content: 2nd century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H: 0.8 cm (5/16 in)

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

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 1, 1

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)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: commerce

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 27.8 x 15.3 cm (10 15/16 x 6 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Business

type: Country

content: United States

label: Title

content: St. James's Street; lithographic reproduction in reverse of etching "St. James's Street," for <u>Vanity Fair</u>, London, 1878

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: ST. JAMES'S STREET; LITHOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION IN REVERSE OF ETCHING "ST. JAMES'S STREET," FOR <U>VANITY FAIR</U>, LONDON, 1878

type: Images

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: Diam: 2 cm (13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Ornament: lotus leaf

title_sort: ORNAMENT: LOTUS LEAF

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ornament: lotus leaf


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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 39, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 1.8 cm (11/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, spherical; longitudinal bore

title_sort: BEAD, SPHERICAL; LONGITUDINAL BORE

title: Bead, spherical; longitudinal bore


content: early 17th century

content: Momoyama or Edo period

label: Label

content: The graceful curves of trailing vines—bottle gourd (yugao) and morning glory—dominate this landscape scene. The roof of a small thatched hut appears at the lower left. Gold leaf and particles are extensively applied to depict land banks and clouds; stylized waves painted with silver pigment have darkened with age. The extensive use of gold in large-format Japanese paintings such as folding screens and the sliding panels that form the movable “walls” of rooms in elite traditional residences was not merely decorative in intent. Gold reflected

content: the limited indirect daylight or flickering lamplight and imparted a translucent quality to the clouds and mists in landscapes. In addition, some art historians have suggested that the gold in Japanese screen landscapes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries refers indirectly to paradise scenes in Buddhist art.

content: Yokoyama Bingo [1]

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1903 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 85, pg. 23, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Seasons: Japanese Screens (July 9, 2011 to January 22, 2012)

content: Landscapes in Japanese Art (February 2 to July 15, 2007)

content: Yokoyama Bingo

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 155 x 358.6 cm (61 x 141 3/16 in)

name:
Bingo, Yokoyama
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Landscape with flowering vines

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH FLOWERING VINES

title: Landscape with flowering vines


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 50, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2.3 cm (7/8 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of a bar for slicing inlays

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BAR FOR SLICING INLAYS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a bar for slicing inlays


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: The subtle, concave fluting and the smooth finish of this bracelet mark the high levels of workmanship achieved by late Neolithic lapidaries (jade workers). The crackled appearance was caused by the intense heat of a fire, perhaps from a funerary pyre.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1132, pg. 254, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite, heated)

content: H x Diam: 2.9 x 6 cm (1 1/8 x 2 3/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Bracelet with bands

title_sort: BRACELET WITH BANDS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bracelet with bands


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Topknot pin

title_sort: TOPKNOT PIN

title: Topknot pin


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Clay: hard, ringing, grayish under glaze, dark brown where exposed.

content: Glaze: gray-blue, thin, blistered and broken.

content: Decoration: inside: inlaid with white under glaze; outside: white brush marks.

content: Feldspathic glaze.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York 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] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 535, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Takeo, Saga prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

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 under feldspathic glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 5.5 × 17.7 cm (2 3/16 × 7 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

place:
Takeo
Japan
Saga prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Karatsu ware tea bowl, hori-mishima type

title_sort: KARATSU WARE TEA BOWL, HORI-MISHIMA TYPE

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: .Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G93 state 4 of 6.

label: Provenance

content: To 1889

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1889 [1]

content: From 1889 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1889 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This image was purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. on September 7, 1889, but kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the main collection and given a registration number for that year.

content: The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Whistler Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)

content: Centennial Exhibition, East Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 10, 1958)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 19.9 x 13.2 cm (7 13/16 x 5 3/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint
Woman

content: United States

content: Weary

title_sort: WEARY

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Weary


content: 4th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 700, 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

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 7.8 x 1.3 cm (3 1/16 x 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (gou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (GOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Garment hook (gou)


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: wave

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (a): 169.8 x 50 cm (66 7/8 x 19 11/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Dragon and waves

title_sort: DRAGON AND WAVES

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Dragon and waves


content: late 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Sake bottle (tokkuri), pear-shaped, with slender tapering neck.

content: Clay: fired reddish brown.

content: Glaze: lustrous, reddish-brown, clouded with black and olive, flecked with yellow.

label: Provenance

content: To 1897

content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 1898, no. 22 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 134, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1. See also, Curatorial Remark 8, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Ceramics (June 22, 1982 to September 27, 1982)

content: Japanese Ceramics (July 15, 1980 to June 21, 1982)

content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Imbe, Okayama prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Bizen ware, Imbe type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: wine

content: sake

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with red slip and wood-ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 21.9 × 11 cm (8 5/8 × 4 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Bizen ware, Imbe type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Dana, Charles A.

place:
Imbe
Japan
Okayama prefecture

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Bizen ware, Imbe type
Ceramics
Sake

content: Japan

content: Sake bottle, Bizen ware, Imbe type

title_sort: SAKE BOTTLE, BIZEN WARE, IMBE TYPE

label: Screen Image

title: Sake bottle, Bizen ware, Imbe type


content: 4th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 757, pg. 167, 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

label: Topic

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: dragon

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Carving
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Incising
Jade
Dragon

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: mid 19th century

label: School/Tradition

content: Company school

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly Captain William Stephen Raikes Hodson (1821-1858), taken after the British storming of Delhi [1]

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), method of acquisition unknown [2]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See “Catalogue of Indo-Persian Pictures and Manuscripts, Principally of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries by Native Artists, Collected by H. B. Hanna” [book], (London: Dowdeswell and Dowdeswells, 1890), page 24.

content: This catalog indicates “Taken by Hodson, near Hamáyan’s Tomb, after the assault and capture of that city in September, 1857.”

content: Captain William Stephen Raikes Hodson was a British Army soldier who led an irregular calvary regiment during the Indian Rebellion (1857-1859). Born in Gloucestershire, England, Hodson was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He enlisted in the British Army in 1844, serving in the first Anglo-Sikh War, 1845-46. In 1857, he was charged with leading 2,000 irregular horsemen during the Indian Rebellion at Delhi, where he accepted the surrender of Bahadur Shah II, the last of the Mughal emperors of India, near Hamáyan’s Tomb. Hodson died in 1858 fighting at Lucknow, where his remains were buried.

content: [2] See “Catalogue of Indo-Persian Pictures and Manuscripts, Principally of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries by Native Artists, Collected by H. B. Hanna” [book].

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

content: [3] See Charles Lang Freer art voucher no. 24, “For a collection of Indo-Persian pictures and manuscripts” from H. B. Hanna of Heathmere, Petersfield, Hants. [Hampshire], England, from October 1907, Box 114, Folder No. 12, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., copy in object file.

content: [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: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

content: portrait

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 8.6 x 7.6 cm (3 3/8 x 3 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hodson, William Stephen Raikes
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Portraits

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Portrait of a Mughal ruler

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL RULER

label: Screen Image

title: Portrait of a Mughal ruler


content: Dated 563 CE

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 140, pg. 55, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: relief seal

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: lotus

content: China

content: mandorla

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 30.9 × 18.2 × 8.1 cm (12 3/16 × 7 3/16 × 3 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva
Relief seal

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Two standing bodhisattvas

title_sort: TWO STANDING BODHISATTVAS

title: Two standing bodhisattvas


label: Date

content: 2nd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Model of a watch tower in two stories and roof, set in a bowl-shaped moat (4 sections). Figures of archers and birds; of swans, frogs, turtles and fish in the moat

content: Clay: soft, reddish.

content: Glaze: green, slightly iridescent.

content: Decoration: incised parallel lines.

label: Label

content: A tower of two stories, each protected by its own roof, stands in a bowl-shaped moat containing small models of swans, frogs, turtles, and fish. Perching birds and human sentries are located at the four corners of each level. Earthenware towers, such as the one seen here, are sometimes found among the grave goods in tombs from the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 C.E.), and are often covered in a green glaze that has developed a slight iridescence from prolonged burial. The Eastern Han was an unsettled period and these structures may represent the kind of fortified towers in which landowners and their families sought refuge during times of warfare and social turmoil. The balustrades and bracketing system of the roofs illustrate some basic elements of the Chinese architectural tradition during the first centuries of the common era.

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1532, 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: Exhibition History

content: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art (April 29, 2023 - ongoing)

content: Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)

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

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

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

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

content: Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: tower

content: China

content: earthenware

content: copper-green lead glaze

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery), Gallery 26: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Model

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 84.4 x 44 cm (33 1/4 x 17 5/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 26

building: Sackler

content: China

content: Tomb model of a watch tower

title_sort: TOMB MODEL OF A WATCH TOWER

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tomb model of a watch tower


content: 18th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

content: music

content: night

content: woman

content: drum

content: lute

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 10.4 x 17.4 cm (4 1/8 x 6 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Night
Drums (Membranophones)
Music
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Woman
Attendant
Lute

content: India

label: Title

content: A Lady and attendant on a terrace at evening, with three women musicians

title_sort: A LADY AND ATTENDANT ON A TERRACE AT EVENING, WITH THREE WOMEN MUSICIANS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Kamakura period

content: Mr. Kawara, Osaka [1]

content: To 1906

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1906 [2]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1906 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 536, pg. 147, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan (April 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024)

content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

content: Mr. Kawara

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: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: Amitabha Buddha

content: ushnisha

content: Japan

content: halo

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 89.6 x 65.3 cm (35 1/4 x 25 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kawara
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Amitabha Buddha
Japanese Art
Halo
Kakemono
Ushnisha

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Amitabha rising above the hills

title_sort: AMITABHA RISING ABOVE THE HILLS

title: Amitabha rising above the hills


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 465, 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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

content: Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

content: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

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

content: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

content: Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)

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

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 113.6 × 39.6 cm (44 3/4 × 15 9/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Woodcutter

title_sort: WOODCUTTER

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Woodcutter


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信 (1711-1785)

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 349, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: reading

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Full color, lacquer black, and slight gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 61.5 x 27.2 cm (24 3/16 x 10 11/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Young woman reading a letter

title_sort: YOUNG WOMAN READING A LETTER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Young woman reading a letter


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G345 state 1 of 1.

content: Sir John Charles Day [1]

content: To 1906

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [2]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [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: "Stamp in lower left corner: J C D (Sir John Charles Day). "

content: [2] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 3, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Sir John Charles Day (1826-1908)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 21.4 x 12.4 cm (8 7/16 x 4 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.
Day, John Charles

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

content: United States

content: The Courtyard, Brussels

title_sort: THE COURTYARD, BRUSSELS

title: The Courtyard, Brussels


label: Period

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: drum

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (sheet & image): 26.8 × 38.9 cm (10 9/16 × 15 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Five musicians playing drums

title_sort: FIVE MUSICIANS PLAYING DRUMS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Five musicians playing drums


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Nocturne: San Giorgio, like the closely related drawing Venice (see F1893.26), is a view from the Riva degli Schiavoni looking south to the church of San Giorgio Maggiore. When it was shown at the Fine Art Society in London in January 1881, a satirical review in the magazine Punch made fun on the gondolas in the foreground. Caricaturing the drawing as "Nocturne at a Hotel," Punch described it as showing "curious specimens of shoes left outside the bedroom doors to be cleaned."

content: Quotation from Harry Furniss, "Whistler's Wenice [sic]; or, Pastels by Pastelthwaite," Punch, February 12, 1881.

content: To 1917

content: Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929), New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Accession List, Collections Management office, as well as Original Whistler List, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Artist and Patron (May 11, 1984 to January 17, 1985)

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

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

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

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

content: Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Chalk and pastel on brown paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.4 x 30.1 cm (8 1/16 x 11 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Havemeyer, Louisine

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne: San Giorgio

title_sort: NOCTURNE: SAN GIORGIO

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Nocturne: San Giorgio


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Buff clay. Hand formed, heavy. Vertical faceting on one side of wall; incised undulating horizontal line on opposite side of wall; incised spiral in bottom; incised ring on base. Chocolate brown iron glaze, glossy on side exposed to highest temperature during firing (over facts), matte on opposite side. Foot unglazed.

label: Label

content: The combination of halting workmanship with fine Seto brown glaze indicated the work of an amateur potter fired at a Seto-related garden kiln.

content: To 1898

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [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 Pottery List, L. 435, 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: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tokyo, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Rakurakuen ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.8 x 10.3 cm (3 7/16 x 4 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Rakurakuen ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

place: Tokyo Japan

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl by an amateur potter

title_sort: TEA BOWL BY AN AMATEUR POTTER

title: Tea bowl by an amateur potter


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: Bowl, shallow, with flange rim and low circular base, recessed on the inside.

content: Surface: gilded, partially covered with a green and blue patina, and earthy incrustation.

content: Decoration: three narrow raised bands in low relief around body on exterior, with two monster masks, one on either side, each with a ring loop. Incised decoration of scrolls on interior and exterior base, cavetto and exterior walls, and flange rim.

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1456, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x Diam: 4.7 x 16.4 cm (1 7/8 x 6 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Bowl

title_sort: BOWL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bowl


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.

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 1829

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Description

content: Unfinished. Titles inscribed. Silk makimono.

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Makimono List, L. 453, pg. 121, 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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

content: Japanese Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: bird

content: tree

content: tiger

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: warrior

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: makimono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 39.5 × 170.1 cm (15 9/16 × 67 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

topic:
Trees
Charles Lang Freer collection
Warrior
Art
Animals
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Birds
Ukiyo-e
Makimono
Tiger

content: Japan

content: Suikoden

title_sort: SUIKODEN

title: Suikoden


label: Date

content: ca. 1300

label: Provenance

content: To 1910

content: Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo, Egypt, to 1910 [1]

content: From 1910 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Maurice Nahman in 1910 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 187, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Christian Art (December 1, 1971 to April 7, 1978)

content: Christian Art (January 1, 1963 to May 15, 1968)

content: Ancient Glass (June 1962 to (end date unknown))

content: Untitled Exhibition, Armenian and Byzantine Art (July 28, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 6 Alcove (February 25, 1956 to July 22, 1958)

content: Special Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts and East Christian Art (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, East Corridor (October 26 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts, Gallery 6, 1947 (April 23 to October 3, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1947 (June 18, 1947 to October 26, 1955)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Maurice Nahman (1868-1948) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Venice, Italy

content: iridescence

content: molding

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H x W: 5.9 x 3.8 cm (2 5/16 x 1 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Nahman, Maurice

place: Italy Venice

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Molding
Art
European Art
Glass
Iridescence

content: Italy

content: Fragment of medallion of purple glass paste

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF MEDALLION OF PURPLE GLASS PASTE


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Wu Bin (ca. 1591-1626)

content: A white-robed Buddhist figure seated in a niche of rocks. Ink and color. Signature and two seals.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 630, 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.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Guanyin

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk, mounted on panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 127.1 x 60.7 cm (50 1/16 x 23 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

label: Title

content: White-robed Guanyin

title_sort: WHITE-ROBED GUANYIN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: White-robed Guanyin


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Bead

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

title: Bead


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1335, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: qin

content: pavilion

content: scholar

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 181.1 x 102.4 cm (71 5/16 x 40 5/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Three scholars in a pavilion composing poetry

title_sort: THREE SCHOLARS IN A PAVILION COMPOSING POETRY


content: Possibly Ming dynasty

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 31, 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.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: river

content: pavilion

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 23.9 x 29.1 cm (9 7/16 x 11 7/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Pavilion on a wooded promontory

title_sort: PAVILION ON A WOODED PROMONTORY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Pavilion on a wooded promontory


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 median ridge; mottled lime-yellow and pale greens with reddish-brown strata and veinings; profuse cream-colored incipient disintegration in fissures and veinings, of a smooth enamel like texture; surface contours uneven, a saw mark on each side. (Rim broken in several places.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: Possibly excavated at Huang-ling, Hsiaki, Chekiang [1]

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was "said to have been excavated at Huang-ling, Hsiaki, Chekiang."

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1052, pg. 235, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 16.4 x 1.2 cm (6 7/16 x 1/2 in)

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: Screen Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Period

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

content: To 1918

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1918 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1379, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Lead

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Metal-work

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornamental plate

title_sort: ORNAMENTAL PLATE

title: Ornamental plate


label: Date

content: 15th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Cui Bai (active mid- to late 11th century)

content: To 1915

content: L.C. Pang Collection (1864-1949), Chekiang, China, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the L.C. Pang Collection, through C. T. Loo, in San Francisco, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 963, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue, pg. 59, 1915. 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 an Accession List note, Charles Lang Freer purchased F1915.17- F1915.26 from the L.C. Pang Collection of Chekiang, China, through C. T. Loo, while at San Francisco in April 1915. Payment was made through Leyer and Co. of Shanghai, China. See Voucher no. 3, May 1915. According to Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record, this object was reproduced in Osvald Sire´n, Chinese Paintings in American Collections, Paris and Brussels: G. van Oest (1928), Part 4, plate 142.

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: Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Painting (February 11 to August 5, 2012)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1955 (November 17, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: goose

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

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

content: H x W (image): 102.8 x 164.1 cm (40 1/2 x 64 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

content: Geese at Dawn on a Misty River

title_sort: GEESE AT DAWN ON A MISTY RIVER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Geese at Dawn on a Misty River


content: 1st-2nd century

content: Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

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

content: Glass

content: H x W: 1.7 x 1.6 cm (11/16 x 5/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Bowl, small, shallow.

content: Clay: medium stoneware, purplish brown.

content: Glaze: clear.

content: Decoration: in slip under glaze; cranes and small scroll in underglaze blue. Mishima & hakeme techniques.

label: Label

content: This charming bowl, made at a Karatsu kiln, evokes classical mishima motifs with stylized flower-heads and delicate 'rope curtain' stamps, revealed by careful removal of slip. At the same time, the popularity of cobalt-decorated porcelain is acknowledged by the "crane and cloud" motif sketches in cobalt on the remaining slip.

content: To 1896

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

content: Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Ureshino, Saga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: crane

content: Karatsu ware, Mishima Karatsu type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 4.5 × 13.9 cm (1 3/4 × 5 1/2 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, Mishima type

place:
Ureshino
Japan
Saga prefecture

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Karatsu ware, Mishima Karatsu type
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Crane

content: Japan

content: Karatsu ware individual serving bowl

title_sort: KARATSU WARE INDIVIDUAL SERVING BOWL

title: Karatsu ware individual serving bowl


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G66, state not provided.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 22.6 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint

content: United States

label: Title

content: Arthur Haden

title_sort: ARTHUR HADEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Arthur Haden


content: 206-220 BCE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Cup, ovoidal, rounded bottom without foot; opaque white with gray area having a pale lavendar cast, green stains and dark patches of earth incrustation on exterior; interior has black, green, red, and yellow granular deposits; decoration: incised, a wide band of double scroll design between meander borders. (One chip and cracks). Box.

label: Provenance

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 830, pg. 180, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Jade (nephrite with diopside)

content: H x W: 3.6 x 7.1 cm (1 7/16 x 2 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Ovoidal cup

title_sort: OVOIDAL CUP

label: Screen Image

title: Ovoidal cup


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 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 G211 state 5 of 8.

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

content: Charles Lang Freer acquired many Whistler pieces from the Ways. However, museum records do not always specify whether it was the younger or elder Way who was the source of a particular object. Further, archival sources indicate that the junior Way sometimes acted on behalf of his father: whilst negotiating the sale of his own Whistler works to C.L. Freer, he would concurrently negotiate the sale of some of his father’s Whistler works to Freer. In cases where it is unclear whether it was the junior or senior Way who actually owned a piece acquired by C.L. Freer, the provenance record will simply state that the object was purchased from “Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way.”

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: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: boat

content: architecture

content: Italy

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

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: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 12.7 x 31 cm (5 x 12 3/16 in)

place:
United States
Italy

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

content: Italy

content: United States

content: Long Venice

title_sort: LONG VENICE

title: Long Venice


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Shuzan

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Wood-carving List, R. 5303, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: carving

content: wood

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

label: Accession Number

content: Costume Accessory

content: Wood

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 8.4 x 2.4 x 2 cm (3 5/16 x 15/16 x 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type:
Costume accessories
Costume

label: Title

content: Netsuke

title_sort: NETSUKE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Netsuke


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Cao Zhibo (1272-1355)

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 in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 685, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 29.7 x 121.1 cm (11 11/16 x 47 11/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Houses at the waterside

title_sort: HOUSES AT THE WATERSIDE

label: Screen Image

title: Houses at the waterside


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.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

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 Mary Slusser in memory of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 11.5 x 8.2 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/4 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

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

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


content: ca. 1603

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh state, India

content: horse

content: man

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 9.5 x 17.3 cm (3 3/4 x 6 13/16 in)

place:
Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
Men
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Horses

content: India

label: Title

content: Sultan Salim in a Carriage

title_sort: SULTAN SALIM IN A CARRIAGE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Sultan Salim in a Carriage