content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 720, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

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: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 1.9 x 3 cm (3/4 x 1 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Ornament

title_sort: ORNAMENT

title: Ornament


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 13th century

content: Kamakura period

label: Label

content: In Japan Buddhist themes were common in early narrative handscroll paintings, which flourished from the late twelfth century. This handscroll depicts the miracles performed by Jizo, a compassionate bodhisattva (enlightened being). It vividly demonstrates the versatility of the artist in painting people of all social classes with sympathy and realism. A text precedes the episode shown explaining the story of Jizo's appearance in the dream of a Buddhist priest to demand the performance of a ceremonial dance at the Kasuga Shrine in Nara. The extraordinary beauty of the dance led to a belief that the Buddhist deity Jizo and the Shinto deity Kasuga Myojin were two forms of the same deity.

content: Charles Lang Freer, purchased through Samurai Shokai サムライ商会, 1907, Yokohama, Japan [1]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Samurai Shokai, located in Yokohama, Japan was a famous curio shop in the early 20th century. Nomura Yozo 野村洋三 (1870-1965) opened the store in 1894; by the turn of the century, the store achieved international renown and offered a mail order service. Charles Lang Freer first met Nomura Yozo in 1895, during his first visit to Japan. In 1895, Freer hired

content: Nomura as his personal guide. Over time, Nomura Yozo became Freer's agent in Japan.

content: Freer purchased this work in 1907 while traveling in Japan. See "Oriental Painting Inventory," Box 64, Folder 2, Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC copies in object file.

content: [2] 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 completed on August 9, 2022

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: In the Shadow of an Apocalypse (October 14, 2017 to October 28, 2018)

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

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

content: Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to November 13, 1995)

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

content: Japanese Art: Painting and Sculpture (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Paintings (October 25, 1955 to November 23, 1955)

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

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

content: Samurai Shokai (founded 1894) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: Japan

content: Jizo Bosatsu

content: makimono

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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 30.5 x 1431.9 cm (12 x 563 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Samurai Shokai

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Japanese Art
Makimono
Jizo Bosatsu

culture: Buddhists Japanese

type: Country

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The Miraculous Interventions of Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩霊験記

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: THE MIRACULOUS INTERVENTIONS OF JIZO BOSATSU 地蔵菩薩霊験記

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: To 1906

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

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: portrait

content: reading

content: United States

content: American Art

content: interior

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 14.6 x 21.7 cm (5 3/4 x 8 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Design
Charles Lang Freer collection
Reading
Art
American Art
Interior decoration
Portraits
Metal-work

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: The Music Room

title_sort: THE MUSIC ROOM

title: The Music Room


label: Date

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

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: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 132, pg. 51, 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

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: lotus

content: forgery

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 32.7 x 13.8 x 11.3 cm (12 7/8 x 5 7/16 x 4 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Forgery
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Standing bodhisattva

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVA

title: Standing bodhisattva


content: 17th-mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Broadly flaring, with low foot. Five spur marks within. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: dense, grayish white. Brown on surface.

content: Glaze: ash glaze. Soft blend of gray, cream, and old-rose, of brilliant lustre; crackled. Glazed foot; crawling around base and foot. Five spur marks in bottom. Five spur marks on foot rim.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 747, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Rakuzan ware

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: wood-ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with wood-ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 6.6 × 16.9 cm (2 5/8 × 6 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Rakuzan ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl, possibly Rakuzan ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL, POSSIBLY RAKUZAN WARE

title: Tea bowl, possibly Rakuzan ware


content: 5000-2000 BCE

content: Neolithic period

content: Vase: wide-bellied with cylindrical neck and straight lip. Two flat vertical ears at lip and two flat loop handles at widest point of body. Body: soft fine-grained buff colored clay, potted thin. Decoration: neck and upper part of body painted with symbolic patterns in black and chocolate brown.

label: Provenance

content: To 1930

content: George Findlay Andrew (1887-1971), Gansu, China to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from George Findlay Andrew, Gansu, China, through Carl W. Bishop in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also account book for Freer Gallery of Art Expedition Fund, February 10, 1930 to June 30, 1932, second page of Gold Account.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: George Findlay Andrew (1887-1971)

label: Origin

content: China

content: ceramic

content: Gansu ware

content: Neolithic period (ca. 7000 - ca. 1700 BCE)

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with iron pigments

content: H x W: 25.8 x 29.1 cm (10 3/16 x 11 7/16 in)

content: Gansu ware

date:
BCE 5000s
BCE 2000s

content: China

content: Banshan type jar

title_sort: BANSHAN TYPE JAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Banshan type jar


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1902

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, in Detroit, MI, in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 279, pg. 64, 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: Untitled Exhibition, Japan Fine Arts Association, 1900 (1900)

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 82.5 × 24.2 cm (32 1/2 × 9 1/2 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: A Courtesan under a cherry tree

title_sort: A COURTESAN UNDER A CHERRY TREE

title: A Courtesan under a cherry tree


content: late 18th-early 19th century

content: Edo period

content: Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理

label: Provenance

content: To 1906

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 126, L. 116, pg. 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: autumn

content: winter

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: mountain

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color, ink, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 160.7 x 349.7 cm (63 1/4 x 137 11/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Autumn
Winter
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Landscape: two of the four seasons; autumn and winter

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: TWO OF THE FOUR SEASONS; AUTUMN AND WINTER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 16th--early 17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Label

content: Weavers of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) often produced strong graphic designs. The large blocks of color and bright blue tonalities of this bold image correspond with the visual effects achieved in fahua ceramics, as well as with cloisonné. This composition features the mythological phoenix--the so-called king of birds in Chinese culture and a creature said to appear on earth only when righteousness reigns. The phoenix shown with an effulgent tree peony is an image signifying wealth and nobility.

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 41, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

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

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

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Chinese Art (December 5, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: slit tapestry

content: tapestry

content: flower

content: peony

content: phoenix

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: China

content: rock

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Tapestry

content: H x W (image): 41.8 x 64.7 cm (16 7/16 x 25 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Peony
Chinese Art
Phoenix
Rocks
Flowers
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Slit tapestry

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Phoenix among rocks and flowers

title_sort: PHOENIX AMONG ROCKS AND FLOWERS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Phoenix among rocks and flowers


content: early 13th century

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: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted with luster

content: H x W x D: 3.1 x 9.5 x 9.6 cm (1 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in)

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragment with design of fantastic animal

title_sort: FRAGMENT WITH DESIGN OF FANTASTIC ANIMAL


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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century?

label: Description

content: Oil-jar, tall, with ovoidal body tapering to the foot; three loop handles. Body impregnated with oil.

content: Clay: soft, gray-white.

content: Glaze: originally deep leaf-green, crackled; russet brown and golden discolorations, slight iridescence, (broken and chipped).

content: To 1905

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) Paris, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1373, 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: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)

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

content: Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

content: Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x Diam: 49.2 × 30.1 cm (19 3/8 × 11 7/8 in)

name:
Bing, Siegfried
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

label: Title

content: Jar

title_sort: JAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Jar


content: ca. 1050-771 BCE

content: Western 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. 437-450, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 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: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 10.8 x 1.8 cm (4 1/4 x 11/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

content: China

content: Ring handle of a vessel

title_sort: RING HANDLE OF A VESSEL

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ring handle of a vessel


label: Period

content: Muromachi period

label: Artist

content: Sesson Shukei 雪村周継 (1504-1589)

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, pg. 24, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: goose

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Japan

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 paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 166.8 x 370.1 cm (65 11/16 x 145 11/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Goose
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Two geese and grasses 雁図屏風

title_sort: TWO GEESE AND GRASSES 雁図屏風

title: Two geese and grasses 雁図屏風


label: Date

content: 770 BCE-9 CE

content: Eastern Zhou to Western Han dynasty

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 Bronze List, R. 5198, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H: 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Huang, Zhonghui

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Metal-work

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Fragment, possibly arrowhead

title_sort: FRAGMENT, POSSIBLY ARROWHEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment, possibly arrowhead


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Gong Kai 龔開 (1222-1307)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Panel List, R. 24, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 65.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)

content: Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 174.2 x 94.2 cm (68 9/16 x 37 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: The Three Stars

title_sort: THE THREE STARS

label: Screen Image

title: The Three Stars


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Blue sea with a long pier meets a blue sky with pink, lavender, and cream clouds, with a beach indicated in the foreground; unsigned.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: iron oxide red

content: zinc white

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: ultramarine

content: ocean

content: sunset

content: United States

content: American Art

content: seascape

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 25.5 x 17.9 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in)

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

topic:
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Cerulean blue
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Sunset
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
Ultramarine
American Art
Raw sienna
Seascape
Ocean
Prussian blue
Burnt sienna

content: United States

content: Southend–Sunset

title_sort: SOUTHEND–SUNSET

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Southend–Sunset


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 51, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 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

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Vase: ovoidal body, wide neck & cylindrical rim; 3 spur-marks on base. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: soft, red.

content: Glaze: bluish-green with silvery iridescence; much worn. Interior unglazed.

content: Decoration: band of animalistic design molded in low relief. Cf. F1916.487.

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi of Shanghai, in New York in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2489, 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: Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 34.2 x 26.3 cm (13 7/16 x 10 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Pottery
Funerary
Iridescence
Ceramics
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

label: Screen Image

title: Tomb jar


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: Buff clay. Chocolate brown, matte iron glaze mottled with lighter brown; rim dipped into ash glaze, appearing opaque light brown on rim, translucent reddish brown where running down body. Base glazed except for foot rim.

label: Provenance

content: To 1897

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1897 [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 Pottery List, L. 403, 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: Oro kilns, Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with iron and ash glazes

content: H x Diam: 8.2 × 14.2 cm (3 1/4 × 5 9/16 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Oro kilns
Seto

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Brown and black glaze
Ceramics
Seto ware

content: Japan

content: Bowl, Oro-jawan type

title_sort: BOWL, ORO-JAWAN TYPE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bowl, Oro-jawan type


content: ca. 1100-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period

content: To 1911

content: Ta Gwan Sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 207, 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: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 7.6 × 41 × 1.2 cm (3 × 16 1/8 × 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Ta Guwan

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

label: Title

content: Draft pole heel plate with mask (taotie) and dragons

title_sort: DRAFT POLE HEEL PLATE WITH MASK (TAOTIE) AND DRAGONS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 5

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 G29 state 5 of 5.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record, which states: "(C.L.F., undated) In pencil on margin: 2nd state from T.R.W. Erased March 29th, 1924."

content: 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: interior

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.3 x 9 cm (6 x 3 9/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris

title_sort: RAG PICKERS, QUARTIER MOUFFETARD, PARIS

title: Rag Pickers, Quartier Mouffetard, Paris


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Trapezoidal axe (fu 斧) wider and rounded at the blade; beveled blade and conical perforation; semi translucent, gray green with profuse delicate brown veining, areas of opaque dark brown at both ends; an upper corner chamfered.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1141, pg. 258, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 14.8 × 6.2 × 1 cm (5 13/16 × 2 7/16 × 3/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Jade

content: China

label: Title

content: Axe (fu)

title_sort: AXE (FU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Axe (fu)


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1060, pg. 237, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Changsha, kingdom of Chu, probably Hunan province, China

content: jade

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W: 3.5 x 24.9 cm (1 3/8 x 9 13/16 in)

place:
Hunan province
China
kingdom of Chu
Changsha

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

content: China

content: Ornament with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid

title_sort: ORNAMENT WITH RAISED UNIFORM CURLS ARRANGED IN A GRID

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G45 state 1 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: landscape

content: horse

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 12.6 x 20 cm (4 15/16 x 7 7/8 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Landscape with Horses

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH HORSES

title: Landscape with Horses


label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

content: Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)

content: To 1911

content: Sung, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Sung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: bird

content: flower

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: fruit

content: swallow

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sung

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Birds and fruit

title_sort: BIRDS AND FRUIT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Birds and fruit


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Li Zhaodao 李昭道 (675-758)

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 709, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: dragon

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: sun

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 50.9 x 184.2 cm (20 1/16 x 72 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

place: China Sun

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

content: China

content: Ocean sky, rising sun

title_sort: OCEAN SKY, RISING SUN

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ocean sky, rising sun


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H: 24.7 cm (9 3/4 in)

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

room: Gallery 14

content: Korea

content: Chopsticks

title_sort: CHOPSTICKS

title: Chopsticks


label: Date

content: ca. 1720

label: School/Tradition

content: probably Gujurat school

content: To 1961

content: Tula Ram, Delhi [1]

content: From 1961 to 1966

content: James K. Ivory, New York, New York

content: From 1966 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from James K. Ivory, New York, New York in 1961 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] The manuscript comprised around 70 folios in the 1950s when it was dispersed by a Delhi dealer, Tula Ram. This folio entered a NYC collection in 1966.

content: [2] According to Catherine Glynn Benkaim, the painting was purchased by Ralph Benkaim in 1966.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God (March 15 to August 24, 2025)

content: Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections (March 4 to March 31, 1968)

content: Tula Ram

content: James K. Ivory (born 1928)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: probably Surat, Gujarat state, India

label: Topic

content: Krishna

content: Bhagavata Purana

content: bow

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 47 × 52.1 cm (18 1/2 × 20 1/2 in)

content: H x W (painting): 21.9 × 18.4 cm (8 5/8 × 7 1/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Ivory, James K.
Ram, Tula

place:
Gujarat state
Surat
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Krishna
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Bhagavata Purana
Bow

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Krishna and the Bow, folio 24 from the ‘Tula Ram’ Bhagavata Purana

title_sort: KRISHNA AND THE BOW, FOLIO 24 FROM THE ‘TULA RAM’ BHAGAVATA PURANA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 15th-16th century?

content: From 1934 to 1970

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

content: 1970 – 71

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

content: From 1971

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Study Collection

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

content: Katherine Dennis Smith (1893-1983)

content: ceramic

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Myron Bement Smith collection

content: stone-paste

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 from Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, from the collection of Myron Bement Smith

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

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

content: H x W x D: 5 x 4.6 x 1 cm (1 15/16 x 1 13/16 x 3/8 in)

name:
Smith, Myron Bement
Smith, Katherine Dennis

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

content: Sherd

title_sort: SHERD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Sherd


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: After Whistler moved from Paris to London in 1859, he found the river Thames to be a constant source of inspiration. Originally titled “The Twenty-fifth of December 1860. On the Thames,” this picture records a particular moment during a bitterly cold winter, when the river was frozen for more than fourteen weeks. Although he likely retouched the work later in the decade, Whistler claimed to have completed it in three days at an inn overlooking the river. The bold brushstrokes, somber palette, and thinly painted surface reinforce the realistic immediacy of the image. This work seems worlds away from the visual poetry of Whistler’s later Nocturnes, but there is a hint of his subsequent aestheticism in the misty gray atmosphere that envelops the factories on the far bank of the river.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1901

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936), Edinburgh, Scotland, to 1901 [2]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan in November 1901 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 2, C.L. Freer, in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 37, 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: Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (April 3, 2001 to January 24, 2008)

content: American Art - James McNeill Whistler (May 9, 1993 to June 30, 1997)

content: Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (January 17, 1985 to (end date unknown))

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

content: Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)

content: American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

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

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

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

content: Whistler Paintings (September 8, 1961 to October 15, 1969)

content: American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

content: American Paintings (June 9, 1960 to September 8, 1961)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: winter

content: river

content: snow

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Oil on canvas

content: H x W: 74.6 x 55.3 cm (29 3/8 x 21 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Haden, Seymour
Cowan, John James

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Winter
Snow
American Art
Rivers

content: United States

content: The Thames in Ice

title_sort: THE THAMES IN ICE

title: The Thames in Ice


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 2nd century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: iridescence

content: glass

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 2.4 cm (15/16 in)

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

content: Bead, almond-shaped

title_sort: BEAD, ALMOND-SHAPED

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, almond-shaped


content: first half 8th century

content: Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 476, p. 134, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 65.3 x 29.7 x 25.6 cm (25 11/16 x 11 11/16 x 10 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

content: Head of a Bodhisattva

title_sort: HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA

title: Head of a Bodhisattva


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 891, p. 196, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 18.5 × 0.5 cm (7 5/16 × 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Jade
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with raised hexagons arranged in a grid and birds, reworked

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED HEXAGONS ARRANGED IN A GRID AND BIRDS, REWORKED


content: 13th-14th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Description

content: Surface: silver-gray and black patina, and areas of green aerugo. Decoration: incised.

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: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1001, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 26.6 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm (10 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/16 in)

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Spoon


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G231 state 3 of 4.

content: To 1904

content: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909), New York, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Otto H. Bacher 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 Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: Also, an undated folder sheet note states: "Bacher stamp in red (Otto) in lower left corner" (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record).

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: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 21.4 x 30.3 cm (8 7/16 x 11 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bacher, Otto H.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Architecture
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Traghetto

title_sort: TRAGHETTO

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Traghetto


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 2, 1

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G87 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.4 x 15 cm (8 13/16 x 5 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: Jo

title_sort: JO

title: Jo


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: An interior with a woman seated at a piano at a slight distance; signed with the butterfly to the right of the figure.

label: Signatures

content: Brown butterfly to the right of the figure.

label: Paper/Support

content: On hot-pressed, wove paper. Graphite crop line along bottom edge.

content: To 1902

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

content: From 1902 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 7, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: crop marks

content: bone black

content: raw sienna

content: burnt umber

content: zinc white

content: organic yellow pigment

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22 x 17.8 cm (8 11/16 x 7 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Organic yellow pigment
Yellow ocher
Crop marks
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
Art
American Art
Raw sienna
Bone black
Zinc white
Woman
Burnt umber

content: United States

label: Title

content: Bravura in Brown

title_sort: BRAVURA IN BROWN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bravura in Brown


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: Girdle hook; in form of quadrilateral, curved stem ending in barely outlined, inverted dragon head; remains of projecting stud on reverse; iridescent white on one side only, remainder is decomposed, chalky white with clay colored coating and some reddish brown, earth incrustations. (Many chips and damages, one break on stud.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 759, p. 167, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877–1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London; Montreal; and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: shell

content: dragon

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Shell

content: H x W x D: 8.1 × 1.5 × 2.2 cm (3 3/16 × 9/16 × 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Garment hook

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Garment hook


content: early 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ogata Shuhei (1788-1839)

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, ovoidal; bold unglazed foot.

content: Clay: dense, gray-white, showing grayish-buff under glaze.

content: Glaze: translucent, uneven, crackled

content: Decoration: over glaze, mouse and flaming jewel; ornamental seal; flecks of gold.

content: Three seals, one on foot and two on body: Shuhei [Jpn]

label: Label

content: Younger brother of Nin'ami Dohachi, Ogata Shuhei allegedly adopted the surname Ogata out of reverence for Ogata Kenzan, the foremost Kyoto potter of the early 18th century. The enamel designs of a rat embracing a flaming jewel and an ornamental seal reading "long life" and "treasure" show that the bowl was intended for use in New Year's festivities beginning a Year of the Rat (possibly 1816 or 1828). Season-specific tea bowls abound among Kyoto decorated ceramics.

content: To 1898

content: A.D. Vorce and Co., Hartford, CT, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from A.D. Vorce and Co. 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. 323, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: A. D. Vorce and Co. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: enameling

content: ceramic

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: new year

content: tea

content: rat

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with enamels over clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 7.9 × 10.9 cm (3 1/8 × 4 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
A. D. Vorce and Co.

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

topic:
New year
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Kyoto ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Rats
Enamel and enameling
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Kyoto ware tea bowl for the New Year, with three impressed seals reading "Shuhei"

title_sort: KYOTO WARE TEA BOWL FOR THE NEW YEAR, WITH THREE IMPRESSED SEALS READING "SHUHEI"


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Intaglio print depicting three women and a baby seated outside a darkened doorway.

label: Signatures

content: Signature in pencil: the Butterfly, imp.

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 G235 state 4 of 11.

label: Provenance

content: To 1887

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

content: From 1887 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York in 1887. [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer.

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Bill of Sale dated November 11, 1887 in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. At the time of this sale, M. Knoedler & Co. was located in New York City, later the gallery opened branches in London and Paris. See also Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.

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 of Art.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Fine Impressions: Whistler, Freer, and Venice (October 18, 2014 to January 3, 2016)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: child

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 22.7 x 15.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Bead Stringers

title_sort: BEAD STRINGERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead Stringers


content: early 17th-mid 18th century

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

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

content: From 1992

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Anonymous

content: Possibly Netherlands

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H x W: 2.8 x 2 cm (1 1/8 x 13/16 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Glass fragment


label: Date

content: ca. 14th-13th century BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

content: Probably unearthed near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). [1]

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Orvar Karlbeck. [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Bishop’s unpublished report, Archaeological Research in China, 1924-34, Mr. Karlbeck had acquired nearly all the objects near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 3 in the object record.

content: The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

content: For further information also refer to “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 13.6 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm (5 3/8 x 13/16 x 3/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Metal-work

content: China

content: Knife (dao)

title_sort: KNIFE (DAO)

title: Knife (dao)


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Miyagawa Choki 宮川長亀

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Provenance

content: To 1901

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, in Detroit, MI, in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 234, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Full color, lacquer black, and slight gold on paper on panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 76.5 x 31.6 cm (30 1/8 x 12 7/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Yujo and her understudy (kamuro)

title_sort: YUJO AND HER UNDERSTUDY (KAMURO)

title: Yujo and her understudy (kamuro)


content: Edo period

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 121, 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: 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: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 209 x 109 cm (82 5/16 x 42 15/16 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: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 1st-2nd century?

label: Period

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 44, 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)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2.6 cm (1 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a figure

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A FIGURE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment of a figure