label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 73 x 49.8 cm (28 3/4 x 19 5/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Miscellaneous studies

title_sort: MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Miscellaneous studies


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: Dated 550 CE

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1914 [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 S.I.

content: 493, Original Miscellaneous List, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: forgery

content: China

content: abhaya mudra

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: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 41.7 × 24 × 15 cm (16 7/16 × 9 7/16 × 5 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Buddhist trinity

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: BUDDHIST TRINITY

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Buddhist trinity


content: ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Semi circular plaque of the type huang 璜; inner curve conically bored; obverse: closely mottled olive and yellow greens with golden brown roughened areas near outer rim; reverse: mottled yellow browns with traces of greens, surface roughened and discolored with incipient disintegration; four functional holes. (Rim chipped and worn.)

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1019, pg. 221, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 8.4 x 17.6 x 0.7 cm (3 5/16 x 6 15/16 x 1/4 in)

date:
BCE 3000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜), made from a disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: ARC-SHAPED PENDANT (HUANG 璜), MADE FROM A DISK (BI 璧)

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: mid 19th century

content: , Reign of Sawai Pratap Singh

label: Court

content: Jaipur Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Rajput school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India

content: lion

content: Devi

content: Durga

content: horse

content: battle

content: demon

content: India

content: trishula

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W: 27.3 x 38 cm (10 3/4 x 14 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

place:
Jaipur
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Trishula
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Wars
Art
Animals
Demon
Horses
Devi (Hindu deity)
Durga? (Hindu deity)

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Durga fighting the rakshashas Shunga and Nishunga, from a Devi Mahatmya

title_sort: DURGA FIGHTING THE RAKSHASHAS SHUNGA AND NISHUNGA, FROM A DEVI MAHATMYA

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: 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

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


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, 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)

label: Origin

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Container

content: Gilt bronze

content: H: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Needle case (fragment)

title_sort: NEEDLE CASE (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Needle case (fragment)


label: Date

content: Qing dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1122, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: carving

content: jade

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: qilin

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade

content: H x W: 18.4 x 4.3 cm (7 1/4 x 1 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Carving
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Jade
Qilin

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a chisel

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A CHISEL

title: Ornament in the form of a chisel


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 1.1 cm (7/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

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: [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

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: An interior of Moreby Hall in Yorkshire; in the center of the wall a large open fireplace with paintings above; to the left a seated figure; signed with butterfly at lower left.

label: Signatures

content: Blue-black butterfly in lower left corner

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board. The paper support is mounted on top of a manufactured board that already had a facing paper. Graphite sight marks in all four corners.

content: To 1904

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936), Edinburgh, Scotland, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan, through William Marchant and Co, London, in June 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 19, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)

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

content: 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (Spring or Autumn of 1904)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: crop marks

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: emerald green

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: cadmium yellow

content: strontium chromate

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: fire

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 19.5 x 28.3 cm (7 11/16 x 11 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Cowan, John James

topic:
Crop marks
Art
Cadmium yellow
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Cerulean blue
Vermilion
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Fire
Strontium chromate
Prussian blue
Emerald green
Burnt sienna

content: United States

content: Moreby Hall

title_sort: MOREBY HALL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Moreby Hall


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, triple

title_sort: BEAD, TRIPLE

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, triple


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 1, 1

label: Label

content: Unlike Whistler's early lithotints that were drawn directly on the printing stone, The Broad Bridge was based on a preliminary charcoal drawing. Whistler traced the drawing onto a stone, going over the resulting outline with a crayon and adding washes. He finished the design by scraping away some of the tone to lighten the sky beneath the left span. The resulting image is in reverse, but the view is towards central London, through the wooden piers of old Battersea Bridge, with the Chelsea clock-tower in the middle right.

content: Whistler lithographs are identified by "C." numbers as described in The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998). This print is C11.

content: To 1895

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1895 [1]

content: From 1895 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1895 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Whistler and the Thames (December 17, 2000 to June 17, 2001)

content: Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints, East Corridor (January 5, 1944 to January 8, 1947)

content: Lithographs and Lithotints by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.5 x 28 cm (7 5/16 x 11 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Bridges
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Store front

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Broad Bridge

title_sort: THE BROAD BRIDGE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Broad Bridge


label: Date

content: ca. 2000-ca. 1400 BCE

label: Period

content: Erlitou culture or early Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Fragment of ceremonial implement, of the type ko [ge] 戈; a notched handle with circular perforation and a portion of the slightly curved blade with median ridge; opaque black with traces of dark brown near perforation;

content: smooth surface. (Jagged break across blade; cracks.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated from Shansi province [1]

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1305, pg. 295, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: probably Shaanxi province, but purportedly found at Shanxi, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Erligang period, Early Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1400 BCE)

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Erlitou culture, ca. 2000-1600 BCE

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 9.5 x 29.4 x 0.7 cm (3 3/4 x 11 9/16 x 5/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Shaanxi province
China
but purportedly found at Shanxi

culture:
Erlitou culture
Chinese

content: China

content: Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE 戈), FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment


content: 14th century

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1326, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: goose

content: flower

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 112.9 x 51.5 cm (44 7/16 x 20 1/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Goose
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Flowers
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Geese, other birds, flowers and bamboos

title_sort: GEESE, OTHER BIRDS, FLOWERS AND BAMBOOS

label: Screen Image

title: Geese, other birds, flowers and bamboos


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Hishikawa Sori 菱川宗理

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, S.I. 2A, pg. 2, 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: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 21.5 x 46 cm (8 7/16 x 18 1/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A girl with a battledore

title_sort: A GIRL WITH A BATTLEDORE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A girl with a battledore


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century)

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. 1001, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: family

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 27.6 x 122.2 cm (10 7/8 x 48 1/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Ge Hong Moving House

title_sort: GE HONG MOVING HOUSE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Ge Hong Moving House


content: Muromachi period

content: Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506)

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, pg. 30, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)

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

content: Untitled, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1894 (1894)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 178.5 x 379.8 cm (70 1/4 x 149 1/2 in)

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

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

content: Japan

content: Landscape

title_sort: LANDSCAPE

title: Landscape


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: The main square in Brussels, officially named Grote Markt (Big Market), offers a beautiful view beloved by tourists who visit the Belgian capital, as Whistler did in 1887. Unlike Whistler’s London subjects, Grand’ Place captures seventeenth-century houses united behind a monumental façade. Within, craftguilds comprising carpet makers, tanners, millers, cartwrights, sculptors, and stone cutters drove the economic life of Brussels. Whistler also includes a sign reading “Sale de Vent,” indicating a sale room or auction house, to layer the modern business of art atop the historic guildhalls.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G335 state 1 of 2.

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, Voucher No. 10, December 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: palace

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22 x 14.1 cm (8 11/16 x 5 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

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

content: United States

content: Grand' Place, Brussels

title_sort: GRAND' PLACE, BRUSSELS

label: Screen Image

title: Grand' Place, Brussels


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: To 1906

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

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: metal

content: copper

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: girl

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 11.9 x 8 cm (4 11/16 x 3 1/8 in)

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

label: Title

content: Anniie

title_sort: ANNIIE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Anniie


content: circa 900-1400

content: To 1981

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

content: From 1981 to 1988

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

content: From 1988 to 1995

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

content: From 1995

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

content: Syria?

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

content: Vessel

content: Blown and enameled glass

content: H x W x D (overall): 3 x 3.4 x 1.9 cm (1 3/16 x 1 5/16 x 3/4 in)

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

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Islamic glass fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Islamic glass fragment


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K55, 2nd state of 2.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G35, state not provided.

content: To 1889

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1889 [1]

content: From 1889 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1889 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 22.7 x 15.1 cm (8 15/16 x 5 15/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: C.L. Drouet, Sculptor

title_sort: C.L. DROUET, SCULPTOR

title: C.L. Drouet, Sculptor


content: late 17th-early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 292, pg. 148, 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)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: river

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, gold, and silver on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 31.4 x 22.7 cm (12 3/8 x 8 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Narihira crossing the Sumida river

title_sort: NARIHIRA CROSSING THE SUMIDA RIVER

label: Screen Image

title: Narihira crossing the Sumida river


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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1524)

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: deer

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: plum blossom

content: river

content: Daoist Immortals

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 35.2 x 34.6 cm (13 7/8 x 13 5/8 in)

name:
Ming Sai, Pao
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Daoist Immortals
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers
Plum blossom

content: China

content: Immortal, deer, and boy

title_sort: IMMORTAL, DEER, AND BOY

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Immortal, deer, and boy


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 in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 243, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 168 x 31 cm (66 1/8 x 12 3/16 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. Buddhist monk's stole (ohi 被)

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. BUDDHIST MONK'S STOLE (OHI 被)


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: holy man

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 49.8 x 73 cm (19 5/8 x 28 3/4 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Buddhist figure

title_sort: BUDDHIST FIGURE

label: Screen Image

title: Buddhist figure


label: Date

content: 14th century

content: Late Yuan or early Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Li Song (傳)李嵩 (late 12th-early 13th century)

label: Label

content: This painting illustrates the shore of the famed West Lake in the Southern Song (1127-1279) capital Lin'an (modern Hangzhou), which Marco Polo (ca. 1254-1324) once visited and appropriately described as follows:

content: "The lake is provided with a great number of boats or barges, big and small, in which people take pleasure-trips…. They are roofed over with decks on which stand men with poles, which they thrust into the bottom of the lake, and thus propel the barges where they are bidden…. And indeed a voyage on this lake offers more refreshment and delectation than any other experience on earth."

content: Translation from Robert Latham, The Travels of Marco Polo (New York: Penguin Books, 1958).

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

content: To 1911

content: Cheng Kuan, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 753, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Boating on a River (February 12 to August 14, 2005)

content: Work and Commerce: Everyday Life in Chinese Painting (June 19, 2004 to January 17, 2005)

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

content: Cheng Kuan (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: boat

content: China

content: birds-eye view

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (painting): 32.9 x 1581.1 cm (12 15/16 x 622 1/2 in)

name:
Kuan, Cheng
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Birds-eye view
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Scenic attractions of West Lake 西湖清趣圖

title_sort: SCENIC ATTRACTIONS OF WEST LAKE 西湖清趣圖

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Scenic attractions of West Lake 西湖清趣圖


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Cheng Kuan, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 754, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Cheng Kuan (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 28.6 x 138.5 cm (11 1/4 x 54 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Emperor Shi Le reverencing a buddhist monk

title_sort: EMPEROR SHI LE REVERENCING A BUDDHIST MONK

label: High-resolution JPEG