content: Sui dynasty

label: Description

content: Small stone pedestal; all four faces hollowed out to form shallow niches in which appear Buddhist figures in rather high relief; perforated vertically.

content: Color, light blue-gray, weathered to gray-brown.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan 1909 [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, S.I. 124, pg. 46, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: relief seal

content: lotus

content: Maitreya Buddha

content: China

content: monk

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 22 × 16.7 × 16.8 cm (8 11/16 × 6 9/16 × 6 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Maitreya Buddha
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Abhaya mudra
Monk
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva
Relief seal

content: China

content: Pedestal with Buddha, bodhisattvas, and monks

title_sort: PEDESTAL WITH BUDDHA, BODHISATTVAS, AND MONKS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 4th-5th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 49, 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: lotus

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Lotus bead in form of a heavy ring

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: LOTUS BEAD IN FORM OF A HEAVY RING

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Lotus bead in form of a heavy ring


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

type: Country

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 818- 820, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, object records for F1916.25- F1916.27, F1916.713, and F1916.714, as well as purchase details for these same five objects recorded in the Accession List, Collections Management office. Object numbers and S.I. numbers for these five objects appear to have been mismatched within the electronic records.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 2.7 x 7.8 x 1.7 cm (1 1/16 x 3 1/16 x 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a dragon head (fragment)

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A DRAGON HEAD (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: Ming dynasty to Qing dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1092, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: slit tapestry

content: painting (image-making)

content: tapestry

content: silk (fiber)

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: sage

content: garden

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

content: Color on silk panel

content: H x W: 105.1 x 61.2 cm (41 3/8 x 24 1/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Painting (image-making)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Sage
Gardens
Slit tapestry

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Tapestry: five sages in a garden under pines

title_sort: TAPESTRY: FIVE SAGES IN A GARDEN UNDER PINES


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Jar: low, ovoidal. Thread mark on base.

content: Clay: soft, pinkish.

content: Glaze: lead silicate; pale green, with silvery iridescence; partly disintegrated.

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] See Original Pottery List, L. 1178, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 14.4 × 18.1 cm (5 11/16 × 7 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tomb jar


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

label: Signatures

content: Signed: Ichiryusai Utagawa Toyoharu ga.

label: Marks

content: Contains two seals.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 162, pg. 35, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: dog

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 125.3 × 52.7 cm (49 5/16 × 20 3/4 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: A Courtesan and her attendant

title_sort: A COURTESAN AND HER ATTENDANT

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Courtesan and her attendant


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Reportedly excavated at Luoyang, Henan [1]

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai to 1919 [3]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1919 [4]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Said to have been in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang and excavated at Lo-yang, Honan."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1418, pg. 335, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

content: [5] 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: metasomatic rock

label: Culture

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

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Stone (metasomatic rock)

content: H x W x D: 13.3 x 17.7 x 1.2 cm (5 1/4 x 6 15/16 x 7/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.5 cm (1 13/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

content: Axe (fu 斧)

title_sort: AXE (FU 斧)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Axe (fu 斧)


label: Date

content: early 13th century

label: Period

content: Song dynasty

label: Label

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

content: To 1907

content: Viscount Akimoto, Tokyo, Japan, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Kyoto, Japan, through Viscount Akimoto's agent, in spring of 1907 [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. 545, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. While the Freer files only identify the source of this painting as “Count Akimoto, Tokyo,” given the date of purchase (1907), the most likely individual is Akimoto Okitomo (1857–1917), who at the time held the hereditary rank of viscount (see Object Documentation, Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy [http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/]).

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: Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)

content: Zen, Tea, and Chinese Art in Medieval Japan (December 13, 2014 to June 14, 2015)

content: Tea Taste in Japanese Art (1963)

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

content: Viscount Akimoto (1857-1917) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Zen Buddhism

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Bodhidharma

content: ocean

content: travel

content: China

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 46.7 × 26 cm (18 3/8 × 10 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Akimoto

topic:
Description and travel
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Zen Buddhism
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japanese Art
Ocean
Kakemono
Bodhidharma

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: China

label: Title

content: Bodhidharma crossing the Yangzi on a reed

title_sort: BODHIDHARMA CROSSING THE YANGZI ON A REED

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 18th-mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, hakeme type, named Oimatsu, deep ovoidal; heavy foot. Three spur marks on interior.

content: Clay: hard, coarse gray, speckled with black.

content: Glaze: brushed with white, slip under glaze; clear glaze; greenish-brown pool on interior. Foot unglazed.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 443, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: possibly Rakuzan kiln, Matsue, Shimane prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Rakuzan ware

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with brushed white slip under clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.5 × 15.5 cm (3 3/8 × 6 1/8 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Rakuzan ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

place:
Matsue
Japan
Shimane prefecture
Rakuzan kiln

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl named Oimatsu (ancient pine)

title_sort: TEA BOWL NAMED OIMATSU (ANCIENT PINE)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl named Oimatsu (ancient pine)


label: Date

content: 8th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "kuei," with cover.

content: A hole in the cover.

content: Surface: green patina with a heavy earth incrustation.

content: Decoration: in low relief, and horizontal flutings.

content: To 1911

content: S. Abe, Kyoto, Japan to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Abe in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: S. Abe (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 13.4 x 20 cm (5 1/4 x 7 7/8 in)

name:
Abe, S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Ritual vessel (kuei) with cover

title_sort: RITUAL VESSEL (KUEI) WITH COVER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ritual vessel (kuei) with cover


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ball


content: ca. 1500

content: Lan Na period

label: Label

content: In 1909, Charles Lang Freer purchased this and three other bronze heads of the Buddha from the American Art Galleries in New York City (F1909.48-51). Remarkably different in style, the heads reveal the range of artistic possibilities within the strictures of a single iconographic form. Here, the Buddha's face appears supple with gently undulating curves. The rich brown surface retains flecks of gilding, especially in the folds of the ear and coiled hair. The eyes are heavy-lidded, their downward gaze finding an echo in the upturned mouth. The chin is full and the pierced ears flare slightly to the sides. Taken together, these features suggest a date of around 1500, within Thailand's Lan Na period (14th--15th century). Thailand's Buddhist art is remarkable for the way the image of the Buddha transforms subtly across centuries of casting in bronze.

content: Unnamed Siamese official [1]

content: To 1909

content: Mr. Gadelius, to 1909 [2]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of Siamese and Cambodian Collection, American Art Association, New York April 6, 1909 [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 5, H. E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record, the Envelope File contained the following note by C. L. Freer, dated February 26, 1918: "Bronze head of Buddha, life sized. Brought to New York City by Mr. Gadelius during the winter of 1908-1909, and sold along with other Siamese and Cambodian objects, at the American Art Galleries, on April 6, 1909. Mr. Gadelius assured me that this head came from the ruins of Angkor Wat, Cambodia; and this statement appears in the catalogue of the sale. I attended the sale personally and purchased at the same time three other heads, S.I. 68 (F1909.49), 69 (F1909.50) and 70 (F1909.51)." According to Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, February 18, 2002, "The catalogue of the sale of Siamese and Cambodian objects (6 April 1909) noted that they had been accumulated over a period of thirty-five years by a Siamese official."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1. See also, Original Bronze List, S.I. 67, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Thailand

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: ushnisha

content: Thailand

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Lan Na period (1251 - 1774)

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: NMAA Southeast Asia

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with traces of gilding

content: H x W x D: 31.7 x 21.6 x 20.8 cm (12 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 8 3/16 in)

name:
Gadelius
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Lan Na period (1251 - 1774)
Metal-work
Ushnisha

culture:
Buddhists
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: Thailand

content: Head of a Buddha

title_sort: HEAD OF A BUDDHA

title: Head of a Buddha


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

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 G12 state 5 of 5.

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: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American 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: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 16.2 x 10.9 cm (6 3/8 x 4 5/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Fumette

title_sort: FUMETTE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fumette


content: 4th-6th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: glass

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Bead, fragmentary

title_sort: BEAD, FRAGMENTARY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, fragmentary


content: 11th-12th century

label: Description

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Glaze: turquoise green adn blue, crackled, almost covered with an iridecent patina of partial disintegration.

content: To 1908

content: Aziez Khayat, New York to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Aziez Khayat in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 33, October 1908, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1855, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Aziez Khayat (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Raqqa, Syria

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x W: 34.9 x 35.1 cm (13 3/4 x 13 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Raqqa ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Khayat, Aziez

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

label: Title

content: Tile, large, square. One corner repaired

title_sort: TILE, LARGE, SQUARE. ONE CORNER REPAIRED

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Several progressive reviewers defended the sketchiness of Whistler's Venice pastels. Writing in the British Architect, E. W. Godwin admitted that "some of the drawings at first sight look like slight scribbles in blue, white, and black on brown or grey paper, just as if made in a moment to jot down a passing effect," but insisted that what appears "slight is the evident outcome of much thought, the scribble has no scribbling in it, and the colour is often attained by interweaving other colours, and breaking it all in lovely though measured spray over the brown or grey ground."

content: Quotations from E. W. Godwin, "Notes of Current Events," British Architect, February 4, 1881.

content: To 1917

content: Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929), New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Accession List, Collections Management office, as well as Original Whistler List, pg. 16, 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: Whistler in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)

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

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

content: Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: winter

content: night

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Drawing

content: Crayon and pastel on brown paper

content: H x W: 20.8 x 28 cm (8 3/16 x 11 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Havemeyer, Louisine

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Winter
Night
American Art

content: United States

content: Campo Sta. Marta—Winter Evening

title_sort: CAMPO STA. MARTA—WINTER EVENING

title: Campo Sta. Marta—Winter Evening


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

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

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: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 6.1 x 0.8 cm (2 3/8 x 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Ring

title_sort: RING

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ring


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 2

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G185 state 4 of 7.

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.2 x 29.6 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/8 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Old Putney Bridge

title_sort: OLD PUTNEY BRIDGE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Old Putney Bridge


content: early 13th century

label: Period

content: Saljuq period

label: Provenance

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware painted under glaze

content: H x W x D: 3.8 x 9.3 x 9.3 cm (1 1/2 x 3 11/16 x 3 11/16 in)

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragment of a bowl

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BOWL

title: Fragment of a bowl


content: mid 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 406, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: bird

content: flower

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: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 29.8 × 23.9 cm (11 3/4 × 9 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Birds and flowers

title_sort: BIRDS AND FLOWERS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Birds and flowers


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Cylindrical bead form with wide longitudinal perforation bored from both sides leaving slight median ridge; translucent, gray with dark brown streaks and tan veinings; high luster. One of a set of nine; see F1916.384 and F1916.759–766.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1026 E, pg. 223, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is one of a group of nine beads that were purchased together (F1916.384 and F1916.759- .766).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x Diam: 3 × 1.5 cm (1 3/16 × 9/16 in)

content: China

content: Cylindrical bead

title_sort: CYLINDRICAL BEAD

title: Cylindrical bead


content: 100 BCE-100 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

content: Fused mosaic plaque:ancient Egyptian motif-cartouche with the title of Pharaoh ("Great House") twice repeated.

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 14, 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: Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (December 10, 1984 to July 10, 1986)

content: Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (March 6, 1981 to May 7, 1984)

content: Ancient Glass (June 1962 to (end date unknown))

content: Glass Exhibition, in honor of VI International Congress on Glass (July 4, 1962 to December 3, 1962)

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Mosaic plaque depicting cartouche motif

title_sort: MOSAIC PLAQUE DEPICTING CARTOUCHE MOTIF

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Mosaic plaque depicting cartouche motif


content: ca. 1630

label: Court

content: Golconda Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Deccani school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Masterworks of Indian Painting (December 13, 1997 to June 13, 1998)

content: The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Golconda, Telangana state, Deccan plateau, India

content: Christianity

content: Jesus Christ

content: Adoration of the Magi

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 27 x 21.6 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

place:
Golconda
Deccan plateau
Telangana state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Jesus Christ
Adoration of the Magi

culture:
Christians
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Adoration of the Christ Child

title_sort: ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Adoration of the Christ Child


label: Date

content: ca. 1860-1865

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Okuda Shinsai (1821-1902)

label: Description

content: Clay: light gray stoneware.

content: Glaze: clear colorless ash glaze (namijiro) with four large areas of copper-tinted glaze, yellowish-olive splashed with blood-red, cracked.

label: Marks

content: Two marks: kyo in jar shaped frame; shin in round frame, impressed near base of jar.

label: Label

content: Okuda Shinsai was famous both as a maker of large ceramic pieces and as a sumo wrestler. This sort of jar could be found in every Japanese home, but Shinsai's version is distinguished by the rare use of underglaze copper-red, a difficult and costly color to achieve.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 39, 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: Japanese Art of the Meiji Era (September 20, 1997 to April 26, 1998)

content: Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 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)

label: Origin

content: Shigaraki, Shiga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Shigaraki ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white and copper glazes

content: H x Diam: 25.9 × 24.5 cm (10 3/16 × 9 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Shigaraki ware

place:
Shiga prefecture
Japan
Shigaraki

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

content: Japan

content: Shigaraki ware jar for hand-washing water

title_sort: SHIGARAKI WARE JAR FOR HAND-WASHING WATER

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H: 0.9 cm (3/8 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


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

label: Signatures

content: Contains signature.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

label: Inscriptions

content: Contains inscription on the dress.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 177, pg. 39, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: moon

content: woman

content: fan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: pipe

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 92.5 x 32 cm (36 7/16 x 12 5/8 in)

topic:
Trees
Fans
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Moon
Outer space
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e
Pipe
Woman
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Two women under a willow tree

title_sort: TWO WOMEN UNDER A WILLOW TREE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Two women under a willow tree


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Xu Daoning (ca. 1000-after 1066)

label: Label

content: Thick mist and clouds obscure the high, upper slopes of the mountains, providing a wet, autumnal mood for this imaginary riverscape with its mixture of isolated peasant and scholar-recluse inhabitants. At right, a common fisherman huddles in his little boat among the reeds. On the far shore, a path leads from a hamlet of simple, well-built houses to a stone bridge over a stream. Where the stream emerges from a distant valley, a wood gatherer approaches on the narrow trail carrying two bundles of sticks on his shoulder pole. Another hiker materializes among the trees at the top of a lower pass. From his riverside pavilion, a lone scholar gazes over the water; across from him, a narrow waterfall plunges down a series of cascades and crashes onto the rocks below. On a small, flat island beneath the looming crags, a recluse-fisherman has left his fishing rod propped on a forked stick as he rows his boat across the water to meet a friend waiting on the opposite shore. While season and natural backdrop set a particular mood and context, this meeting of friends provides the painting with a focus of human interaction that directly engages the viewer's imagination.

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing in 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. 783, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Chinese Panels and Scrolls (May 2, 1923 to June 2, 1924)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: river

content: boat

content: pavilion

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: wood-gathering

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 59 x 365.3 cm (23 1/4 x 143 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Pavilion
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Wood-gathering
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers
Fishing

content: China

content: Autumn river in the rain and clouds

title_sort: AUTUMN RIVER IN THE RAIN AND CLOUDS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Autumn river in the rain and clouds


label: Date

content: ca. 1650

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Since custom forbade highborn ladies of the imperial Mughal court from interacting with men outside their immediate family, the private outdoor spaces of palace gardens became ideal locations for women's entertainment and social intercourse. Paintings of such scenes became increasingly popular during the reign of Emperor Jahangir (reigned 1605-27) and may have been specifically commissioned by noblewomen, many of whom were powerful patrons of the arts. Some, like the Empress Nur Jahan, were also garden designers.

content: This carefully observed composition presents a second walled palace garden in the distant landscape. It is located on the far side of the once silver, but now tarnished, river.

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Female Imagery in Indian Painting (February 9 to August 5, 1996)

content: South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: music

content: woman

content: drum

content: lute

content: picnic

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)

content: garden

content: India

content: smoking

content: hookah

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W: 23.2 x 17.8 cm (9 1/8 x 7 in)

topic:
Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)
Art
Drums (Membranophones)
Picnic
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Hookah
Gardens
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Music
Woman
Attendant
Lute
Smoking

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

room: Gallery 01

content: India

label: Title

content: Two women seated on a terrace, surrounded by attendants and musicians

title_sort: TWO WOMEN SEATED ON A TERRACE, SURROUNDED BY ATTENDANTS AND MUSICIANS

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts'ung [cong] 琮; tall form with wide projecting collar at both ends; irregularly bored leaving median ridge; mottled olive brown, olive green, and dull cream, with dark blue-green spots on one collar; extensive cream frosting of incipient disintegration; decoration: channeled and incised grooves, corner ridges, and circles; surface worn smooth; incision on upper corner and toolmarks. (Slightly chipped.)

content: Acquired with box and stand, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1342, pg. 309, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 20.8 x 6.9 x 6.9 cm (8 3/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Eight-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks

title_sort: EIGHT-TIER TUBE (CONG 琮) WITH MASKS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Eight-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks


label: Date

content: 475-100 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, or Western Han dynasty

content: Reportedly excavated in Shaanxi province [1]

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1296, p. 291, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: purportedly found at Shaanxi province, Xi'an, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 0.4 x 17.1 cm (3/16 x 6 3/4 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4 cm (1 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
China
Xi'an
purportedly found at Shaanxi province

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Nephrite
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

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

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED UNIFORM CURLS ARRANGED IN A GRID

label: Thumbnail Image


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ornament; pendant of irregular shape with slightly concave edges and indented base; semicircular projection on top with two small conical perforations; semitranslucent, light green with profuse cloudy white decomposition; mirror-like luster; tool mark on one side; sharp edges.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in Shaanxi province, China [1]

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1322, p. 302, 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

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 3.4 x 7.9 x 0.5 cm (1 5/16 x 3 1/8 x 3/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Decorative fitting for an ornamental comb

title_sort: DECORATIVE FITTING FOR AN ORNAMENTAL COMB

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: prince

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 21.2 x 14.1 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in)

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

content: India

content: Portrait of a Prince

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Portrait of a Prince


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Xu Xi (active mid-10th century)

label: Label

content: A pair of mandarin ducks huddle together on the bank under the tall smartweed. Mandarin ducks, among the most beautiful of all ducks, are always found in pairs. Therefore, they are the most favorable and frequent symbol of conjugal felicity in China. In the upper portion of the composition there is another pair of song birds; one in the air flying toward the other one, which is perched on the smartweed. This is an excellent Ming painting based on a Sung composition, with an interpolated signature of the tenth-century master Hsu Hsi.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Loong Shing Company, Hong Kong, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loong Shing Company, Hong Kong, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 647, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Chinese Bird and Flower Painting (December 17, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 18 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 2, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

content: Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

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

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

content: Loong Shing Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: duck

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: bird and flower

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 181.8 × 76.7 cm (71 9/16 × 30 3/16 in)

name:
Loong Shing Company
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Bird and flower
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Birds
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Ducks

content: China

content: Mandarin ducks under smartweed

title_sort: MANDARIN DUCKS UNDER SMARTWEED

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mandarin ducks under smartweed


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1916

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 196, 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.

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: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Silk

content: H x W: 215 x 115 cm (84 5/8 x 45 1/4 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk's robe, patched; kesa

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. A BUDDHIST MONK'S ROBE, PATCHED; KESA

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 451-457, page 109, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8 x 9.7 cm (3 1/8 x 3 13/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

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

content: China

content: Chariot fitting: axle cap

title_sort: CHARIOT FITTING: AXLE CAP

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Chariot fitting: axle cap


content: Dated 500 CE

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1910

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1910 [1]

content: From 1910 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 152, p. 60, 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: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: forgery

content: China

content: lettering

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 17.8 x 17 x 1.4 cm (7 x 6 11/16 x 9/16 in)

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Forgery
Stone
Lettering

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Circular plaque with Buddhist trinity on obverse and brief inscription on reverse

title_sort: CIRCULAR PLAQUE WITH BUDDHIST TRINITY ON OBVERSE AND BRIEF INSCRIPTION ON REVERSE


label: Date

label: Artist

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 G65 state 1 of 1.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.1 x 22.4 cm (5 15/16 x 8 13/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Ratcliffe Highway

title_sort: RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ratcliffe Highway


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: View of a small town block, a figure in the distance walking away.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Inscriptions

content: Verso: [Dilbermung] Place St Thomas 3" (unknown hand)

label: Paper/Support

content: On hot-pressed, wove paper. There is a blind stamp along the top edge reading "FRÈRES."

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Off the Beaten Path: Early Works by James McNeill Whistler (September 28, 2013 to September 28, 2014)

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 as Artist (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

content: Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: bone black

content: cobalt blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: Mars pigment

content: underdrawing

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Watercolor and graphite on paper

content: H x W: 29.8 x 23.3 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
Art
American Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Prussian blue
Underdrawing
Cobalt blue
Burnt sienna
Vermilion

content: United States

label: Title

content: A Street at Saverne

title_sort: A STREET AT SAVERNE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: A Street at Saverne


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

label: Period

content: 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: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Daohong (early 15th century)

content: To 1911

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 728, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (December 1, 2003 to May 23, 2004)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: khakkhara

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: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Gold and color on blue paper

content: H x W (overall): 34.6 x 893 cm (13 5/8 x 351 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Five hundred Luohan

title_sort: FIVE HUNDRED LUOHAN

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Five hundred Luohan


label: Date

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)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides; rich cream color with tan mottlings and an area at the rim on both sides of bright orange-brown; irregular in circumference and thickness. (Three rough areas on rim.)

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

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

content: From 1914 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 151, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Huang Zhonghui 黃中慧 (ca. 1870-after 1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

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

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 16.9 x 1.6 cm (6 5/8 x 5/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Huang, Zhonghui

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Liang Kai 梁楷 (late 12th-early 13th century)

content: To 1904

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 479, 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: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: toad

content: scholar

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 24.2 x 24.4 cm (9 1/2 x 9 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Scholar
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Toads
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Two male figures with a toad

title_sort: TWO MALE FIGURES WITH A TOAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Two male figures with a toad


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Warring States period

label: Provenance

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: wood

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Type

content: Musical Instrument

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Wood

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Wood Yong Bell

title_sort: WOOD YONG BELL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Wood Yong Bell


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 997, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Gilt bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3 x 2.7 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

content: Ornament (one of a group of five, F1916.733-735, 741-742)

title_sort: ORNAMENT (ONE OF A GROUP OF FIVE, F1916.733-735, 741-742)