label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Cylindrical bead form with longitudinal perforation; chocolate brown with tan specklings; irregularly cut. (One nick.)

content: To 1912

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

content: From 1912 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 362, pg. 104, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: steatite

content: jade

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Jade (steatite)

content: H x Diam: 2.9 x 1.6 cm (1 1/8 x 5/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Cylindrical bead

title_sort: CYLINDRICAL BEAD

title: Cylindrical bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Tsukioka Eizan

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936), Woodstock, NY, and New York to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bolton Coit Brown in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1218, pg. 21-A, 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: Japanese Prints (January 18, 1980 to May 18, 1980)

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Wood

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 39.7 x 26 x 1.5 cm (15 5/8 x 10 1/4 x 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Brown, Bolton Coit

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

type: Country

content: Japan

content: A Group of Geisha

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: A GROUP OF GEISHA

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Group of Geisha


label: Date

content: ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts'ung [cong] 琮; projecting collar at both ends; semitranslucent, greenish gray with opaque black and brown, one pinkish area. Broken at both ends and roughly mended with gray cementlike material, corner chipped.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated at Hwang Ling of Lo-Yang, in Honan [1]

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 7, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record states: "The Envelope file which has now been destroyed, stated: 'Excavated at Hwang Ling of Lo-Yang, in Honan.'"

content: [2] Curatorial Remark 5, H.P. Stern, 1956, in the object record, states: "Box for this piece purports this jade to be from the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang."

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1429, pg. 341, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

content: [5] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Chinese 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)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 5.6 x 6.9 x 6.8 cm (2 3/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in)

date:
BCE 3000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

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

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

label: Title

content: Tube (cong 琮)

title_sort: TUBE (CONG 琮)

title: Tube (cong 琮)


content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Ho, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 692, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Ching Dynasty Paintings (June 15, 1979 to November 6, 1979)

content: Ho (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: dragon

content: pine tree

content: lion

content: deer

content: leopard

content: elephant

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: tortoise

content: child

content: Arhat

content: shrine

content: pagoda

content: prayer beads

content: China

content: qilin

content: wave

content: trishula

content: conch shell

content: scepter

content: clam

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 33.9 x 1121.7 cm (13 3/8 x 441 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ho

topic:
Prayer beads
Conch shell
Cats
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Dragon
Elephants
Pine tree
Wave
Trishula
Charles Lang Freer collection
Shrine
Animals
Clam
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Children
Tortoise
Pagoda
Scepter
Qilin

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Luohans crossing land and sea

title_sort: LUOHANS CROSSING LAND AND SEA

title: Luohans crossing land and sea


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

content: Warring States period

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: casting

content: metal

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Mirror

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in)

topic:
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Small Mirror

title_sort: SMALL MIRROR

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Small Mirror


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Warring States period

content: From 1991

content: Notes:

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: ceramic

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Unclassified

content: H x W (overall): 4.7 x 3.2 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Sherds

title_sort: SHERDS

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Sherds


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 G67 state 1 of 4.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 34.8 x 21.4 cm (13 11/16 x 8 7/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Annie Haden

title_sort: ANNIE HADEN

title: Annie Haden


label: Date

content: 4th-3rd century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

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. 723, 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: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 6.4 x 2.8 cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/8 in)

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

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: Screen Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, intermed. 3-4

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 G222 state 7 of 9.

content: To 1903

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, and Voucher No. 21, August 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: night

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

content: Print

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20 x 29.5 cm (7 7/8 x 11 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne

title_sort: NOCTURNE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Nocturne


label: Date

content: early 17th-late 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 289, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Although later determined to be a lacquer, this object was originally accessioned and classified as pottery (see Curatorial Remark 6, A. Yonemura, 1980, in the object record).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

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: Container

label: Medium

content: Lacquer

content: H x W x D (overall): 7.6 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm (3 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

content: Lacquer storage box with lid

title_sort: LACQUER STORAGE BOX WITH LID

title: Lacquer storage box with lid


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H: 1.8 cm (11/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 4th century?

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Bead, with inwardly rounded bore

title_sort: BEAD, WITH INWARDLY ROUNDED BORE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, with inwardly rounded bore


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 418, pg. 110, 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: Rinpa: Creativity Across Time and Space (October 1, 2022 to April 2, 2023)

content: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 142 × 49.7 cm (55 15/16 × 19 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Pink and white flowers and straw coverings

title_sort: PINK AND WHITE FLOWERS AND STRAW COVERINGS


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Thick ring with large perforation, possibly a bracelet; semi-translucent, mottled yellows and maple-leaf reds; areas of silvery incrustation and incipient disintegration. (Two smoothed chips on rim.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1917

content: Tonying and Company, New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1073, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (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

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x Diam: 2.5 x 7.9 cm (1 x 3 1/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 6 cm (2 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tonying and Company

content: China

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

title: Bracelet


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H: 26.1 cm (10 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Chopsticks

title_sort: CHOPSTICKS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Chopsticks


label: Date

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 214.5 x 116 cm (84 7/16 x 45 11/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

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

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


content: Possibly Sui dynasty

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 411, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: lotus

content: China

content: anjali mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 22.9 x 11.5 cm (9 x 4 1/2 in)

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Anjali mudra
Lotus
Bodhisattva
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Standing Bodhisattva

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVA

title: Standing Bodhisattva


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 0.3 cm (1/8 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, S.I. 66p, pg. 22, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: bamboo

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: shikishi

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 17.5 x 17.6 cm (6 7/8 x 6 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Shinsuke, Hayashi

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Bamboo stalks and leaves

title_sort: BAMBOO STALKS AND LEAVES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bamboo stalks and leaves


label: Date

content: late 15th-early 16th century

label: Period

content: Muromachi period

label: Provenance

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner in 1907 [1]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions Reserved List, R. 5723, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is part of a set of twelve (F1907.661-672); according to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record for F1907.661, no details are available regarding the set's purchase.

content: [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Japan

content: halo

content: Bishamon-ten

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: deva

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: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 89.9 x 34 cm (35 3/8 x 13 3/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japanese Art
Bishamon-ten
Deva
Halo
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: One of the twelve deva: Bishamon-ten (Vaisravana)

title_sort: ONE OF THE TWELVE DEVA: BISHAMON-TEN (VAISRAVANA)


content: 14th or 17th century

content: Ottoman period

label: Description

content: Tile: small hexagonal; beveled edges (chipped).

content: Clay: soft, sandy, white.

content: Glaze: brilliant dark green with metalic reflections.

content: Decoration: linear design painted in dark blue over glaze.

content: To 1903

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, and Original Pottery List, L. 1238, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Turkey

content: ceramic

content: Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)

content: Turkey

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Architectural Element

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x W: 10 x 1.8 cm (3 15/16 x 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ottoman period (1307 - 1922)
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Turks

content: Tile

title_sort: TILE

title: Tile


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead, spherical

title_sort: BEAD, SPHERICAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, spherical


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

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: 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. 182, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

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)

label: Origin

content: Japan

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

content: H x W: 185 x 190 cm (72 13/16 x 74 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Three-panel cloth for temple use (happi)

title_sort: THREE-PANEL CLOTH FOR TEMPLE USE (HAPPI)

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Northern Qi dynasty

label: Label

content: This smooth-shaven young monk with compassionate expression most likely represents Ananda, Shakyamuni Buddha's young disciple. The head is almost life-size and would have belonged to an impressive, high-relief sculpture flanking an image of the Buddha in one of China's cave-temples. When Buddhist sculptures left China in the early twentieth century, their original site was often unrecorded. Therefore, scholars are still trying to determine the origin of some sculptures. Based on style, it seems likely that this head came from one of the seventh-century, Tang-dynasty caves at Longmen, a large cave-temple complex near Luoyang, Henan Province. Some scholars see a greater similarity to the sculpture at Xiangtangshan, the Northern Qi site located in present-day Handan Municipality, Hebei Province. Further research is needed.

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 477, 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: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)

content: Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan (February 26, 2011 to January 6, 2013)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: northern Xiangtangshan, South Cave, Fengfeng, Hebei province, China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: relief seal

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: temple

content: cave

content: disciple

content: China

content: Ananda

content: monk

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Limestone with traces of pigment

content: H x W x D: 32.1 x 23.2 x 18.8 cm (12 5/8 x 9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in)

name:
Ananda
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
northern Xiangtangshan
South Cave
China
Fengfeng
Hebei province

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Temple
Disciple
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Monk
Stone
Relief seal

room: Gallery 17

content: China

content: Head of the disciple Ananda

title_sort: HEAD OF THE DISCIPLE ANANDA

title: Head of the disciple Ananda


content: 15th century

content: Muromachi period

label: Description

content: Inscription and two seals.

content: To 1903

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 328, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For information regarding purchase location, see Accession List.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: waterfall

content: Guanyin

content: meditation

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 on silk panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 92.7 × 35.6 cm (36 1/2 × 14 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Meditation
Waterfalls
Japanese Art
Bodhisattva
Kakemono
Guanyin

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Guanyin, white robed, seated upon an over-hanging rock

title_sort: GUANYIN, WHITE ROBED, SEATED UPON AN OVER-HANGING ROCK

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G199 state 1 of 3.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 22, January 1905, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints (December 12, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings, Lithographs, and Drypoint (September 24, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

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: American Paintings, Etchings, and Lithographs. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: commerce

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 29.6 x 20 cm (11 5/8 x 7 7/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Architecture
American Art
Cities and towns
Etching (printing process)
Business

content: United States

content: The Rialto

title_sort: THE RIALTO

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Rialto


content: 18th century?

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Hishikawa Moroyasu

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Nihon-eshi Ryushiken, Hishikawa Moroyasu no zu.

label: Marks

content: Round seal: Ryushi; Square seal: illegible.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 176, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Full color and lacquer black on paper

content: H x W: 86.2 x 41.9 cm (33 15/16 x 16 1/2 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Yujo doing her hair

title_sort: YUJO DOING HER HAIR

title: Yujo doing her hair


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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: silver

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Silver

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 5 cm (1 15/16 in)

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Fragment of an implement

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN IMPLEMENT

title: Fragment of an implement


content: ca. 5th-4th 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. 749, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: 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)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: incising

content: metal

content: iron

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

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: Iron, gold

content: H x W: 11.4 x 6.4 cm (4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


content: ca. 1100-1050 BCE

content: Probably late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period

label: Description

content: Ewer with design that incorporates many stylized birds and animals. No inscription.

label: Marks

content: Stickers and painted inscription on bottom of lid read:

content: "K./No 266" (white sticker with red border)

content: "266" (round white sticker with black ink)

content: Written in red ink on bottom of lid:

content: Written in red ink on bottom of body"

content: Written in red ink on bottom of body"

label: Label

content: This extraordinary vessel bristles with life, from the birds at the front and on the handles, to the humans wrapped in snakes on the back legs. Most likely made in southern China, it seems to offer a view of a spirit world in constant movement and flux.

content: From at least 1926 to 1961

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1926 [1]

content: From 1961

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer in 1961 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See H. d'Ardenne de Tizac, L'Art Chinois Classique (Paris: Henri Laurens, 1926), p. 25, pls. 6-7.

content: [2] See Agnes Meyer's Deed of Gift, dated December 21, 1961, copy in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst (January 12 to April 2, 1929)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

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

content: wine

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: taotie

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 32.2 × 32.2 × 15.7 cm (12 11/16 × 12 11/16 × 6 3/16 in)

content: China

content: Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals

title_sort: RITUAL WINE EWER (GONG) WITH MASKS (TAOTIE), DRAGONS, AND REAL ANIMALS

type: 3D Mesh

title: Lidded ritual ewer (guang) with taotie dragons birds tigers elephants fish snakes and humans (Low Resolution 3D Mesh, OBJ, scale in m)

category: Low Resolution

UNITS: m

FILE_TYPE: ZIP

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: OBJ

title: Lidded ritual ewer (guang) with taotie dragons birds tigers elephants fish snakes and humans (Low Resolution 3D Mesh, GLB, scale in m)

FILE_TYPE: GLB

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: GLB

title: Lidded ritual ewer (guang) with taotie dragons birds tigers elephants fish snakes and humans (Full Resolution 3D Mesh, OBJ, scale in m)

category: Full Resolution

title: Lidded ritual ewer (guang) with taotie dragons birds tigers elephants fish snakes and humans (Low Resolution 3D Mesh, GLTF, scale in m)

title: Lidded ritual ewer (guang) with taotie dragons birds tigers elephants fish snakes and humans (IOS AR Model 3D Mesh, USDZ, scale in m)

title: Lidded ritual ewer (guang) with taotie dragons birds tigers elephants fish snakes and humans (default 3D Mesh, GLB, scale in m)


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Wang Xia (8th century)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1097, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 180.3 x 105.7 cm (71 x 41 5/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Returning Home in the Snow

title_sort: RETURNING HOME IN THE SNOW

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Returning Home in the Snow


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 (reigned 1101-1125))

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1002, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: celebration

content: garden

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 27.3 x 559.5 cm (10 3/4 x 220 1/4 in)

topic:
Rites and ceremonies
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Gardens

content: China

content: The Eighteen Scholars of the Tang Dynasty

title_sort: THE EIGHTEEN SCHOLARS OF THE TANG DYNASTY


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 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 G66 state 2 of 4.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)

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: portrait

content: child

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: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 22.7 x 15.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint
Children

content: United States

label: Title

content: Arthur Haden

title_sort: ARTHUR HADEN

title: Arthur Haden


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company,

content: 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.

label: Collection

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)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: silver

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Container

content: Silver and bronze

content: H x W x D: 5.6 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (2 3/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Needle case cap

title_sort: NEEDLE CASE CAP

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Needle case cap


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Unglazed.

content: Has a wood stand.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 954, 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: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

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

content: Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: horse

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Unglazed earthenware

content: H x W: 13.1 x 14.3 cm (5 3/16 x 5 5/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Head of a tomb figure of a horse

title_sort: HEAD OF A TOMB FIGURE OF A HORSE

title: Head of a tomb figure of a horse


content: 664-525 BCE

content: Possibly Late Period

content: Ink-pot: Lotus-bud shaped, ona heavy foot; two perforations in the top.

content: Clay: coarse, hard, gray-white.

content: Glaze: rich, green-blue, coarsely crackled. Discolorations and adhesions.

content: To 1908

content: Michel Casira, Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michel Casira in 1908 [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. 1720, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Michel Casira (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: lotus

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Saite Dynasty 26 (664 - 525 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

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Clay

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 6.9 x 6.7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Casira, Michel

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Saite Dynasty 26 (664 - 525 BCE)
Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Ceramics
Lotus

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ink pot in the shape of a Lotus Bud

title_sort: INK POT IN THE SHAPE OF A LOTUS BUD

title: Ink pot in the shape of a Lotus Bud


label: Date

content: late 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsukawa Shuncho 勝川春潮 (active ca. 1780-1795)

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 344, pg. 85, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: cat

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 91.4 × 30.8 cm (36 × 12 1/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Interior: a girl and a kitten

title_sort: INTERIOR: A GIRL AND A KITTEN

title: Interior: a girl and a kitten


content: Ming dynasty

content: Traditionally attributed to Zhao Ji (1082-1135)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: quail

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 36.5 x 50.6 cm (14 3/8 x 19 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

content: Quail and ears of grain

title_sort: QUAIL AND EARS OF GRAIN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Quail and ears of grain


content: ca. 1670-1675

label: School/Tradition

content: Kota school

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscription in nagari script on verso: si jagat singhji

label: Label

content: Rao Jagat Singh is represented in the fashion of Mughal portraiture standing in profile against a pale green ground. Shown with his characteristically slim-waisted body, dark complexion, droopy mustache and pensive expression, Jagat Singh wears a resplendent gold brocade coat with fur collar over a woven jama of orange, purple and gold; a mound of white flowers tops his turban. The ruler is haloed and holds flowers in each hand.

content: Rao Jagat Singh (born 1644, reigned 1658-83) was the third rao of Kota. In July of 1658, when he was about fourteen, he was confirmed by Aurangzeb and given a rank of fifteen hundred/one thousand, the title of rao and other honors. He spend much of his career in the Deccan and died in battle in October 1863.

content: The portrait demonstrates a stage in the development of Rajput portraiture. Rajputs adopted the genre of portraiture from the Mughal court, where they represented as courtiers. Here, Jagat Singh is represented by a Bikaner artist with a radiant nimbus and holding flowers in each hand, both are imperial motifs that appear in portraits of Shah Jahan.

content: To 1967

content: Ragni Kant, Jaipur [1]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Ragni Kant, Jaipur in December 1967 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in Jaipur in December, 1967 several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Ragni Kant

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Kota, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: man

content: India

content: raja

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 22.9 × 14.3 cm (9 × 5 5/8 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Ragni Kant

place:
Kota
Rajasthan state
India

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Raja Jagat Singh of Kota

title_sort: RAJA JAGAT SINGH OF KOTA

title: Raja Jagat Singh of Kota


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G198 state 6 of 6.

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 5 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: fishing

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 15.6 x 23.2 cm (6 1/8 x 9 1/8 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: The Fishing Boat

title_sort: THE FISHING BOAT

title: The Fishing Boat


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See also, Reserved Textile List, R. 84, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: twill

content: crane

content: flower

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: cloud

content: sun

content: fungus

content: China

content: rock

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: guardian lion

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Brocade (jin): woven silk and metal-wrapped threads

content: H x W: 170 x 53.5 cm (66 15/16 x 21 1/16 in)

place: China Sun

topic:
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Guardian lion
Flowers
Crane
Brocading
Weft patterning
Fungi
Twill
Charles Lang Freer collection
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Cloud
Rocks

content: China

label: Title

content: Chair cover with a crane, lions, dragons, auspicious symbols and floral patterns

title_sort: CHAIR COVER WITH A CRANE, LIONS, DRAGONS, AUSPICIOUS SYMBOLS AND FLORAL PATTERNS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides; mottled cream and greenish-tan; obverse has veins of whitish disintegration, reverse has rough surface almost covered with paint like cream colored oxidation. (Two adjacent breaks on reverse rim.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 996, pg. 214, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 14.7 x 1.1 cm (5 13/16 x 7/16 in)

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: ca. 1620

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: To 1907

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, pg. 106, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. F1907.761 - F1907.766 were originally purchased from Dikran Kelekian as group of six subjects on one mount. The original mount has an inscription and stamp of a Russian collection on both the obverse and reverse on the lower part of the mount (see Curatorial Remark 5, Debra Diamond, February 3, 2011, in the object record).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: flower

content: woman

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 4.9 x 3 cm (1 15/16 x 1 3/16 in)

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

content: India

content: Head of a young woman, among flowering stems

title_sort: HEAD OF A YOUNG WOMAN, AMONG FLOWERING STEMS


label: Date

content: 4th century B.C.?

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

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

content: Glass

content: H: 2.1 cm (13/16 in)

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

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: protection

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Amulet pierced from end to end

title_sort: AMULET PIERCED FROM END TO END

title: Amulet pierced from end to end


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 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 G193 state 6 of 20.

content: To 1902

content: William George Rawlinson (1812-1902), London,

content: to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by William George Rawlinson in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)

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

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)

content: William George Rawlinson (1840-1928) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 29 x 20.2 cm (11 7/16 x 7 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Rawlinson, William George

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

content: United States

content: The Doorway

title_sort: THE DOORWAY

title: The Doorway


label: Date

content: Yuan dynasty

content: Zou Fulei 鄒復雷 (active mid-14th century)

label: Inscription

content: Inscription by Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)

label: Calligrapher

content: Frontispiece by Yang Yu (1285-1361)

label: Colophon

content: Colophon by Yang Weizhen (1296-1370)

content: Colophon by Gu Yan (active mid-14th century)

content: Colophon by Guo Baochang (1879-1942)

content: Executed entirely in varying shades of ink, an undulating branch of blossoming plum sweeps gracefully across the paper and culminates dramatically in a single long tapering stroke. The subtle chromatic range of contrasting ink tones, the rich calligraphic variation of the brushwork, and the expressive lyrical flow of the overall composition mark this unique painting as a virtuoso performance of the highest technical and artistic merit.

content: No other work by Zou Fulei survives or is recorded in any text, and nothing about him is known except for the documentation contained on the painting itself and in the attached colophons written by his two friends. In addition to his being an accomplished painter, these sources indicate that Zou Fulei was a follower of esoteric Daoism, a complex system of beliefs in which individuals sought to achieve physical immortality by means of various alchemical practices. Together with his older brother Fuyuan, also a painter, he apparently lived in a Daoist monastery or retreat called the Cinnabar Chamber of the Cavern Mystery, located in the eastern part of Hesha District in Songjiang County (in the vicinity of modern Shanghai). Bearing an appellation well-suited to a humble recluse living in austere circumstances, Zou Fulei's own residence or studio was named the Tumbleweed Shack, where he devoted himself to the typical introspective pursuits of a gentleman scholar living in retirement, such as playing the zither (qin), reading and writing, and painting.

content: Zou Fulei is particularly noted for his ink plum paintings and is credited with reviving the calligraphic style of applying ink directly to the painting surface without sketching or outlines, a method pioneered by the Buddhist monk Huaguang (or Zhongren, died 1123), who one night spontaneously copied the shadows of a blossoming plum branch cast by the moon onto the paper windows of his cell. Associating himself directly with the Huaguang tradition, Zou Fulei added the following poem written in balanced columns of running script at the left end of his painting:

content: In this tumbleweed shack, where can I seek spring's return?

content: I charge the chilly toad to keep the old plum company.

content: As laments of mist subside, my empty room grows cold,

content: Traces of ink preserve the shadows that come to my window.

content: The "chilly toad" mentioned in line two is a conventional poetic reference to the moon, where such a creature was believed to dwell, while lines three and four identify Zou as a latter-day Huaguang, using ink to copy the shadows of moonlit plum branches. Blending direct description and archetypal association, Zou Fulei subtly amplifes the natural affinity he feels for the subject of his painting: blossoming in obscurity under adverse conditions, fragile yet resilient, the plum tree and humble recluse are essentially the same, steadfastly maintaining their pristine integrity.

content: A smaller line of text after the poem indicates that Zou painted A Breath of Spring in "early autumn of the gengzi year in the Zhizheng reign period," that is, between August 12 and September 10, 1360. This is followed by two of Zou's personal seals, one of which contains the name of his Tumbleweed Shack studio. In the upper right corner of the painting, Zou also placed a rectangular seal reading, Chun xiaoxi (A Breath of Spring), a phrase that in turn was borrowed by his friend and neighbor Yang Yu as the text of his frontispiece.

content: Borrowing the rhymes of Zou Fulei's poem at the left end of the painting, the Qianlong emperor (reigned 1735-95) composed a matching quatrain, which he wrote here in his characteristic style of running script:

content: In a single breath, the springtime goes but must return,

content: But who has conveyed these tidings to the chilly plum?

content: The Immortal of Budding Pearls envied Lady Nuyi's art,

content: And purposely came stealing in before the eastern wind.

content: The emperor's verse has none of the personal flavor that imbues his model. Instead, he suggests that the plum tree blossoms early because a certain minor divinity, enviously seeking to outdo Lady Nuyi, the goddess of spring who rules over all flowering plants, has stimulated it to bud before the springtime arrives. Although undated here, the poem is published in the second collection of Qianlong's literary works, which indicates that it was composed in late November 1748, when the emperor probably inscribed it on Zou Fulei's painting. In addition to the poem, the emperor had eight of his collector seals affixed along the upper length of the painting. Qianlong's son and successor, the Jiaqing emperor (reigned 1796-1820), also added his own square imperial seal directly above his father's inscription.

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.

label: Provenance

content: Fukushima Company, New York 1931 [1]

content: From 1931

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Fukushima Company, New York in 1931 [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Writing, Carving and Rubbing: China’s Calligraphic Arts (April 4 to October 25, 2009)

content: Beyond Brushwork: Symbolism in Chinese Painting (April 29 to November 26, 2006)

content: A Breath of Spring (May 17, 1999 to January 9, 2000)

content: From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)

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

content: Chinese Calligraphy (April 18, 1977 to September 13, 1977)

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

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

content: Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to October 4, 1943)

content: Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Fukushima Company

label: Origin

content: China

content: flower

content: spring

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: plum blossom

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (painting): 34.1 x 223.1 cm (13 7/16 x 87 13/16 in)

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Flowers
Spring
Plum blossom

content: China

label: Title

content: A Breath of Spring 春消息圖

title_sort: A BREATH OF SPRING 春消息圖

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: A Breath of Spring 春消息圖


content: middle 8th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

label: Description

content: Lunette: engraved design on obverse in very low relief; three figures, a Taoist triad, placed within interlacing floral scrolls. Two characters beneath central figure. Border raised; incised floral design. Limestone. Color, dark grey with golden-brown patina (?). Broken. Repaired.

label: Inscriptions

content: 1. (From original folder sheet note 5) (Undated folder sheet note, C.T. Loo)

content: To 1924

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

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in July 1924. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Freer Gallery of Art accession file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Untitled Exhibition, North Corridor (November 20, 1969 to December 11, 1984)

content: Centennial Exhibition, North Corridor (February 25, 1956 to November 20, 1969)

content: Stone Sculpture, Gallery 16, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to February 4, 1944)

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

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

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Daoism

content: flower

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: Laozi

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 74.6 x 165.5 x 25 cm (29 3/8 x 65 3/16 x 9 13/16 in)

topic:
Art
Daoism
Laozi
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Flowers
Stone

content: China

content: Lunette

title_sort: LUNETTE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Lunette