label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G99 state 1 of 8.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler's Greatest Etchings: 1889 Amsterdam Set (June 28, 2003 to February 1, 2004)

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: water

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 13.3 x 20.9 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Amsterdam, from the Tolhuis

title_sort: AMSTERDAM, FROM THE TOLHUIS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Amsterdam, from the Tolhuis


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: 700-750 CE

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 279, 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: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

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

content: Special Exhibit for King and Queen of Nepal (April 26, 1960 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Art (July 19, 1958 to April 26, 1960)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

content: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

content: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: probably Shaanxi province, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Guanyin

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 15 × 5.3 × 4.9 cm (5 15/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

place:
Shaanxi province
China

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Bodhisattva
Metal-work
Guanyin

culture: Buddhists Chinese

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN)

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: goose

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 26.5 x 35.9 cm (10 7/16 x 14 1/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Goose

title_sort: GOOSE

title: Goose


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Tawaraya Sotatsu 俵屋宗達 (fl. ca. 1600-1643)

label: Label

content: The brilliant paintings on this pair of folding screens are regarded as masterpieces among only six surviving sets of screens by Sotatsu, a talented and innovative artist who headed a painting workshop known as Tawaraya. As a townsman, Sotatsu produced paintings such as fans for popular consumption. By the late 1620s, however, Sotatsu was painting for the imperial court, and his works survive in the collections of the Kyoto imperial palace. For his artistic merit, he was granted the honorary Buddhist ecclesiastical title Hokkyo (Bridge of the Law), which is included in his signature on these screens.

content: Matsushima (Pine Islands) is the name of a famous site (meisho) near Sendai, a city in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan. Its beauty inspired both poets and painters. In Sotatsu's screens the rock from which pine trees grow are rendered in brilliant mineral colors of green, blue, and brown, highlighted with gold. Waves in animated forms are delineated in alternating lines of ink and gold, producing a luminous effect. Clouds and embankments are rendered in particles of gold leaf accented with silver, which has darkened over time to a soft black tone.

content: Sotatsu's innovative composition creates a dynamic interplay among the land and cloud forms, the bending pines, and churning waves. His lifelong interest in pictorial composition left a lasting legacy. Later painters of the Rimpa school, such as Ogata Korin (1658-1716), repeated the Matsushima theme in their work. The Matsushima screens were probably painted in the early Kan'ei era (1624-44), a period of cultural efflorescence in Kyoto.

label: Provenance

content: To 1906

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

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 123-124, L. 115, pg. 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Rinpa Screens (February 25, 2023 to February 24, 2024)

content: Sotatsu: Making Waves (Saturday, October 24, 2015 to Sunday, January 31, 2016)

content: Waves at Matsushima (May 28 to July 25, 2011)

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

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

content: Japanese Art in the Age of Koetsu (June 6, 1998 to February 15, 1999)

content: Japanese Screens (August 13, 1997 to May 4, 1998)

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

content: Japanese Screens (February 11, 1983 to July 19, 1988)

content: Rimpa Screens (October 9, 1980 to December 21, 1981)

content: Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)

content: Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

content: Japanese Art—Painted Screens (August 18, 1967 to May 2, 1973)

content: Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

content: Japanese Screen Paintings (March 10, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens, 1957 (March 20, 1957 to March 30, 1960)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 5 (February 25, 1956 to March 15, 1957)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls (April 5, 1933 to December 8, 1941)

content: Japanese Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: ocean

content: Japan

content: wave

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

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

content: H x W (overall [each]): 166 x 369.9 cm (65 3/8 x 145 5/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Waves at Matsushima 松島図屏風

title_sort: WAVES AT MATSUSHIMA 松島図屏風

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Waves at Matsushima 松島図屏風


content: Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

label: Inscription

content: Wang Zifan

label: Description

content: Vessel in the shape of a Shang dynasty ceremonial "ku;" copper decorated with cloisonne enamels in light blue, dark blue, green, red, yellow, and white; inside the foot is an inscription of eight characters in relief giving a K'ang-hsi date. A separate flower holder fits inside the mouth.

label: Inscriptions

content: (From the Original Folder Sheet, see Curatorial Remark number 3)

content: The inscription inside the foot is cast in seal characters reading from right to left thus: [Chn]

content: Transcribed into "k'ai-shu" in the usual order it reads: [Chn], and may be translated "Wang Tzu-fan made [this] in the K'ang-hsi period of the Ch'ing dynasty."

content: During the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), the display of ancient objects as well as contemporary ones made in an archaistic style was considered a sign of learning and refined taste. The shape and decoration of this vase, including the mask-like faces on the base, reproduce aspects of a Bronze Age ritual vessel called a gu.

content: To 1911

content: Riu Cheng Chai, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Summary, Price of Art Objects, Second Chinese Shipment, 1911, pg. 3, No. X57, 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: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Gold: The Asian Touch (September 10, 2005 to February 20, 2006)

content: Worshipping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits (June 17 to September 9, 2001)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: cloisonné

content: flower

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Cloisonné

label: Dimensions

content: H: 30.8 cm (12 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Cloisonné
Flowers

room: Gallery 13

building: Freer

content: China

label: Title

content: Vase shaped like an archaic gu

title_sort: VASE SHAPED LIKE AN ARCHAIC GU

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Vase shaped like an archaic gu


label: Date

content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Lin (active early to mid-13th century)

label: Provenance

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 in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 695, 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: Seasons: Chinese Flowers (July 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: butterfly

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 26.9 x 125.5 cm (10 9/16 x 49 7/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Broad bean flowers and butterflies

title_sort: BROAD BEAN FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Broad bean flowers and butterflies


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Signature and seal.

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Yamatoe Miyagawa Choshun no zu.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Choshun no in.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 28, 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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: man

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Full color and lacquer black on silk

content: H x W (overall): 61.2 x 144.7 cm (24 1/8 x 56 15/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Scene in a brothel

title_sort: SCENE IN A BROTHEL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Scene in a brothel


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing and Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 223, 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: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.8 x 11.7 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/8 in)

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

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Mask

title_sort: MASK

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Mask


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1898

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

content: Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)

content: Freer South Corridor (May 9 to August 9, 1993)

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

content: Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: still life

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Ink and watercolor wash on cream wove paper

content: H x W: 22.3 x 17.9 cm (8 3/4 x 7 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art

content: United States

object_type:
Still lifes
Drawings

content: Still life

title_sort: STILL LIFE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Still life


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

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 New York, 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1295, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Chinese Mountains of Immortality: A Focused Look (April 2 to September 25, 2005)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Paintings, 1924 (June 2, 1924 to March 14, 1931)

content: Chinese Panels and Scrolls (May 2, 1923 to June 2, 1924)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: crane

content: pine tree

content: phoenix

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: music

content: mountain

content: lotus

content: woman

content: palace

content: pavilion

content: Daoist Immortals

content: China

content: emperor

content: musician

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 41.5 x 948.7 cm (16 5/16 x 373 1/2 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Daoist Immortals
Art
Baimiao style
Palace
Chinese Art
Crane
Lotus
Kings and rulers
Pine tree
Mountains
Pavilion
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Music
Phoenix
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Woman
Musicians

content: China

content: Realm of the Immortals

title_sort: REALM OF THE IMMORTALS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Realm of the Immortals


content: early 13th century

label: Period

content: Saljuq period

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.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted under and over glaze with enamel (mina'i)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 3.5 x 8.8 x 8.8 cm (1 3/8 x 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 in)

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

label: Title

content: Two fragments of a lid

title_sort: TWO FRAGMENTS OF A LID

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Two fragments of a lid


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 31.2 x 18.3 cm (12 5/16 x 7 3/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Man with broom and cloth

title_sort: MAN WITH BROOM AND CLOTH

title: Man with broom and cloth


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Possibly Han dynasty

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 451-457, page 109, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: horse

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: equestrian

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Lead

content: H x W: 3 x 3.1 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

content: Rider and horse

title_sort: RIDER AND HORSE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Rider and horse


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Dr. John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945), Newton, MA, to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. John Calvin Ferguson in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 937, 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: John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Vaisravana

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Calligraphy

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 36.3 x 298 cm (14 5/16 x 117 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ferguson, John Calvin

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

content: China

content: Colophons to "Vaisravana and Attendants"

title_sort: COLOPHONS TO "VAISRAVANA AND ATTENDANTS"

label: Thumbnail Image


content: ca. 1050-ca. 950 BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ornament of roughly rectangular shape; translucent mottled tan and cream color with areas of white film of incipient disintegration; blunt blade edge is indicated by lightly incised line and beveling; upper edge has irregular notches and a narrow projection; satin smooth surface. (One small chip).

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

content: Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 885, pg. 194, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 8.3 × 2 × 0.3 cm (3 1/4 × 13/16 × 1/8 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

content: China

label: Title

content: Ancestor tablet

title_sort: ANCESTOR TABLET

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ancestor tablet


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Maruyama Okyo 円山応挙 (1733-1795)

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 426, pg. 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: goose

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: mountain

content: Mount Fuji

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 33.7 x 52.9 cm (13 1/4 x 20 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Mount Fuji

title_sort: MOUNT FUJI

title: Mount Fuji


content: Dated 549 CE, or possibly modern

label: Period

content: Period of Division or modern, Eastern Wei dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 315, pg. 80, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)

content: forgery

content: China

content: mandorla

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Stone with pigment

content: H x W x D: 33.4 × 13.2 × 8.5 cm (13 1/8 × 5 3/16 × 3 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta
buddha

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)
Varada mudra
Forgery
Abhaya mudra
Stone

content: China

content: Seated Shijia Buddha (Shakyamuni)

title_sort: SEATED SHIJIA BUDDHA (SHAKYAMUNI)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Seated Shijia Buddha (Shakyamuni)


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Chinese

content: Han

content: Glazed pottery

content: " Hill-jar"; cylindrical vessel with cover; three bear-shaped feet; spur marks.

content: Clay: reddish, sandy texture; fired medium.

content: Glaze: lead silicate; deep green with areas of silvery iridescence, earth incrustations.

content: Decoration: horizontal panels moulded in relief with animals a nd horsemen; two simulated mask and ring handles; cover represents mountains with animals in relief.

content: Excavated in Shensi [1]

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [2]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, C.L. Freer, undated note, in the object record: "This object was excavated in Shensi."

content: [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 2491, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

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

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

content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: China

content: earthenware

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H: 22.2 cm (8 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb vessel with lid (hill jar)

title_sort: TOMB VESSEL WITH LID (HILL JAR)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tomb vessel with lid (hill jar)


label: Period

content: Joseon period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Yamanaka and Company, in 1917 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Joseon period (1392 - 1910)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Gilt bronze

content: H x W x D: 28.6 x 3.6 x 3 cm (11 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 1 3/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Joseon period (1392 - 1910)
Korean Art
Metal-work

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

title: Spoon


content: ca. 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

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] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 652, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 10.4 x 4 cm (4 1/8 x 1 9/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Ornament

title_sort: ORNAMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ornament


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Covered hu [Ch] with a low foot ring and two movable ring handles suspended from looped relief masks below the neck. The curving body narrows toward the neck and widens again at the lip which is strengthened by a simple molding. Bands of red pigment enclose a frieze of abstract decoration which is painted onto the body of the hu. Similar designs are painted on the outer surface of the cover, which has a small loop.

content: To 1916

content: C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co., New York, to April 1, 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1968

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, purchased from C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co. on April 1, 1916 [2]

content: From 1968

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co.’s invoice issued to Mrs. Eugene Meyer and dated February 29, 1916, where the bronze is listed as “Round bowl with cover, painted design,” copy in object file.

content: A stamped note on the invoice states that the payment for the bronze was received by Loo on April 1, 1916.

content: The invoice includes three other bronzes (see records for F1968.33, F1968.34a-b, and F1968.35a-b) which with F1968.32a-b form a group probably made as a set to be used as mingqi (funerary objects).

content: The four vessels reportedly came from Changsha, Hunan province, however, there is no certainty of their provenance, see Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat. (Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1971), pp. 28-29 (ill.) and Diane M. Nelson, “Bronze ‘Ming-ch’i’ Vessels with Painted Decoration: A Regional Study in Han Pictorialism,” Artibus Asiae 42, 2/3 (1980), pp. 147-8.

content: [2] See C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co.’s invoice, cited in note 1.

content: [3] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, where the object is listed as no. 18 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file. The object was accessioned to the Freer Gallery’s collection in 1968.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: wine

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 18: Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

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

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 16.8 x 13.2 cm (6 5/8 x 5 3/16 in)

name:
C. T. Loo & Company
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

topic:
Bronze
Wine and wine making
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

room: Gallery 18

content: China

content: Lidded ritual container (hu) with painted decoration

title_sort: LIDDED RITUAL CONTAINER (HU) WITH PAINTED DECORATION

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1st century

label: Period

content: Roman period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

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: 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

content: Diam (overall): 1.9 cm (3/4 in)

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

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Button-bead

title_sort: BUTTON-BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Button-bead


content: 305 BCE-18 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

content: Fragment of inlay. Columnar rod and plate mosaic. Pattern inlaid in red, green and dark blue in an opaque yellow matrix. See F1909.611.

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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: poppy

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment of an inlay


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K44; second state of three.

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 G53 state 2 of 6.

content: To 1888

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (April 4, 1930 to January 20, 1944)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 15.2 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: Thames Police

title_sort: THAMES POLICE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Thames Police


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Ayyubid period

label: Description

content: Lamp, with 6 projecting spouts; 6 feet, 2 hole pierced through legs beneath. Clay: soft, white. Glaze: light blue-green, worn and crazed, partially covering the surface. Decoration: modeled in relief.

label: Provenance

content: Fahim Kouchakji, New York 1931 [1]

content: From 1931

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Fahim Kouchakji, New York in 1931 [2]

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)

content: Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, Pottery, Metalwork, and Glass (April 12, 1955 to November 21, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Ceramics and Glass (January 9, 1945 to May 1, 1945)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)

content: Fahim Kouchakji (1886-1976)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Furniture and Furnishing

content: Stone-paste painted underglaze

content: H x W: 7 x 19.5 cm (2 3/4 x 7 11/16 in)

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

culture: Muslims Ayyubids Syrians

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

label: Title

content: Lamp

title_sort: LAMP

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Lamp


label: Date

content: 2nd century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 5000-2000 BCE

label: Period

content: Neolithic period

content: Reportedly excavated in Shensi [1]

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1328, pg. 304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 2.1 x 7.9 cm (13/16 x 3 1/8 in)

date:
BCE 5000s
BCE 2000s

content: China

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bracelet


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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

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

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


content: Period of Division, Eastern Wei dynasty

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern dynasties (386 - 581)

content: lotus

content: Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)

content: Maitreya Buddha

content: China

content: apsara

content: mandorla

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 39.5 x 14.3 cm (15 9/16 x 5 5/8 in)

topic:
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Metal-work
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture
Maitreya Buddha
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
Varada mudra

culture: Buddhists Chinese Apsarases

content: China

content: Standing Maitreya Buddha

title_sort: STANDING MAITREYA BUDDHA

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Standing Maitreya Buddha


content: 500-400 BCE

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 4.3 x 1.1 cm (1 11/16 x 7/16 in)

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

content: Bead, tubular: in a fragmentary state

title_sort: BEAD, TUBULAR: IN A FRAGMENTARY STATE

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, tubular: in a fragmentary state


content: 1st century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Bead. Chipped and irregular

title_sort: BEAD. CHIPPED AND IRREGULAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead. Chipped and irregular


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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 G105 state 1 of 1.

content: To 1899

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 6.7 x 9.8 cm (2 5/8 x 3 7/8 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: The Old Swan Brewery, Chelesa

title_sort: THE OLD SWAN BREWERY, CHELESA

title: The Old Swan Brewery, Chelesa


content: 13th-14th centuries

content: To 1908

content: N. Ohan, Jerusalem, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N. Ohan in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Pottery List, R. 350, L. 1883, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: N. Ohan (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Venice, Italy

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H x W x D: 4.3 × 3.9 × 3.7 cm (1 11/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ohan, N.

place: Italy Venice

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Glass

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead, egg-shaped, with chamfered sides. Two sides chipped away

title_sort: BEAD, EGG-SHAPED, WITH CHAMFERED SIDES. TWO SIDES CHIPPED AWAY

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254-1322)

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 85, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: groom

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 26.7 x 76.5 cm (10 1/2 x 30 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Horses
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Groom

content: China

content: Horse and groom

title_sort: HORSE AND GROOM

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Horse and groom


label: Date

content: 1550-1307 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Egypt 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. 1599, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: ceramic

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: Vessel

content: Clay

content: H x Diam: 6.7 × 5.9 cm (2 5/8 × 2 5/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Small pitcher

title_sort: SMALL PITCHER

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Small pitcher


content: 18th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Artist

content: Govardhan

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: To 1907

content: Luzac & Co., London, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Luzac & Co., London, in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserve List Persian Manuscripts and Miniatures, pg. 14, 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: Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Luzac & Co. (1890-1986) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 29.9 x 20.3 cm (11 3/4 x 8 in)

name:
Luzac & Co.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Ancestral group of Mughal rulers

title_sort: ANCESTRAL GROUP OF MUGHAL RULERS

title: Ancestral group of Mughal rulers


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

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: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 5 cm (1 15/16 in)

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

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Muromachi or Momoyama period

content: Tosa

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, pg. 135, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: A Journey of Taste: Freer and Japanese Scroll Mounting (April 15, 2023 to March 3, 2024)

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

content: Portraiture from Japan (July 1, 1983 to April 5, 1984)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: poet

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

content: H x W: 179.1 x 54.9 cm (70 1/2 x 21 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
Portraits
Poets
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: The Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro

title_sort: THE POET KAKINOMOTO NO HITOMARO

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro


content: 30 BCE-395 CE

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: [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: Egypt

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, hexagonal

title_sort: BEAD, HEXAGONAL

title: Bead, hexagonal


content: 2nd-4th century

label: Period

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 25.1 x 3.9 x 4 cm (9 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in)

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Spoon


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 1.2 cm (1/2 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of inlay. Columnar rod mosaic

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY. COLUMNAR ROD MOSAIC

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment of inlay. Columnar rod mosaic


content: 14th century

content: Kamakura period

label: Label

content: This painting depicts the imagined heavenly realm in which the absence of desire produces freedom from sorrow. In the heavens dwell devas, celestial beings, who are surrounded by attendants and musicians. Like F1904.343, this painting was created to give tangible form to complex Buddhist ideas regarding illusion, attachment, and rebirth.

content: Mr. Kawahara, Osaka [1]

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [2]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to a note from the Original Kakemono List (see Curatorial Remark 3, in the object record).

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 492, pg. 137, 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: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Real and Imagined Places in Japanese Art (March 4 to October 21, 2001)

content: Japanese Art (April 11, 1978 to March 6, 1981)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947)

content: Japanese Paintings Buddhist Etc. (January 5, 1928 to December 8, 1941)

content: Japanese Paintings and Sculpture (May 2, 1923 to January 5, 1928)

content: Mr. Kawahara

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: man

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: deva

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 146.1 x 55.7 cm (57 1/2 x 21 15/16 in)

name:
Kawahara
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Men
Japanese Art
Deva
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: The World of Devas

title_sort: THE WORLD OF DEVAS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The World of Devas


label: Date

content: 770 BCE-9 CE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou to Western Han dynasty

content: To 1911

content: S. Abe, Kyoto, Japan to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Abe in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 219, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 18.1 x 9.3 cm (7 1/8 x 3 11/16 in)

name:
Abe, S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Dagger-axe (ge)

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE)

title: Dagger-axe (ge)


content: late 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Marks

content: Seal of Eitoku.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 13, pg. 3, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Sylvan Sounds: Freer, Dewing, and Japan (May 18, 2013 to January 4, 2015)

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

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

content: Japanese Screens (February 11, 1983 to July 19, 1988)

content: Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)

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

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

content: Japanese Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: moon

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color and silver on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 171.9 x 372.8 cm (67 11/16 x 146 3/4 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Moon Over a Moor

title_sort: MOON OVER A MOOR

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Moon Over a Moor


content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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 G311 state 3 of 4.

content: To 1888

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 13.2 x 9.7 cm (5 3/16 x 3 13/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Return to Tilbury

title_sort: RETURN TO TILBURY

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Return to Tilbury


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 pronounced median ridge; closely mottled shades of green and golden to dark browns with spots of translucent strata; partially covered with smooth gray incipient disintegration; long shallow gouges or saw marks on both surfaces. (Rim rough and broken in several areas.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: Possibly excavated in Anki, Chekiang [1]

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [2]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was "said to have been excavated in Anki, Chekiang."

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1049, pg. 234, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 17.5 x 1 cm (6 7/8 x 3/8 in)

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

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

content: Fragment of an inlay with a floral design. Mosaic technique: columnar rods and plates. Green, red, white, and yellow in a translucent green matrix.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: flower

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY WITH A FLORAL DESIGN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

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: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, double

title_sort: BEAD, DOUBLE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, double


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G168, state not provided.

label: Provenance

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 21.4 x 13.7 cm (8 7/16 x 5 3/8 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: Under Old Battersea Bridge

title_sort: UNDER OLD BATTERSEA BRIDGE

title: Under Old Battersea Bridge


content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Description

content: A young, full-grown water buffalo beneath trees.

content: Estate of Agnes E. Meyer. [1]

content: To 1996

content: Mrs. Katharine Graham, Washington DC, acquired through the estate of her mother, Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer. [2]

content: From 1996

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Katharine Graham, Washington DC [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Acquisition Consideration form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)

content: Estate of Agnes E. Meyer

content: Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)

content: China

content: water buffalo

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Mrs. Katharine Graham

label: Data Source

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and light color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 32.2 x 32.5 cm (12 11/16 x 12 13/16 in)

name:
Meyer, Agnes E.
Graham, Katharine Meyer
Estate of Agnes E. Meyer

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Water buffalo

content: China

label: Title

content: Water Buffalo

title_sort: WATER BUFFALO

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Water Buffalo