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: Exhibition History

content: The Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai (January 13, 1900 to January 30, 1900)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Landscape: boatman poling his raft

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: BOATMAN POLING HIS RAFT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Landscape: boatman poling his raft


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in Shansi [1]

content: Chen Kai Chi (1813-1884), Wei Hsien, China [2]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 4, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record states: "The Envelope file which has now been destroyed, contained only the additional information: 'Excavated in Shansi; acquired by the connoisseur Chen Kai Chi of Wei Hsien.'"

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1446, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Chen Kai Chi (1813-1884)

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

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: tortoise

content: China

content: Chinese 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

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with shell and gilding

content: H x W: 6 x 11 cm (2 3/8 x 4 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Chi, Chen Kai
You, Xiaoxi

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

type: Country

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Turtle-shaped ornament

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: TURTLE-SHAPED ORNAMENT

type: Images

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Turtle-shaped ornament


content: Momoyama or Edo period

label: Description

content: Light brown clay, darkened on exposed surface.

content: Clear glaze, gray-green and suffused with opalescent blue where thick. Glaze applied by dipping bowl three times, forming irregular outline around foot. Irregular patch of glaze on foot.

content: Two gold lacquer repairs on lip and vertical crack.

label: Label

content: According to recent archaeology, Korean potters in the Karatsu region of Japan introduced this type of light-bodied stoneware with clear wood-ash glaze. It was used for tea bowls as well as for dishes, bowls, and other tablewares.

content: A.D. Vorce and Co., Hartford, CT, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 327, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Freer and Tea II: Raku, Hagi, Karatsu (July 8, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

content: The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)

content: A. D. Vorce and Co. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Takatori ware

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with wood-ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.8 x 15.4 cm (3 7/16 x 6 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Agano or Takatori ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
A. D. Vorce and Co.

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl in Korean style, Karatsu ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL IN KOREAN STYLE, KARATSU WARE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tea bowl in Korean style, Karatsu ware


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

content: After his move to Paris in 1855, Whistler began a life-long exploration of old-fashioned, often dilapidated stores selling ordinary merchandise. Shown at the French Salon in 1859, an impression of this etching offered viewers a glimpse of daily life made beautiful through Whistler’s stylistic choices, which he derived from seventeenth-century Dutch masters whose works he admired as he traveled throughout northern Europe. The outsider’s glimpse of humble figures framed in a doorway, regularly seen in Dutch paintings, quickly became a standard trope for Whistler.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G20 state 2 of 5.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1891

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1891 [2]

content: From 1891 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1891 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, 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: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

content: Off the Beaten Path: Early Works by James McNeill Whistler (September 28, 2013 to September 28, 2014)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 15.7 x 9 cm (6 3/16 x 3 9/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: La Marchande de Moutarde

title_sort: LA MARCHANDE DE MOUTARDE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: La Marchande de Moutarde


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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhu Zhanji, Emperor Xuande (1399-1435, reigned 1426-1435)

label: Label

content: Playful fish in flora-filled water became a popular subject for Chinese painters when the cultivation of rare fish came into vogue in twelfth century. In this "painting of life subject" (xiesheng), the artist creates an underwater translucency with his skillful handling of ink wash and pale colors, depicting minnows, catfish, shrimp, and carps swimming among plants. The sense of spontaneity and freedom of movement reflect the artist's keen observation of aquatic life.

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 777, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: fish

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: China

content: Chinese Art

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): 25.5 x 104.2 cm (10 1/16 x 41 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Fish and water weeds

title_sort: FISH AND WATER WEEDS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fish and water weeds


content: 15th-18th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Huang Quan (903-968)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, through Pang Zanchen (1881-1951) and Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), in New York, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1124, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en, no. 7. 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] 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), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.

content: Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1124, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: duck

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 144.8 x 77.8 cm (57 x 30 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

content: Mandarin ducks under smartweed

title_sort: MANDARIN DUCKS UNDER SMARTWEED

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Mandarin ducks under smartweed


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 4th-6th 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: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 18th-mid 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Ise province, Old Banko ware.

content: Serving bowl (hachi).

content: Clay: hard, fine, grayish.

content: Glaze: rich, lustrous cream; brown crackle; chipped areas inside. Three large spur marks in bottom.

content: Decoration: painted in brown slip under glaze.

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] See Original Pottery List, L. 622, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: ceramic

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip and iron decoration under clear, colorless glaze

content: H x Diam: 9.1 × 19.3 cm (3 9/16 × 7 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto-related ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

content: Serving bowl, Kyoto-related ware

title_sort: SERVING BOWL, KYOTO-RELATED WARE

title: Serving bowl, Kyoto-related ware


content: ca. 2000-1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Thin knife blade with one cutting edge of the type hu 笏; blade beveled and sharpened; three oblong, longitudinal perforations near upper edge; reverse cut in two planes; semi-translucent, mottled yellowish gray with dark gray areas and black spots; satin smooth surface, some granular pitted areas. (Edge slightly chipped.)

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 880, pg. 192, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 29.6 x 7.5 x 0.3 cm (11 5/8 x 2 15/16 x 1/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

content: China

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏)

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Harvesting knife (hu 笏)


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1914

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

content: From 1914 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5679, pg. 7, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: funerary

content: cicada

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: protection

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: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 4.9 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm (1 15/16 x 7/8 x 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Funerary
Jade
Cicada
Protection
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Tongue amulet in the form of a cicada (hanchan)

title_sort: TONGUE AMULET IN THE FORM OF A CICADA (HANCHAN)

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: White clay. Decoration of bands of incised geometric motifs from neck to below shoulder. Large square seal "Rakurakuen-sei" (product of Rakurakuen), in seal script, on base. Deep purple, lead-based enamel glaze. Thin purple glaze on base and inside neck. Traces of green lead glaze adhering to feet. Inside unglazed.

label: Marks

content: Large square seal "Rakurakuen-sei" (product of Rakurakuen), in seal script, inside square frame, on base.

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] See Original Pottery List, L. 74, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Rakurakuen kiln, Tokyo, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Rakurakuen ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: Japanese 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: Vessel

content: White clay with purple lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 19.7 × 12.7 cm (7 3/4 × 5 in)

label: Style

content: Rakurakuen ware

place:
Rakurakuen kiln
Tokyo
Japan

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

content: Japan

content: Vase

title_sort: VASE

title: Vase


label: Date

content: 14th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1008, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: tortoise

content: Arhat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 99.7 x 46.9 cm (39 1/4 x 18 7/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

label: Title

content: Luohan in a Tree and Tortoise Presenting a Scroll

title_sort: LUOHAN IN A TREE AND TORTOISE PRESENTING A SCROLL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1272, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: cow

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3.5 x 5.1 cm (1 3/8 x 2 in)

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

content: China

content: A tiger attacking a cow

title_sort: A TIGER ATTACKING A COW

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A tiger attacking a cow


label: Date

content: Edo period

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 in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 119, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 184 x 109 cm (72 7/16 x 42 15/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Buddhist monk's robe (kesa 袈裟)

title_sort: BUDDHIST MONK'S ROBE (KESA 袈裟)

title: Buddhist monk's robe (kesa 袈裟)


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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 bar for slicing inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF BAR FOR SLICING INLAY

title: Fragment of bar for slicing inlay


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Liu Guandao (active ca. 1270-1300)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1282, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 89.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: qin

content: poet

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 184.6 x 68.4 cm (72 11/16 x 26 15/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Mountain landscape: three poets and an attendant under a pine tree

title_sort: MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE: THREE POETS AND AN ATTENDANT UNDER A PINE TREE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 13th-14th century

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1003, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean 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: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 22.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (9 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Spoon


content: 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1916

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 851, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with gold and turquoise inlay

content: H x W: 15.6 x 1.6 cm (6 1/8 x 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

title: Garment hook (daigou)


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1930

content: C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated Folder Sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

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

content: Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 6.9 x 5.4 x 0.6 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/8 x 1/4 in)

place:
China
Jincun
Henan province

topic:
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Carving
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Head ornament with geometric decoration

title_sort: HEAD ORNAMENT WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION

title: Head ornament with geometric decoration


label: Date

content: early 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, deep conical bowl with incurving rim, low everted foot.

content: Clay: soft, gray-white, buff where exposed

content: Glaze: clear, appearing whitish where thick, faintly crackled, irregularly striped from the rim down both inside and outside with iron-brown glaze

content: Mark: spiral within round frame, center of base

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 582, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Tea for...Everyone: Popular Ceramics for Drinking Tea in Japan (March 8 to October 19, 2008)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Sarayama Hongama kiln, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

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: Vessel

content: Stoneware with clear and iron-brown glazes

content: H x Diam: 8.9 × 13.5 cm (3 1/2 × 5 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Agano ware

place:
Sarayama Hongama kiln
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl

title_sort: TEA BOWL

label: Screen Image

title: Tea bowl


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1913

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, 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] See Original Bronze List, L. 415, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 18.2 x 25.2 cm (7 3/16 x 9 15/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a dragon

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A DRAGON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament in the form of a dragon


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Wang Zhenpeng (傳)王振鵬 (ca. 1280-1329)

label: Provenance

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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 848, 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: Exhibition History

content: Seasons: Chinese Landscapes (December 18, 2010 to June 12, 2011)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: tree

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: chrysanthemum

content: fruit

content: Queen Mother of the West

content: peach

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 95.1 x 50.2 cm (37 7/16 x 19 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Trees
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chrysanthemum
Fruit
Chinese Art
Peach
Flowers
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Queen Mother of the West

content: China

content: Peaches and chrysanthemums 《桃菊圖》

title_sort: PEACHES AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS 《桃菊圖》

title: Peaches and chrysanthemums 《桃菊圖》


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Guan Daosheng (1262-1319)

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 China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Album List, R. 3, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy (November 22, 2014 to May 31, 2015)

content: Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)

content: Three Friends of Winter: Pine, Bamboo, and Plum in Chinese Painting (August 12, 2001 to February 3, 2002)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bamboo

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (a: image): 24.9 x 25.1 cm (9 13/16 x 9 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Landscapes with bamboo

title_sort: LANDSCAPES WITH BAMBOO

label: Screen Image

title: Landscapes with bamboo


content: 1st-2nd 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: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

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

content: H x W: 2 x 1.7 cm (13/16 x 11/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Northern Qi dynasty

label: Label

content: The jeweled trees and lush scenery suggest a gathering of Buddhas, bodhisattvas (enlightened beings), and blessed souls, perhaps in one of the four directional Buddhist paradises. Traces of color on the stone hint at the brilliance of the mural, which was originally painted with gold and bright colors.The relief-sculpture mural most likely once decorated a stupa-pillar, or large square shaft, attached to the center of the rear wall of one of the caves at Southern Xiangtangshan, a court-sponsored Buddhist cave-temple created during the Northern Qi dynasty. Several scholars suggest that the mural came from Cave 2 at Southern Xiangtangshan. A related object in the Freer's collection is F1921.2.

label: Provenance

content: Before 1920

content: Removed from Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan, Fengfeng, Handan Municipality, Hebei Province by unknown party [1]

content: By 1920 to 1921

content: Lai-Yuan & Company, New York, Pekin, Shanghai, and Paris acquired from an unknown source [2]

content: From 1921

content: Freer Gallery of Art purchased from Lai-Yuan & Co. in installments, the first of which was issued in May 1921 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] In the very early in the 20th century, the Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan suffered extensive damage and theft. The reliefs were removed from Cave 2 of the Southern group prior to 1920 when the Japanese team of Tokiwa and Sekino surveyed the site. See Shina Bukkyo Shiseki, Tokyo, 1927, vol. 3, pp. 53 ff., the two reliefs are not mentioned at all. J. Keith Wilson and Daisy Yiyou Wang outline when figures and fragments were removed from Xiangtangshan in “The Early-Twentieth-Century ‘Discovery’ of the Xiangtangshan Caves” in Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan (Smart Museum of Art. Chicago IL with Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington DC, 2010), 125-126.

content: [2] Lai-Yuan & Company, New York had this object and another large relief carving (F1921.2) in their possession in October 1920, see: Letter from Charles D. Walcott, Secretary of Smithsonian to Colonel Frank J. Hecker of Detroit, February 15, 1921, copy in object file. On November 22, 1920, Lai-Yuan & Company offered these pieces to the nascent Freer Galley of Art when they sent a letter quoting prices, see letters unsigned (likely from Katherine N. Rhoades) to Y.Z. Li, November 24 and December 8, 1920, copies in file. Lai-Yuan and company describes these objects as “Two Huge Archaic Stone Slabs of Norther Wei Dynasty,” see object descriptions, copy in object file.

content: [3] On March 21, 1921, Lai-Yuan & Company sent this object, F1921.2, and F1921.3 to the Freer Gallery of Art via railroad. The objects arrived on March 29, however, the two stone relief sculptures, F1921.1 & F1921.2, were damaged. Lai-Yuan & Company completed repairs on these objects in November 1922 (for entire exchange regarding damage and repair, see correspondence in object file).

content: The Freer Gallery of Art paid for the objects in instalments, the first of which was issued in May 1921 and the final on January 10, 1922, see letter from C. T. Loo to Miss. K. N. Roades, May 4, 1921 and unsigned letter (likely from Dr. Lodge) to “Gentlemen,” Lai-Yuan & Company, January 10, 1922, copies in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Chinese Art—Stone Sculpture (September 1, 1979 to March 14, 1982)

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

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

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

content: Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921)

content: southern Xiangtangshan, Cave 2, Hebei province, China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: relief seal

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: lotus

content: temple

content: cave

content: China

content: halo

content: Chinese Art

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Limestone with traces of pigment

content: H x W: 120.8 x 340 cm (47 9/16 x 133 7/8 in)

name:
buddha
Lai-Yuan & Company

place:
China
Hebei province
southern Xiangtangshan
Cave 2

topic:
Art
Temple
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva
Relief seal
Halo

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 17

content: China

content: Gathering of Buddhas and bodhisattvas

title_sort: GATHERING OF BUDDHAS AND BODHISATTVAS

type: 3D mesh

title: f1921_1-full_res-full_resolution-obj_std.zip (Full resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

category: Full resolution

UNITS: m

FILE_TYPE: zip

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: obj

title: f1921_1-full_res-100k-2048_std.usdz (iOS AR model 3D mesh, usdz, scale in m)

category: iOS AR model

FILE_TYPE: usdz

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: usdz

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category: Low resolution

FILE_TYPE: glb

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: glb

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MODEL_FILE_TYPE: gltf

title: f1921_1-full_res-150k-4096_std.glb (Low resolution 3D mesh, glb, scale in m)

title: f1921_1-full_res-150k-4096-obj_std.zip (Low resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

title: Gathering of Buddhas and bodhisattvas


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving rough median ridge; darkly mottled green and golden brown; bluish-gray frosting and veins of incipient disintegration; scattered granular pittings; decoration: lightly incised, a device on obverse, birds, arrows and geometric pattern around outer rim.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated in Anki in Chekiang province [1]

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1288, pg. 288, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Ancient Chinese Jades (May 9, 1993 to May 18, 1998)

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 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: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: bird

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 23.6 x 1.4 cm (9 1/4 x 9/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧) with incised glyph and decorated edge

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧) WITH INCISED GLYPH AND DECORATED EDGE

label: Screen Image


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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: 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

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)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 59 x 25.1 cm (23 1/4 x 9 7/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Sketch for a woodblock print

title_sort: SKETCH FOR A WOODBLOCK PRINT

title: Sketch for a woodblock print


content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014), Fustat, Egypt [2]

content: From ? to 1992

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992), possibly purchased from George Scanlon [3]

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

content: Mary Slusser (1918-2017), Washington, DC, by inheritance from the estate of her sister Dorothy Shepherd Payer [4]

content: From 1993

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary Slusser, Washington, DC [5]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] Dr. George Scanlon visited Egypt beginning in 1950. He conducted archaeological excavations in Fustat between 1964 and 1980 through nine seasons. It is possible that he acquired the Fustat sherds during this time period. The card found with the collection states, “ex-collection of George Scanlon 1968, $125 acq'd in Cairo." It is unclear whether George Scanlon acquired these sherds in 1968 or whether the 1968 year refers to when Dorothy Shepherd Payer bought them.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [5] See note 4.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Mary Slusser in memory of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 10.1 x 5.4 cm (4 x 2 1/8 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

name:
Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
Payer, Dorothy Shepherd
Scanlon, George
Slusser, Mary Shepherd

topic:
Sgraffito ware
Art
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)
Pottery
Arts of the Islamic World
Ceramics

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: sherd, red body, white slip, green glaze

title_sort: SHERD, RED BODY, WHITE SLIP, GREEN GLAZE


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Canceled plate for the print "The Riva."

label: Label

content: Whistler's contract with the Fine Art Society required him to produce one hundred impressions of each of twelve prints. He did not make all twelve hundred impressions at once, but printed them in batches as they sold. Since the society sold the prints separately as well as in sets, Whistler completed printing the more popular images first. When he finished printing an image, Whistler "canceled" the plate by defacing it. He finished printing The Riva, No. 1 by mid-June 1892, when he sent the canceled plate to the society. For an example of the print, see F1893.92.

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 K192; canceled copper plate.

content: Max Williams Co., New York to 1892 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Max Williams Co. in 1892 [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, Plates, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings (July 1, 2001 to January 13, 2002)

content: Max Williams Co. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Tool and Equipment

content: Copper

content: H x W (overall): 20.1 x 29.7 cm (7 15/16 x 11 11/16 in)

name:
Williams
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: The Riva, No. 1

title_sort: THE RIVA, NO. 1

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: The Riva, No. 1


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

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, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 637, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (December 1, 2003 to May 23, 2004)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: halo

content: fly whisk

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 41.6 x 29.9 cm (16 3/8 x 11 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Fly whisk
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Halo

content: China

content: Seated Luohan

title_sort: SEATED LUOHAN

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Seated Luohan


content: Northern Song dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 992, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: gilding

content: repoussé

content: metal

content: animal

content: Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Gilt bronze

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: China

label: Title

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

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


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

content: Kawamata Tsunemasa 川又常正 (fl. 1716-1748)

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 313, pg. 75, 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: Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art (October 3, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: tree

content: pine tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: seascape

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: Painting

content: Full color and slight gold on silk panel

content: H x W: 184.2 x 44.7 cm (72 1/2 x 17 5/8 in)

topic:
Trees
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Seascape
Ukiyo-e
Woman
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Matsukaze and Murasame

title_sort: MATSUKAZE AND MURASAME

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Matsukaze and Murasame


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 4

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 G178 state 4 of 4.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 27.5 x 15.2 cm (10 13/16 x 6 in)

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

content: United States

content: St. James's Street

title_sort: ST. JAMES'S STREET

title: St. James's Street


content: 9th century BCE

label: Period

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Vessel of the type kuei, with cover-stand. Decoration cast in relief and countersunk relief; supported on 3 legs of which 1 is missing; heavily incrusted with earth and green aerugo.

content: To 1924

content: Li Jui, Hsin-cheng Hsien, China. [1]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Li Jui, at Hsin-cheng Hsien, China.[2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Li Jui

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 27.2 x 40.4 cm (10 11/16 x 15 7/8 in)

content: China

content: Vessel (kuei) and cover with stand

title_sort: VESSEL (KUEI) AND COVER WITH STAND

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Vessel (kuei) and cover with stand


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Possibly Han dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 644, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Lead

content: H x W: 1.4 x 3.3 cm (9/16 x 1 5/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornamental boss

title_sort: ORNAMENTAL BOSS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Ornamental boss


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Thick ring with large perforation and sharp edges, possibly a bracelet; mottled rich cream color with large spots and veinings of amber tone; mirror like surface. (One smoothed chip on rim).

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1125, p. 252, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also Voucher no. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x Diam: 1.6 × 8.3 cm (5/8 × 3 1/4 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Carving
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Jade

content: China

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

title: Bracelet


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: A view of the artist's studio, with two women seated near a small table; canvases in background; signed with the butterfly to the right of the figure in pink's elbow.

label: Signatures

content: Purple-black butterfly at center near right edge

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper.

content: To 1902

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 6, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)

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

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

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

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

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

content: American Paintings, Pastels, and Water Colors, and Drawings. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

content: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: bone black

content: cobalt blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: burnt umber

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: chrome yellow

content: Mars pigment

content: Leitch's blue

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 30.4 x 22.8 cm (11 15/16 x 9 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Art
Iron oxide red
Leitch's blue
Bone black
Zinc white
Burnt umber
Vermilion
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Chrome yellow
Prussian blue
Cobalt blue
Woman
Burnt sienna

content: United States

content: Note in Pink and Purple–The Studio

title_sort: NOTE IN PINK AND PURPLE–THE STUDIO

title: Note in Pink and Purple–The Studio


label: Date

content: ca. 550-577

content: Period of Division, Possbly Northern Qi dynasty

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. 288, 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: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern dynasties (386 - 581)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: lotus

content: China

content: mandorla

content: abhaya mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 24.7 x 9.2 cm (9 3/4 x 3 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Metal-work
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)

content: China

label: Title

content: Standing Buddha

title_sort: STANDING BUDDHA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Standing Buddha


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Description

content: Depicts a bird, looking up and the right, on a leafless branch, with other branches in the background. Three seals (partly obscured), signature, no inscriptions or colophons, label on back.

label: Signatures

content: Signature

label: Marks

content: Three seals (partly obscured), label on back.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 138, 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: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and watercolor on silk

content: H x W: 17.8 x 22.4 cm (7 x 8 13/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Bird on a leafless branch

title_sort: BIRD ON A LEAFLESS BRANCH

title: Bird on a leafless branch


label: Date

content: 700-750 CE

content: Tang dynasty

content: Standing Bodhisattva Guanyin

content: Rock pedestal. Surface: gilded; dark brown patina on worn areas.

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 278, 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: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

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: kundika

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (a - figure): 16.3 × 6 × 3.4 cm (6 7/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 5/16 in)

place:
Shaanxi province
China

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

content: China

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

title_sort: BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN)

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)


label: Period

content: Early Sui dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 913, pg. 202, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Chinese Art—Stone Sculpture (September 1, 1979 to March 14, 1982)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (June 2, 1944 to March 13, 1944)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, 1944 (March 13, 1944 to November 14, 1944)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: China

content: halo

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Limestone with traces of pigment and gilding

content: H x W x D: 81.6 x 33 x 13.5 cm (32 1/8 x 13 x 5 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Stone
Bodhisattva
Halo

content: China

label: Title

content: Standing Bodhisattva

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Standing Bodhisattva


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: ca. 1627-37

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1907

content: Mr. Ikeuchi, Tokyo, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. Ikeuchi in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 150, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. Ikeuchi (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Kyoto, Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: hentai-kana

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: calligraphy

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: Calligraphy

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 14.1 x 60.3 cm (5 9/16 x 23 3/4 in)

name:
Ikeuchi
Freer, Charles Lang

place: Kyoto Japan

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

content: Japan

content: Manuscript letter

title_sort: MANUSCRIPT LETTER

title: Manuscript letter


label: Period

content: Period of Division, Eastern Wei dynasty

label: Description

content: Standing Bodhisattva Lotus Holder Guanyin

content: Surface: gilded; a reddish patina on worn areas. Green patina and grayish earth incrustation underneath.

content: Decoration: in relief and engraved. Inscription.

label: Inscriptions

content: On the 19th of the 2nd month in the 3rd year of Hsing-ho, the Eastern Wei Dynasty [542 A.D.] Buddhist Liu Fu Ch'u, native of Po-ling, Yao-yang district of Shantung province, had this image of Kuan-yin, the Goddess of Mercy, made in memory of his deceased parents and his living brothers and his wife and children.

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 284, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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: Yaoyang, Hebei province, China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: lotus

content: Guanyin

content: Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)

content: China

content: mandorla

content: lettering

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 17.4 × 7.1 × 5.6 cm (6 7/8 × 2 13/16 × 2 3/16 in)

place:
China
Hebei province
Yaoyang

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Lotus
Bodhisattva
Lettering
Metal-work
Guanyin
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture

content: China

label: Title

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)