm (8 11/16 x 8 7/8 in)

name:
Ming Sai, Pao
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Mounted traveler and servant bearing a zither

title_sort: MOUNTED TRAVELER AND SERVANT BEARING A ZITHER


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Dense, dark brown clay. White slip brushed thinly in narrow band on outside, broadly and generously on inside, under glaze. Clear glaze with soft sheen, appearing gray over dark clay body, and milky opaque where thick; some pinholes surrounded by pinkish blush. Five irregularly shaped spur marks in bottom; five scars on glazed foot ring.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 620, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: The Tea Ceremony in Japan XII (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

content: Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Ofuke ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Kyushu-related ware

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip under clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 5.7 × 15 cm (2 1/4 × 5 15/16 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

place: Kyoto Japan

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ofuke ware
White slip
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Kyushu-related ware
Ceramics
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl with brushed-slip decoration

title_sort: TEA BOWL WITH BRUSHED-SLIP DECORATION

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Tea bowl with brushed-slip decoration


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: iridescence

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 1.7 cm (11/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Button bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Button bead


content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

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: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

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)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

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

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 1795-1798

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Label

content: At first glance, the figure here appears to be a woman, but the hairstyle confirms that this is a handsome young man, known during the Edo period as a wakashu. The surcoat (haori) and bamboo hat (kasa) suggest he is on an outing about town. The composition and the depiction of the figure in full profile, otherwise unusual in Japanese painting, are typical of Hokusai's work during his Sori period. An illustration in the catalogue of the Hokusai exhibition organized in Tokyo in 1900 by American scholar Ernest Fenollosa indicates that to the right of the present paper was once an additional area that contained an inscription by a certain Kitoku. Presumably this section was removed during a later remounting.

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 Kakemono List, L. 342, pg. 84, 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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

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

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: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 50.9 × 20.9 cm (20 1/16 × 8 1/4 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Young man

title_sort: YOUNG MAN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Young man


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G223 state 1 of 6.

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

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

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: palace

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25 x 36 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/16 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Palaces

title_sort: THE PALACES

title: The Palaces


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Sadanobu (1596-1623)

content: To 1902

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 1094, p. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

content: Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

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

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

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: Japan

label: Topic

content: heron

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: willow tree

content: Japan

content: Japanese 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: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 167.8 x 190.2 cm (66 1/16 x 74 7/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Autumn
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Willow tree
Japanese Art
Herons

content: Japan

content: Herons and Old WIllow

title_sort: HERONS AND OLD WILLOW

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Herons and Old WIllow


label: Date

content: ca. 2500-2000 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Miniature perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; mottled reds, browns, and olive greens; one surface has long gouge. (Rim has smoothed old break and one chip.)

content: To 1912

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1912 [1]

content: From 1912 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1912 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 362, pg. 106, 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: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Northwest China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Qijia culture, ca. 2250-ca.1900 BCE

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: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 7.4 x 0.6 cm (2 15/16 x 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

culture:
Qijia culture
Chinese

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G89, state not provided.

label: Provenance

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

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: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15 x 11.3 cm (5 7/8 x 4 7/16 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Open Book

title_sort: THE OPEN BOOK

title: The Open Book


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: [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: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Goupil et Cie, London 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Goupil et Cie, London in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note, Object file. Also see Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 32, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Picturing Whistler: Portraits and Self-Portraits (May 21 to December 3, 2000)

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

content: Whistler Pastels and Water Colors (July 1 to July 31, 1974)

content: James McNeill Whistler (April 09, 1915 to April 27, 1915)

content: Goupil et Cie (1829-1919) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: self 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: Accession Number

content: Drawing

content: Black and white chalk on brown paper

content: H x W: 16.9 x 12.7 cm (6 5/8 x 5 in)

name:
Goupil et Cie
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Self-portraits
American Art
Portraits

content: United States

content: Self-Portrait

title_sort: SELF-PORTRAIT

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Self-Portrait


content: ca. 1810s

label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

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

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

content: Japanese Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: cat

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 23 x 19.9 cm (9 1/16 x 7 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Lady Holding a Cat

title_sort: LADY HOLDING A CAT

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Lady Holding a Cat


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: A night view of the facades of three houses facing the canal; two figures in a gondola at the right; signed with the butterfly at lower edge, to the left of center.

label: Signatures

content: Black butterfly in yellow circle at bottom edge, left of center

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper. Graphite sight marks in the upper and lower left corners.

content: To 1902

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

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)

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

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: crop marks

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: cadmium sulfide

content: water

content: night

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22 x 28.4 cm (8 11/16 x 11 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Water
Crop marks
Art
Night
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Store front
Zinc white
Cadmium sulfide
Cerulean blue
Vermilion
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Prussian blue
Burnt sienna

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne: Black and Red–Back Canal, Holland

title_sort: NOCTURNE: BLACK AND RED–BACK CANAL, HOLLAND


label: Date

content: ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Thin plaque of the type huang 璜; roughly semicircular with two conical perforations; closely mottled shades of light to dark browns; satin smooth surface. (Broken in four pieces and mended.)

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. 893, pg. 197, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 10.2 × 16.6 × 0.5 cm (4 × 6 9/16 × 3/16 in)

content: Diam (Widest point of opening): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in)

content: Diam (Mouth of Opening): 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

content: China

content: Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)

title_sort: ARC-SHAPED PENDANT (HUANG 璜)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)


content: 3rd century BCE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: 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

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Button bead


content: 6th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lombardy, Italy

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in)

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Mosaic glass

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead, with a longitudinal bore. Cracked

title_sort: BEAD, WITH A LONGITUDINAL BORE. CRACKED

title: Bead, with a longitudinal bore. Cracked


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 1, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler lithographs are identified by "C." numbers as described in The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998). This print is C.6, first state, only impression.

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office. See further, the Original Whistler List, Lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: portrait

content: woman

content: reading

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Lithotint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 25.7 x 23.5 cm (10 1/8 x 9 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

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

content: United States

content: Study

title_sort: STUDY

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Study


content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: 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: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Seal.

label: Marks

content: Seal of Harunobu.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 131, pg. 28, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: reading

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 204.5 x 44.7 cm (80 1/2 x 17 5/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: A yujo reading

title_sort: A YUJO READING

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A yujo reading


label: Date

content: 4th century?

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [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: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

label: Title

content: Bead, with inwardly rounded bore

title_sort: BEAD, WITH INWARDLY ROUNDED BORE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead, with inwardly rounded bore


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G163 state 2 of 4.

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: fishing

content: boat

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.2 x 25.3 cm (6 x 9 15/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Fishing Boats, Hastings

title_sort: FISHING BOATS, HASTINGS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Fishing Boats, Hastings


content: ca. 1200-1100 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Lid of vessel. Dome shaped. Three tigers in relief seen in side view with heads rising from surface to become virtually sculpture in the round, looking towards the center. Stylized broad bands of tigers on angular meander background. Band of small circles surrounds center of lid which is restored; the original center probably had a knob raised on a stem (see F13.30). Dark shiny surface; extensively repaired.

content: To 1916

content: Lai-Yuan & Co., New York, to March 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1970

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, bought from Lai-Yuan & Co., on March 6, 1916 [2]

content: From 1970 to 1974

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, New York [3]

content: From 1974

content: Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Agnes E. Meyer [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Invoice, issued by C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co. to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, dated March 6, 1916, no. 30962: “Circular bronze cover from a Ting with 3 raised panthers amidst scrolls of thunder (Lug Wan) Seu-Ning-Koo or black quicksilver

content: patina – Shang dynasty,” in object file.

content: [2] See Lai-yuan & Co.'s invoice cited in note 1.

content: [3] The object was part of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer.

content: [4] The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery on January 9, 1973. In 1974 it was confirmed that the transfer of this object to the Freer Gallery from the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation had been approved by the foundation’s Board of Directors on December 14, 1972 and the object was accessioned into the collection.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Ancient Chinese Bronzes (May 9, 1993 to February 10, 1997)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

label: Origin

content: Yangzi River valley, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 7.8 × 23.7 cm (3 1/16 × 9 5/16 in)

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

place:
China
Yangzi River valley

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Tiger
Metal-work

content: China

content: Lid of a container (possibly a pou)

title_sort: LID OF A CONTAINER (POSSIBLY A POU)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Lid of a container (possibly a pou)