content: 305 BCE-19 CE

label: Period

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 20, 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: 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

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: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 1.4 cm (9/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment (one-half) of a button bead

title_sort: FRAGMENT (ONE-HALF) OF A BUTTON BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment (one-half) of a button bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, 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: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: river

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 20.7 x 16.4 cm (8 1/8 x 6 7/16 in)

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

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

type: Country

content: United States

content: The Rhine , near Worms and Oppeheim

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: THE RHINE , NEAR WORMS AND OPPEHEIM

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Rhine , near Worms and Oppeheim


label: Date

content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Bosu (1124-1182)

content: To 1911

content: Yen Ching Tong, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yen Ching Tong in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 710, 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: Yen Ching Tong (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: mountain

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 26.4 x 197.3 cm (10 3/8 x 77 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yen, Ching Tong

topic:
Mountains
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Horses
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Landscape with buildings and travelers

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH BUILDINGS AND TRAVELERS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Landscape with buildings and travelers


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 561, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, as well as Accession List, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

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: Ink on paper

content: W (overall): 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Kwannon

title_sort: KWANNON

title: Kwannon


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides; darkly mottled brown and olive green with reddish and yellow tints; irregular in thickness and circumference, unevenly cut leaving saw marks. (Three damaged areas on rim.)

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 Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 549, pg. 155, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 13.8 x 1.7 cm (5 7/16 x 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ball


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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: flower

content: peony

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: pomegranate

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 155.5 x 31.5 cm (61 1/4 x 12 3/8 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk. Buddhist monk's stole (ohi 被)

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

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, 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 Album List, pg. 30, S.I. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: temple

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color on silk

content: H x W (image): 27.5 x 27.6 cm (10 13/16 x 10 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Pine tree
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Temple
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Mountain landscape: crags, temple and pines

title_sort: MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE: CRAGS, TEMPLE AND PINES


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern 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

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

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

title: Bead


content: Edo period

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 309, 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: bird

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

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 and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 107.1 × 45.6 cm (42 3/16 × 17 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tall girl; dress patterned with ho-o bird and kiri flowers

title_sort: TALL GIRL; DRESS PATTERNED WITH HO-O BIRD AND KIRI FLOWERS

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 26, 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: Exhibition History

content: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in)

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Ball


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

label: Screen Image

title: Ball


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Label

content: Emblematic of long life, the crane design on this case for needles used in acupuncture therapy reflects the health-giving properties of the treatment.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Miscellaneous List, S. I. 1270, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)

content: Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: gilding

content: engraving (incising)

content: metal

content: silver

content: crane

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: medicine

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Container

content: Gilt silver

content: H x Diam: 6.9 x 1.3 cm (2 11/16 x 1/2 in)

topic:
Gilding
Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
Medicine
Silver
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Korean Art
Crane
Engraving (incising)
Metal-work

room: Gallery 14

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Body for acupuncture needle case (set with F1917.539)

title_sort: BODY FOR ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE CASE (SET WITH F1917.539)

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Zhou Fang (傳)周昉 (ca. 730-ca. 800)

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1043, 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: Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: woman

content: qin

content: zither

content: garden

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 28.5 x 69.4 cm (11 1/4 x 27 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Musical instruments
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qin
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Gardens
Woman

content: China

content: Palace ladies tuning a zither (qin)

title_sort: PALACE LADIES TUNING A ZITHER (QIN)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Palace ladies tuning a zither (qin)


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 2

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G38 state 2 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: wine

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.4 x 5.5 cm (3 5/16 x 2 3/16 in)

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Wine Glass

title_sort: THE WINE GLASS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Wine Glass


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Possibly Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: A circular-domed cover.

content: Clay: soft,red.

content: Glaze: llight-green with slight iridescence.

content: Decoration : molded in relief; two fishes, crossed, within a circle; a wave-design in the dorder. See also F1907.52.

content: Glazed pottery.

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in China from an unidentified owner in 1907 [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. 1504, 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

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 4 × 17.6 cm (1 9/16 × 6 15/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Vessel cover

title_sort: VESSEL COVER

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Vessel cover


content: early 18th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 19.4 x 13.7 cm (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Portrait of an officer

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Portrait of an officer


label: Date

content: ca. 900 BCE

label: Period

content: Western 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. 690, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall): 3.4 x 9.4 x 3 cm (1 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 1 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a tiger (fragment)

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A TIGER (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 17th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Dark gray clay, lustrous dark brown on surface. Large cross-shaped potter's mark incised on body. Natural deposits of ash glaze on shoulder, including large patch of opaque white rice-straw ash, partially flaked off.

label: Label

content: Unglazed stonewares began to be made in the Tokoname area in the 12th century, and they were shipped to markets throughout Japan. The most important early wares were vats in various sizes, but the kilns also made smaller jars. Unglazed stoneware continued to be a mainstay of the Tokoname kilns until recent decades, although glazed wares and unglazed red wares imitating Chinese I-hsing pottery were also produced.

content: To 1899

content: S. Eida, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Eida in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 156, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tokoname kilns, Aichi prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Tokoname ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: natural ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with natural ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 22.8 × 18.8 cm (9 × 7 3/8 in)

label: Style

content: Tokoname ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Eida, S.

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Tokoname kilns

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Tokoname ware
Natural ash glaze

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tokoname ware storage jar

title_sort: TOKONAME WARE STORAGE JAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tokoname ware storage jar


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 201, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Silk

content: H x W: 205.5 x 106.5 cm (80 7/8 x 41 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

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

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

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G150, state not provided.

content: To 1893

content: M. Knoedler & Co., New York to 1893 [1]

content: From 1893 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, in March of 1893 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Objects transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This print is part of a set that was purchased from Knoedler and Co. in March of 1893. The set was kept in the Reserve Section until January of 1921, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and each print given a registration number for that year (see Curatorial Remark 1, G. D. Guest, 1921, in the object package). See also, Accession List, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15.8 x 23.2 cm (6 1/4 x 9 1/8 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: The Beach, Hastings

title_sort: THE BEACH, HASTINGS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Beach, Hastings


label: Date

content: 4th-6th 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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, S.I. 71p, pg. 23, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: chrysanthemum

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: shikishi

content: Japanese 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, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 17.5 x 17.4 cm (6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Shinsuke, Hayashi

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

content: Japan

content: Chrysanthemums

title_sort: CHRYSANTHEMUMS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Chrysanthemums


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: " Hill-jar": cylindrical, tripod. Spur on base. Cover. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: soft, fine, red.

content: Glaze: gvreen, with silver iridescence; largely disintegrated; crackled with age.

content: Decoration: a band of animals and mounted hunters; two rudimentary head a nd ring handles, molded in relief. Seated bear feet. Cover molded in rounded mountain forms; animals in relief.

content: To 1906

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1469, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

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

content: Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

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: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: bear

content: hunting

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: mountain

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 26.7 × 23.4 cm (10 1/2 × 9 3/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")

title_sort: TOMB VESSEL WITH LID ("HILL JAR")

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: The bare tree leaning over the wall on the right together with the very limited range of color, suggest that this drawing was completed during the winter of 1879–80, near the beginning of Whistler's fourteen month stay in Venice. Whistler used bright whites and the palest blues and pinks to suggest the snapping of drying laundry on a cold day. The pastel is unsigned and probably was not included in the 1881 Fine Art Society exhibition.

content: To 1904

content: Colnaghi, London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 25, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

content: Colnaghi (established 1760) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Drawing

content: Crayon and pastel on brown paper

content: H x W: 30 x 12.7 cm (11 13/16 x 5 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Colnaghi

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art

content: United States

label: Title

content: A Street in Venice

title_sort: A STREET IN VENICE

label: Screen Image

title: A Street in Venice


label: Period

content: Momoyama period

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, 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. 81, pg. 22, 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: Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016)

content: Japanese Screens (February 6, 1987 to April 15, 1987)

content: Year of the Monkey (May 18, 1980 to February 15, 1981)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: water

content: river

content: monkey

content: Japan

content: Japanese 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 on paper

content: H x W (.218): 176.5 x 371.1 cm (69 1/2 x 146 1/8 in)

content: H x W (.219): 176.5 x 370.8 cm (69 1/2 x 146 in)

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Animals
Japanese Art
Monkeys
Rivers

content: Japan

content: Monkeys and trees on a river bank

title_sort: MONKEYS AND TREES ON A RIVER BANK

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Monkeys and trees on a river bank


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Boju (ca. 1120s-ca.1162)

content: To 1909

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, 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 Album List, pg. 31, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: bird

content: bamboo

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 23.4 x 21.8 cm (9 3/16 x 8 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

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

content: China

content: Two birds swinging on a branch of bamboo

title_sort: TWO BIRDS SWINGING ON A BRANCH OF BAMBOO

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: mid 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Ogata Ihachi (Kyoto Kenzan II) (active 1720-1760)

label: Description

content: Gold lacquer repair.

content: Clay: hard, fine. Stoneware.

content: Glaze: cream, finely crackled.

content: Decoration: white slip with iron and impure cobalt under glaze. Pavilion and landscape.

label: Signatures

content: "Kenzan Sei Sho," (inscribed by Kenzan) with "ji"-style cipher.

label: Label

content: The poem reads: "In tranquility, the universe is great." The conflation of a vast entity with a small bounded space is a common theme in Zen poetry, and ultimately derives from the early and influential Daoist test Zhuangzi (ca. 3d century B.C.E.) A ceramic prototype with this expression can be seen in kosometsuke, the late-Ming cobalt-decorated porcelains imported into Japan in the early-Edo period. Here, since half the poem is on the outside and half on the inside, the full measure of the verse--and its relation to the enclosed space of the vessel, which "becomes" the universe in metaphor--is revealed either through drinking or otherwise handling the bowl. Serious poetic appreciation thus merges into mischievous "parlor" humor, with parallels in painted sake cups that reveal comical faces or other figures as they are tipped.

content: To 1896

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 481, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

content: Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

content: The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: mountain

content: tea

content: pavilion

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip, iron and cobalt pigments under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 7.3 × 10 cm (2 7/8 × 3 15/16 in)

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

topic:
Mountains
Pavilion
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Lacquer repair
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl with design of mountain retreat

title_sort: TEA BOWL WITH DESIGN OF MOUNTAIN RETREAT

label: Screen Image


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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass

content: Bead. Damaged

title_sort: BEAD. DAMAGED

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead. Damaged


content: early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Bunkaku

content: This rare painting depicts the stage of the Takemoto theater in Osaka during a performance of the puppet play, The Woman's Potted Dwarf Trees. The story takes place during the reign of Hojo Tokiyori (1227-1263), a leader of the recently formed Kamakura military government. A retainer of that government, Tsuneyo, fell into disfavor and was banished. One snowy night Tsuneyo and his wife, living in much diminished circumstances, received a traveling monk seeking shelter. Tsuneyo, embarrassed by his poverty, turned the monk away, but his wife persuaded him to show mercy. When firewood had been used up, Tsuneyo removed beloved dwarf trees (bonsai) from their pots and burned them to provide warmth for his guest. Later, Tsuneyo's generous hospitality was rewarded with reinstatement, because the monk was really a high government official traveling in disguise. Until the late nineteenth century this painting remained in a family of theater musicians founded by Tsuruzawa Tomojiro (died 1747). The painting's vitality and detail suggest the passion for all types of theater performance during the Edo period (1615-1868).

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 Reserved Screen List, R. 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

content: Japanese Theatre in the Edo Period (July 22, 1985 to October 15, 1985)

content: Japanese Lacquer (18 May 1980 to 15 June 1980)

content: Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls, 1946 (April 30, 1946 to October 3, 1947)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: puppetry

content: theater

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: musician

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 152.6 x 377 cm (60 1/16 x 148 7/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Theater
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Shamisen
Music
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Puppets
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e
Musicians

content: Japan

content: A Puppet-show: The Story of The Potted Trees

title_sort: A PUPPET-SHOW: THE STORY OF THE POTTED TREES

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Makimono List, L. 776, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object was kept in the Reserved Section until 1921, when it was given a regular registration number.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 28.3 x 317.2 cm (11 1/8 x 124 7/8 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Scenes from the life of Tao Yuanming (part 2)

title_sort: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF TAO YUANMING (PART 2)

label: Screen Image


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: From 1876 to 1892

content: Frederick Richards Leyland (1831-1892), London, from 1876 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1894

content: Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland, London, from 1892 [2]

content: From 1894 to 1904

content: Mrs. James Watney (Blanche Marie Georgiana Burrell Watney), London, purchased from the Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland in 1894 [3]

content: Obach & Co., London, purchased from Mrs. James Watney, through Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1904 [4]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [5]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [6]

content: Notes:

content: [1] These panels were removed from a staircase in Frederick Richard Leyland's house, 49 Prince's Gate, London (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record). When Frederick Richard Leyland died in 1892, 49 Prince's Gate - and its contents - was offered for sale.

content: Leyland's porcelains and other treasures were sold. The house - which still contained these stair panels, as well as the famous Peacock Room - did not bring a high enough offer and it was withdrawn from sale. It was finally purchased in 1894 by Mrs. James (Blanche) Watney. Upon discovering that the Peacock Room could be taken apart and reassembled, Mrs. Watney decided to sell the room. In 1903, Mrs. Watney engaged Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries in Leicester Square as agents. Unable to purchase, dismantle, and reassemble the room on their own, Ernest Brown, one of principals, enlisted the cooperation of Obach & Co., a larger gallery on New Bond Street. In 1904, Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room from Obach & Co., and soon thereafter purchased these stair panels (see Curatorial Remark 5, David Park Curry, 1984, in the object record). See also, F1904.61, Curatorial Remarks and Provenance, for more information.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See note 1. Also, the exact nature of the transactions between Mrs. Watney, Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, and Obach & Co. is somewhat unclear. Messrs. Brown and Phillips appear to have acted simply as agents for Mrs. Watney, facilitating the sale of architectural fragments of 49 Prince's Gate, from Mrs. Watney to Obach & Co.

content: Obach & Co. appear to have been full owners of these pieces, having purchased them from Mrs. Watney before selling them to Freer.

content: [5] See notes 1 and 4.

content: [6] 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: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room (July 13, 2024 to January 21, 2027)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: morning glory

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 11: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Oil paint and metal leaf on wood

content: H x W: 51.1 x 36.8 cm (20 1/8 x 14 1/2 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Morning glory

room: Gallery 11

content: United States

content: Staircase panel

title_sort: STAIRCASE PANEL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Staircase panel


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Reportedly excavated in Lo-yang, Honan [1]

content: Wu Dacheng (1835-1902) [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] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "Formerly in the collection of Wu Ta Ch'eng of Kiangsu, and said to have been excavated at Lo-yang, Honan."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1406, pg. 330, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Wu Dacheng 吳大澂 (1835-1902)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 16 x 1.2 cm (6 1/4 x 1/2 in)

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

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Wu, Dacheng

room: Gallery 19

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: ca. 1735-1740

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Manaku (active ca.1700-1760)

label: School/Tradition

content: Guler school

label: Description

content: Dressed in the fashion of a nobleman at the court of Shah Jahan, the divine sage Dhanvantari wears a white jama and a gold-bordered patka (sash) adorned with a large flower motif. His beard is white, his face wrinkled with age, and he wears a Vaishnava tilak mark on his forehead. He sits on a yellow carpet decorated with gray-green leaves and maroon flowers. A narrow strip of cloud-streaked sky borders the brilliant orange ground. He holds two objects that may be associated with medicine.

label: Inscriptions

content: Verso: Three lines of Devanagari script in black and red ink: Herewith ends the first chapter Bhagavat Mahapurana. Dhanvantari (twelfth avatar) 16

label: Label

content: Dhanvantari, whose name means "arrow-moving," is regarded as the father of Ayurvedic medicine. The Bhagavata Purana relates that he emerged among the treasures thrown up by the turning of the sea, when the gods and demons worked together to churn the primordial ocean, thereby creating the entire universe. Dhanvantari appeared from the roiling waters bearing a jug filled with amrita, the nectar of immortality, as a gift for the gods. In more typical iconography, the sage holds the amrita jug and a conch shell signalling his affiliation with the god Vishnu. Here, however, Dhanvantari holds perhaps an air pump and a plant root.

content: Ayurveda, the indigenous medical system of India, has been practiced for thousands of years. Beyond herbal remedies and diet recommendations, Ayurvedic texts dating to the sixth century provide instructions on procedures as sophisticated as cataract removal and rhinoplasty. Ayurvedic medicine is popular today in both India and America, and is often used in conjunction with modern medicinal technologies. Hindus traditionally worship Dhanvantari for good health on the first day of Diwali.

content: All surviving paintings and preparatory drawings from the small Bhagavata Purana are attributed to the renowned artist Manaku. From a renowned artistic family, Manaku was the son of Pandit Seu and the elder brother of Nainsukh. He was born in the small Pahari kingdom of Guler ca. 1700 and began receiving important commissions by around 1725. The small Bhagavata Purana was commissioned around 1740. Traditional Pahari painting features flattened figures bounded by a strong contour, set within intensely colored backgrounds, bordered by a narrow strip of sky at top and a strip of river at bottom. Manaku brought this regional style to its apex.

content: To 1967

content: Essajees, Mumbai, India. [1]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from the Essajees, Mumbai, India in December 1967. [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [3]

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glyn Benkaim. [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in December 1967 from the Essajees of Mumbai, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [4] See note 3.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Essajee's (founded 1890)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Guler, Himachal Pradesh state, India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: man

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: physician

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (painting): 16.5 × 26.7 cm (6 1/2 × 10 1/2 in)

content: H x W (overall): 20.7 × 31.1 cm (8 1/8 × 12 1/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Essajee's

place:
Guler
Himachal Pradesh state
India

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

content: India

label: Title

content: The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” Bhagavata Purana series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli series

title_sort: THE SAGE-PHYSICIAN DHANVANTARI, FOLIO FROM THE “SIXTH” BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE “SMALL” GULER-BASOHLI SERIES

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 711, pg. 179, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bear

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Furniture and Furnishing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 4.2 x 2.6 cm (1 5/8 x 1 in)

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

content: China

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

content: Support in the form of a bear

title_sort: SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A BEAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Support in the form of a bear


label: Date

content: early 17th-mid 18th century

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

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

content: From 1992

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

label: Origin

content: Possibly Netherlands

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 2.9 x 2.5 cm (1 1/8 x 1 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

title: Glass fragment


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Teabowl. With plain rim, brown lacquer repairs, well-cut foot.

content: Clay: coarse stoneware fired reddish brown.

content: Glaze: clear with tan cloudy patches, misfired to dull olive tan on one side.

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [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. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 656, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Shodai ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with bamboo-grass-ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 6.6 × 11.5 cm (2 5/8 × 4 1/2 in)

label: Style

content: Shodai ware

place:
Japan
Kumamoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Shodai ware rice bowl, used as tea bowl

title_sort: SHODAI WARE RICE BOWL, USED AS TEA BOWL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Shodai ware rice bowl, used as tea bowl


content: 1307-1196 BCE

label: Period

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: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 30, 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: molding

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: ram

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2 cm (13/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of an inlay in the form of a ram's horn

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY IN THE FORM OF A RAM'S HORN


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 190, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Silk and gilt paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 187.5 x 31.5 cm (73 13/16 x 12 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Length of lined textile, fragment from an obi

title_sort: LENGTH OF LINED TEXTILE, FRAGMENT FROM AN OBI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image


content: early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kawamata Tsuneyuki 川又常行 (1676?-1741?)

label: Signatures

content: Signed: Tsuneyuki hitsu.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

label: Label

content: The Tale of Genji, written in the early eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a woman of the imperial court, became widely known during the Edo period (1615-1868) through illustrated printed books. By the eighteenth century, when this painting was created, the conventional elements identifying famous episodes were recognizable, even without text. Here a scene from the thirty-fourth chapter of Genji is transformed into an unexpected contemporary context through a convention known as mitate (often translated as "parody"), a literary and pictorial device that employs an unexpected parallel or comparison between apparently unrelated images.

content: In The Tale of Genji, an illicit romance begins when Prince Genji's rival at court glimpses Genji's new wife as a cat pushes the bamboo curtain aside during a game of kemari, a form of kickball. Here, the Genji scene is suggested by the white kemari ball, the spring setting, and the woman concealed behind a bamboo blind, but instead of Heian-period (794-1185) courtiers, the women in the courtyard are contemporary courtesans of the urban "floating world," and the woman behind the blind, who is a high-ranking courtesan, reclines as she allows the red lining of her kimono to show alluringly outside the curtain.

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 Panel List, L. 6, 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: Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond (November 17, 2018 to October 20, 2019)

content: Tales and Legends in Japanese Art (June 21, 2003 to January 4, 2004)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: playing

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: game playing

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W (image): 53.4 × 53.4 cm (21 × 21 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Parody of a scene from The Tale of Genji

title_sort: PARODY OF A SCENE FROM THE TALE OF GENJI

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; obverse has mottled shades of dark mahogany brown and cloudy areas of incipient disintegration, reverse of mottled golden browns, olive, and tan with scattered areas of gray incipient disintegration; surface contours irregular in thickness, several gouges or saw marks. (Slight chips on rim.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1344, 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: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 18.5 x 1.3 cm (7 5/16 x 1/2 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: late 18th-19th century

content: Edo period

content: Temmoku tea bowl. Silver rim.

content: Clay: hard, ringing, grayish.

content: Glaze: lustrous pinkish-yellow; over-flow of gray-white. Double crackle.

content: To 1898

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 395, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kansai region or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Kyoto-related ware

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

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with iron glaze; metal rim

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 6 × 13.4 cm (2 3/8 × 5 1/4 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto-related ware or Agano ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan
Kansai region

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl

title_sort: TEA BOWL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl


label: Date

label: Artist

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 G86 state 2 of 6.

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

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: work

content: United States

content: blacksmith

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 19.5 x 31.5 cm (7 11/16 x 12 3/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Blacksmith
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Forge

title_sort: THE FORGE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Forge


content: early 13th century

label: Provenance

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

label: Origin

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone-paste painted with luster

content: H x W x D: 3.2 x 11.9 x 10.2 cm (1 1/4 x 4 11/16 x 4 in)

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragmentary base of a bowl with image of a rider

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY BASE OF A BOWL WITH IMAGE OF A RIDER


label: Date

content: 18th or 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

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 1907 [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. 1206, pg. 25, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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

content: Container

label: Medium

content: Wood, brass and mother of pearl

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 17.7 x 30.9 x 22.9 cm (6 15/16 x 12 3/16 x 9 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Box

title_sort: BOX

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Box


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 13th-14th century

content: Goryeo 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 Original Bronze List, S.I. 556, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: casting

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: Mirror

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 16.6 x 16.2 x 0.4 cm (6 9/16 x 6 3/8 x 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

title: Mirror


label: Date

content: 200 BCE-100 CE

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 20, 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: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mosaic glass
Ancient Egyptian Art

culture: Egyptians Syrians

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

title: Fragment of an inlay


content: 14th-15th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 40, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. 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: Ancient Chinese Paintings, Sculptures, and Jade Objects from the Collection formed by Charles Lang Freer (November 15 to December 08, 1917)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: tree

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: waterfall

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W: 25.4 x 30.8 cm (10 x 12 1/8 in)

topic:
Trees
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Waterfalls
Chinese Art
Men
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Landscape: two men sitting under a tree beside a waterfall

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: TWO MEN SITTING UNDER A TREE BESIDE A WATERFALL