content: 3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou to Western 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. 729, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

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

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 2.8 x 1.2 cm (1 1/8 x 1/2 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G27 state 3 of 4.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Whistler Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)

content: Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (March 23, 1962 to July 4, 1962)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

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: etching (printing process)

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.8 x 14.7 cm (8 3/16 x 5 13/16 in)

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

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

type: Country

content: United States

content: La Vieille aux Loques

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: LA VIEILLE AUX LOQUES

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: La Vieille aux Loques


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [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. 1252, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 7.5 x 12.1 x 1 cm (2 15/16 x 4 3/4 x 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Inner Mongolia/Ordos
China

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

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: A pair of belt plaques

title_sort: A PAIR OF BELT PLAQUES

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A pair of belt plaques


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Decorated with impressed motifs.

content: From 1923

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop on July 8th 1923 [1]

content: Note:

content: [1] Transferred from the Bishop Collection; formerly T-3.1 (according to Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List After 1920). Also see the Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: funerary

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: Architectural Element

content: Pottery

content: H x W x D: 37.7 x 137.7 x 17.8 cm (14 13/16 x 54 3/16 x 7 in)

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Funerary
Ceramics
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Tomb tile

title_sort: TOMB TILE

title: Tomb tile


content: mid 18th-early 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Sakai Hoitsu 酒井抱一 (1761-1828)

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 110, pg. 25, 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: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: flower

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 65.6 × 27.9 cm (25 13/16 × 11 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

content: Drooping cherry branches in blossom

title_sort: DROOPING CHERRY BRANCHES IN BLOSSOM

title: Drooping cherry branches in blossom


label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 434, pg. 115, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cloud

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 88.2 x 35.6 cm (34 3/4 x 14 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Dragon and clouds

title_sort: DRAGON AND CLOUDS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Dragon and clouds


label: Date

content: ca. 1620

label: Court

content: Golconda Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Deccani school

content: To 1929

content: Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]

content: From 1929

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1929 [2]

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)

content: Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

label: Origin

content: Golconda, Telangana state, Deccan plateau, India

content: pheasant

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Painting

content: Full color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 9.4 x 13.2 cm (3 11/16 x 5 3/16 in)

place:
Golconda
Deccan plateau
Telangana state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Pheasant

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Two pheasants

title_sort: TWO PHEASANTS

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

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Two pheasants


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Label

content: Yoshizawa Ayame I (1673-1729) was one of the most famous onnagata (actors of women's roles) in the history of kabuki. From his debut on stage in the Kamigata (Kyoto-Osaka) theaters, he excelled in the portrayal of women. Later, in Edo, he achieved such perfection in his acting that new superlatives were invented to describe his skill in the annual actors' critiques (Yakusha hyobanki). Ayame once wrote that an onnagata should become as close as possible to a woman in his daily life in order to portray his character more convincingly. Wearing an elegant kimono decorated with a pattern of pine branches, the actor sits on an outdoor bench holding a sprig of blossoming plum. A broken fan and scattered blossoms are strewn at his feet beside a sake cup, an ewer, and a tray of food.

content: To 1900

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: See Original Kakemono List, L. 228, 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: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

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

content: Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)

content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

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

content: Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: theater

content: kabuki

content: Japan

content: actor

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: balcony

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, and lacquer black on paper

content: H x W (image): 88.2 × 33.7 cm (34 3/4 × 13 1/4 in)

topic:
Theater
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Actors and actresses
Balconies
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ukiyo-e
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame I

title_sort: THE ACTOR YOSHIZAWA AYAME I

title: The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame I


label: Date

content: circa 900-1400

label: Provenance

content: To 1981

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

content: From 1981 to 1988

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

content: From 1988 to 1995

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

content: From 1995

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

content: Syria?

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Blown and enameled glass

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall): 3.8 x 3.1 x 0.4 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 3/16 in)

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

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Islamic Glass Fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


content: Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty

content: The Central Asian musicians and dancer, possibly of the Sogdian culture group, depicted on these panels attest to the international character of the Northern Qi dynasty, established in China in 550 following military conquest by people of Turkic origins. Musicians traveling the Silk Route introduced new instruments, such as harps and the bent-neck lute, which some scholars associate with the Persian barbat. The foreign lute influenced the development of the modern pipa, a lyrical Chinese lute now popular in chamber ensembles.

content: These stone carvings once belonged to a stone platform that was made to support the coffin of a Northern Qi dignitary. Inverted lotus petals are a motif frequently seen in images associated with Buddhism, the faith of the Northern Qi rulers-form the border.

content: To 1915

content: Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company 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. 683, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)

content: Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

content: Virtue and Entertainment: Chinese Music in the Visual Arts (October 1, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Probably Ce Xian, Henan province, China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: funerary

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: pipa

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Sogdians

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Grey marble with traces of pigment

content: H x W x D: 19.7 x 95.3 x 16.5 cm (7 3/4 x 37 1/2 x 6 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

place:
China
Ce Xian
Henan province

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Funerary
Stone
Pipa

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 16

building: Freer

content: China

label: Title

content: Lateral stretcher from the base of a funerary couch with Sogdian musicians and a dancer

title_sort: LATERAL STRETCHER FROM THE BASE OF A FUNERARY COUCH WITH SOGDIAN MUSICIANS AND A DANCER

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: late 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Individual serving bowl (mukozuke [Jpn]) in shape of woven hat (amigasa [Jpn]). Elongated ovoidal; low circular foot. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: hard, grayish at core; pinkish-fawn under glaze.

content: Glaze: transparent.

content: Decoration: in iron, under glaze.

content: Mark: Kiyomizu [Jpn].

label: Marks

content: Kiyomizu [Jpn]

label: Label

content: This ceramic bowl takes the form of a common and inexpensive hat made of the marsh grass sedge. Cobalt lines suggest the hat's coarse woven texture. Such hats not only protected wearers from the sun but also disguised those who did not wish to be recognized, especially men on their way to the pleasure quarters. (Shops at the entrance to Kyoto's entertainment district sold hats specifically for that purpose.) In sophisticated Kyoto, a bowl of this shape would have lent an amusing note to a meal served in a tea house. Alternatively, if the bowl were used for a summer meal, the associations of shape and material might have been merely seasonal. Sets of bowls in this shape were enduringly popular in the repertory of Kyoto ceramics.

content: To 1897

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1897 [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. 388, 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: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

content: The Potter's Mark: Tea Ceramics and Their Makers (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)

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

content: Dinner for Five: Japanese Serving Dishes for Elegant Meals (March 4 to October 21, 2001)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kiyomizu kilns, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Kyoto ware

content: Old Kiyomizu ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 07: Japanese Art from the Collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with iron pigment under translucent white glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 4.7 × 14.3 cm (1 7/8 × 5 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kiyomizu kilns
Kyoto prefecture

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Lacquer repair
Old Kiyomizu ware
Stoneware
Kyoto ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

room: Gallery 07

content: Japan

content: Kyoto ware individual serving bowl in shape of sedge hat, with mark "Kiyomizu"

title_sort: KYOTO WARE INDIVIDUAL SERVING BOWL IN SHAPE OF SEDGE HAT, WITH MARK "KIYOMIZU"


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, and Louise Cort, July 21, 2010, and July 23, 2010, in the object record).

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 2.9 × 7.6 × 2.7 cm (1 1/8 × 3 × 1 1/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 14

content: Korea

content: Pipe bowl

title_sort: PIPE BOWL

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Pipe bowl


content: dated winter of 1082

label: Description

content: Vasudhara, the Buddhist goddess of prosperity, holds symbols of wisdom and purpose in her six hands: a sheaf of grain, a vessel symbolizing long life, wish fulfilling jewels, and the Prajnaparamita Sutra, which signifies her advanced Buddhist wisdom. She cups her upper right hand to her ear, listening to herself sing prayers or powerful mantras. Adorned with small Buddhas, her unusual crown is typically reserved for priests knowledgeable in secret teachings.

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscription: Om, on Thursday, the third lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Phalguna of Nepal era 202 (Feb–March 1082), the couple Abonana and Maina donated this venerable Vasudhara.

content: From 1964 to 2012

content: Susanne K. Bennet (b. 1938), purchased in Old Delhi, Delhi, India. [1]

content: From 2012

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Susanne K. Bennet, Washington, DC [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Susanne K. Bennet purchased the bronze in Old Delhi in 1964. She and her husband were posted to Delhi between 1963 and 1967, with the United States Agency for International Development and then with the Department of State. See email from Mrs. Bennet dated August 22, 2012 to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery detailing the circumstances of the purchase, copy in object file, Collections Management. See also Acquisition Justification, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)

content: Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)

content: Devi: The Great Goddess (March 28 to September 6, 1999)

content: Sculpture of South Asia and the Himalayas (May 4, 1988 to July 9, 2017)

content: Nepal: Where the Gods are Young (1975)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mrs. Susanne K. Bennet (born 1938)

content: Nepal

content: casting

content: gilding

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: Buddhism

content: lotus

content: mantra

content: Nepal

content: Vasudhara

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: goddess

label: On View

content: East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery), Gallery 22a: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Susanne K. Bennet in memory of Felicja "Lusia" Arendt (1928-1942?)

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

content: Sculpture

content: Gilt copper, semi-precious stones, and traces of vermilion

content: H x W x D: 20.9 x 16.1 x 14.9 cm (8 1/4 x 6 5/16 x 5 7/8 in)

topic:
Gilding
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Mantra
Gods
Vasudhara
Lotus
Metal-work

culture:
Buddhists
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

room: Gallery 22

building: Sackler

content: Nepal

label: Title

content: Vasudhara ("Bearer of Gems")

title_sort: VASUDHARA ("BEARER OF GEMS")

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Vasudhara ("Bearer of Gems")


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Warring States period

label: Provenance

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Topic

content: wood

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Model

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Wood

content: H x W (overall): 14.5 x 3.8 cm (5 11/16 x 1 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Fragment of model of chariot umbrella

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF MODEL OF CHARIOT UMBRELLA

title: Fragment of model of chariot umbrella


content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 833, 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: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: tapestry

content: silk (fiber)

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: woman

content: sun

content: Daoist Immortals

content: orchid

content: fungus-of-immortality

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

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Silk tapestry (kesi): woven silk threads

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 162 x 83.7 cm (63 3/4 x 32 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

place: China Sun

topic:
Pine tree
Daoist Immortals
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Orchids
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Woman
Fungus-of-immortality
Tapestries

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Female immortal with a basket

title_sort: FEMALE IMMORTAL WITH A BASKET

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Female immortal with a basket


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Bracelet, with slightly flattened sides and rounded outer surface; mottled yellow green, tan, and browns; sprinkled with milky white areas of incipient disintegration, more profuse in inner surface; proportions uneven; some tool marks on rim.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated in Shensi province [1]

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1326, pg. 304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x Diam: 1.9 x 8.1 cm (3/4 x 3 3/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Bracelet


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G26 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: 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 11.1 x 8.9 cm (4 3/8 x 3 1/2 in)

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

content: United States

content: La Retameuse. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature (The French Set)

title_sort: LA RETAMEUSE. ONE OF THE TWELVE ETCHINGS FROM NATURE (THE FRENCH SET)

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: insect

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 27.7 x 62.4 cm (10 7/8 x 24 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

content: A garden-piece: flowers, fighting grasshoppers, ants and other insects

title_sort: A GARDEN-PIECE: FLOWERS, FIGHTING GRASSHOPPERS, ANTS AND OTHER INSECTS

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: late 16th century

content: Momoyama period

label: Artist

content: Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 (1543-1590)

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 98, pg. 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color over gold on paper

content: H x W: 151 x 322.6 cm (59 7/16 x 127 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Fruiting grapevines on a bamboo trellis 「葡萄棚図屏風」

title_sort: FRUITING GRAPEVINES ON A BAMBOO TRELLIS 「葡萄棚図屏風」

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Provenance

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 Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1283, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 94.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 232 x 135.7 cm (91 5/16 x 53 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Two figures on a hillside under trees

title_sort: TWO FIGURES ON A HILLSIDE UNDER TREES

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Two figures on a hillside under trees


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, deep ovoidal, on high notched base. Gold lacquer repair on rim.

content: Clay: hard, gray.

content: Glaze: bright, gray; lightly crackled.

content: Decoration: inlaid in under-glaze white, on both surfaces.

label: Label

content: Made at one of the kilns in southern Japan established by immigrant Korean potters, this bowl uses a Korean decorative technique of enduring popularity. Known in Japan as mishima, the decoration employs white clay solution (slip) brushed over stamped or incised motifs to create subtly irregular patterns. The vessel is then coated with clear glaze, through which the patterns may be seen.

content: To 1897

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

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 527, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

content: Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

content: Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Saga prefecture or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

content: inlay (process)

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Karatsu ware

content: Takatori ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip inlaid under clear glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 9.3 × 13.7 cm (3 11/16 × 5 3/8 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu, Agano, or Takatori ware, Mishima type

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan
Saga prefecture

topic:
Karatsu ware
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Takatori ware
Art
Inlay (process)
White slip
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Pottery
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl in mishima style, Karatsu ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL IN MISHIMA STYLE, KARATSU WARE

title: Tea bowl in mishima style, Karatsu ware


label: Date

content: 1883 or 1884

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Another of the tiny three-by-five inch oils, Black and Emerald: Coal Mine was probably painted in St. Ives.

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, London, in August 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder note sheet, Object file. See also Original Whistler List, Purchases from Theobald, pg. 3, 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: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

content: Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s (April 2, 2005 to November 11, 2008)

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

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (February 6, 1985 to March 4, 1986)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Watercolors, Oil Paintings, and Pastels (January 20, 1944 to October 13, 1947)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: landscape

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Oil on wood panel

content: H x W (image): 8.8 x 14.9 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
American Art

content: United States

label: Title

content: Blue and Emerald: Coal Mine

title_sort: BLUE AND EMERALD: COAL MINE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Blue and Emerald: Coal Mine


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Bead; long, cylindrical, with longitudinal perforation; semitranslucent, mottled gray and brown; perforation and proportions irregular. (Slightly chipped.) One of a set: F1914.126 and F1914.127.

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

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

content: From 1914 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5687, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

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: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x Diam: 3.3 × 1.1 cm (1 5/16 × 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Huang, Zhonghui

content: China

content: Cylindrical bead

title_sort: CYLINDRICAL BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Cylindrical bead


label: Date

content: 14th century

content: Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Wuzhun Shifan (傳) 無準師範 (1178-1249)

label: Label

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

content: To 1906

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 534, 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: Mind Over Matter: Zen in Medieval Japan (March 5, 2022 - July 24, 2022)

content: Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: portrait

content: Buddhism

content: Zen Buddhism

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Bodhidharma

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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 90.7 x 49.3 cm (35 11/16 x 19 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Zen Buddhism
Chinese Art
Portraits
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Bodhidharma

content: China

content: Portrait of Bodhidharma 達摩圖像

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF BODHIDHARMA 達摩圖像

title: Portrait of Bodhidharma 達摩圖像


content: 12th-13th century

label: Provenance

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Syria

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted with luster

content: H x W x D: 6.4 x 15.4 x 5 cm (2 1/2 x 6 1/16 x 1 15/16 in)

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

label: Title

content: Fragmentary base of a bowl

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY BASE OF A BOWL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragmentary base of a bowl


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 190, 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: Japan

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk and gilt paper

content: H x W: 178.5 x 31 cm (70 1/4 x 12 3/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Length of lined textile, fragment from an obi

title_sort: LENGTH OF LINED TEXTILE, FRAGMENT FROM AN OBI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: W (overall): 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


content: 4th century?

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria?

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead, with inwardly rounded bore

title_sort: BEAD, WITH INWARDLY ROUNDED BORE

title: Bead, with inwardly rounded bore


label: Date

content: 1st century BCE

content: Western Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Jar (hu): ovoidal, with trumpet-shaped mouth; two open handles; recessed foot. Stoneware with green glaze.

content: Clay: hard, gray. Reddish-brown on surface.

content: Glaze: lustrous olive on shoulder and inside neck.

content: Decorations: corrugated encircling lines, and wave designs incised in paste. "X" mark at base of neck. Cf. F1909.299.

content: To 1910

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1910 [1]

content: From 1910 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2008, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Zhejiang province, China

content: ceramic

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

content: China

content: stoneware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with wood-ash glaze

content: H x W: 22.9 x 19.1 cm (9 x 7 1/2 in)

place:
China
Zhejiang province

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Chinese Art
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Ceramics

content: China

label: Title

content: Jar

title_sort: JAR

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Jar


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 6th-5th century BCE

content: Late Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.9 cm (3/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Period of Division

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 694, pg. 173, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.3 x 4.9 cm (1 5/16 x 1 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament in the form of a horse

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A HORSE

title: Ornament in the form of a horse


content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or early Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Yan Ciping (傳)閻次平 (active ca. 1164-after 1181)

label: Label

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

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 40, 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: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (IV) (June 12 to November 28, 2010)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (III) (May 29, 1999 to January 30, 2000)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 24.6 x 26 cm (9 11/16 x 10 1/4 in)

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

content: River landscape in mist 山水圖

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE IN MIST 山水圖

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: River landscape in mist 山水圖


content: 11th-12th century

label: Description

content: Jar, tall ovoidal, with a heavy beveled foot, cylindrical neck and two handles; neck broken.

content: Clay: soft, light-buff.

content: Glaze: green, partly decomposed and covered with a silvery iridescence.

content: Decoration: wheel marks in the paste.

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, September 1904, L. 1307, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Raqqa, Syria

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted with glaze

content: H x Diam: 32.8 × 20.1 cm (12 15/16 × 7 15/16 in)

label: Style

content: Raqqa ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

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

content: Jar

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Jar


label: Date

content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Wang Shen (ca. 1046-after 1100)

content: To 1919

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1310, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Old Tales Retold: Narrative in Chinese Painting (April 20 to October 20, 2013)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 142.7 x 97.8 cm (56 3/16 x 38 1/2 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Boating on a Snowy River

title_sort: BOATING ON A SNOWY RIVER

title: Boating on a Snowy River


content: Northern Song dynasty

label: Provenance

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. 992, 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

label: Topic

content: gilding

content: repoussé

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Gilt bronze

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

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

content: China

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

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

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

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 G95 state 1 of 2.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: river

content: boat

content: morning

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 11.4 x 15 cm (4 1/2 x 5 7/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Morning
Drypoint
Rivers

content: United States

content: Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

title_sort: BATTERSEA DAWN (CADOGAN PIER)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)


content: 6th 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, pgs. 1 and 40, 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: Lombardy, Italy

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Mosaic glass

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead, spherical

title_sort: BEAD, SPHERICAL

title: Bead, spherical


content: mid 18th-early 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

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. 160, 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: Japan

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk and gold

content: H x W: 337.5 x 22.5 cm (132 7/8 x 8 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

content: Japan

content: Kimono sash (obi)

title_sort: KIMONO SASH (OBI)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Kimono sash (obi)


label: Date

content: ca. 1830-1832

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Label

content: During the Edo period (1615-1868), ukiyo-e artists like Hokusai were considered mere "painting artisans" (gako). Large-scale works, such as folding screens or sets of sliding doors, remained the preserve of officially employed artists and certain designated townsman painters. Hokusai, despite his fame, painted only a limited number of screens. Most of his large-scale works are in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, reflecting Charles Lang Freer's determination to build the finest Hokusai painting collection in the world.

content: Hokusai created a landscape with Mount Fuji rising in the distance, a true genre scene that extends on an exceptionally grand scale across a pair of folding screens. The work most likely dates from the period when the artist was designing the famous print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjvrokkei, early 1830s), and its commission may have been related to the success of that series. The quality of painting, unusual coloration, and embellishment with gold make this a masterpiece that must have been requested by a wealthy patron.

content: To 1902

content: Mrs. Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 109, L. 55, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

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

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

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

content: Japanese Screens (Narrative Subjects) (December 22, 1981 to February 10, 1983)

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

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

content: Elizabeth Goodhue Millett (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink, gold, and color on paper

content: H x W (overall): 169.1 x 369.8 cm (66 9/16 x 145 9/16 in)

name:
Millett, Elizabeth Goodhue
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Country Scenes and Mount Fuji; one of a pair with F1902.48

title_sort: COUNTRY SCENES AND MOUNT FUJI; ONE OF A PAIR WITH F1902.48

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: ca. 5th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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. 750, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

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: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.2 x 0.6 cm (1 1/4 x 1/4 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, conical

title_sort: BEAD, CONICAL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, conical


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1364, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: tea

content: man

content: pavilion

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 84.3 x 61.6 cm (33 3/16 x 24 1/4 in)

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

content: China

content: Tasting Tea in a Pavilion by the Water

title_sort: TASTING TEA IN A PAVILION BY THE WATER

title: Tasting Tea in a Pavilion by the Water


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1896

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Whistler Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Copper

content: H x W: 15.3 x 22.9 cm (6 x 9 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Etching plate: Thames Police

title_sort: ETCHING PLATE: THAMES POLICE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Etching plate: Thames Police


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G76 state 3 of 4.

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: boat

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 13.8 x 21.4 cm (5 7/16 x 8 7/16 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Old Hungerford Bridge

title_sort: OLD HUNGERFORD BRIDGE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Old Hungerford Bridge


label: Period

content: Momoyama or Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl (chawan [Jpn]), tall, spirally corrugated cylindrical body, bottoms curving down to high thick foot.

content: Clay: coarse, dark stoneware.

content: Glaze: brownish running to pinkish gray and bluish gray where thick; fine crackle. Interior of foot glazed.

content: Korean potters founded the Agano kilns in Japan and prodced tea bowls like this one, whose rice-straw ash glaze reflects a utilitarian pottery tradition of northern Korea.

content: To 1899

content: Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 368, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style (October 14, 2017 - October 14, 2019)

content: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

content: Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

content: An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)

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

content: Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Kamanokuchi kiln, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 9.7 × 10 cm (3 13/16 × 3 15/16 in)

label: Style

content: Agano ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Japanese Trading Company

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan
Kamanokuchi kiln

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Pottery
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Agano ware tea bowl

title_sort: AGANO WARE TEA BOWL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Agano ware tea bowl


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Intaglio print depicting a distant, panoramic view of Venice, Italy from the lagoon. Pilings, boats and masted ships rest in the water near the horizon line.

label: Signatures

content: Signature in pencil: the Butterfly, imp.

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G215 state not provided.

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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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: water

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 15.2 x 22.9 cm (6 x 9 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: Long Lagoon

title_sort: LONG LAGOON

title: Long Lagoon


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 7, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: Japan

content: Japanese 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: Color over gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 148.1 x 341.1 cm (58 5/16 x 134 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Wind-screen and cherry tree 桜に幔幕図屏風

title_sort: WIND-SCREEN AND CHERRY TREE 桜に幔幕図屏風

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wind-screen and cherry tree 桜に幔幕図屏風


label: Date

content: ca. 2000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Long, slender chisel shaped object of the type kuei [gui] 圭; one short and one long edge beveled; one large and one small conical perforation near each end; dull olive gray with light and dark undersurface specks; one short edge rough and unfinished. (Slightly chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1119, pg. 249, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 18.3 × 7.3 × 0.7 cm (7 3/16 × 2 7/8 × 1/4 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

content: China

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏), FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment