label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 3

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 G48, no state provided.

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Plates, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is part of a group (consisting of a set of sixteen plates, as well as one impression of each plate) that was purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in January 1896.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 12.6 x 20.2 cm (4 15/16 x 7 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Limehouse

title_sort: LIMEHOUSE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Limehouse


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 16th--early 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Strong graphic designs with vibrant colors are among the best tapestries of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). The use of large blocks of color to create a bold design corresponds to a similar visual effect in fahua ceramics and in cloisonne. This composition of lotuses features one of the most respected and beloved flowers in Chinese lore. Rising fragrant and unsoiled out of muddy water, the lotus symbolizes purity, integrity, and the idea of spiritual transcendence in the Buddhist tradition. It also carries another meaning-peace-based on the pronunciation of "lotus" in Chinese, "he," which sounds like a differently written word that means "peace." The dragonfly (qingting) adds another pun with words for "dragonfly" and "clear" sounding alike. Thus this image suggests clear, peaceful waters, which served as a rebus for the stability of the Ming government.

content: To 1911

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, S.I. 28A, pg. 41, 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: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

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

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Chinese Art (December 5, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: slit tapestry

content: tapestry

content: silk (fiber)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: dragonfly

content: lotus

content: China

content: rock

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Silk tapestry (kesi): woven silk threads

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 41.9 x 64.8 cm (16 1/2 x 25 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Insects
Chinese Art
Rocks
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Lotus
Slit tapestry

type: Country

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Dragonfly and lotus plants

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: DRAGONFLY AND LOTUS PLANTS

type: Images

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Dragonfly and lotus plants


content: 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Serving bowl (hachi [Jpn]) with low broad foot.

content: Clay: hard, resonant, gray-white.

content: Glaze: clear, pale blue where thick; slip crackled and pitted. Foot and footrim glazed. Two concentric rings incised through glaze in bottom.

label: Provenance

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 533, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Hagi ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: rice-straw-ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 8 × 14.7 cm (3 1/8 × 5 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Hagi ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Japan
Yamaguchi prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Serving bowl, possibly Hagi ware

title_sort: SERVING BOWL, POSSIBLY HAGI WARE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Serving bowl, possibly Hagi ware


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G340 state 2 of 4.

content: To 1904

content: Rosalind Birnie-Philip (1873-1958), London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), received from Rosalind Birnie-Philip in 1904 [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. Although this object was received from Miss Rosalind Birnie-Philip on July 19, 1904, it was kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and given a registration number for that year. The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: architecture

content: church

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

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 12.6 x 17.6 cm (4 15/16 x 6 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Birnie Philip, Rosalind

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

content: United States

content: The Church- Brussels (Adoration)

title_sort: THE CHURCH- BRUSSELS (ADORATION)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: The Church- Brussels (Adoration)


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: Reportedly excavated in Xi’an, Shaanxi [1]

content: Duanfang (1861–1911) [2]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: “Formerly in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang [Duanfang], and said to have been excavated at Sianfu [Xi’an], Shensi [Shaanxi].”

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1403, p. 329, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: purportedly found at Shaanxi province, Xi'an, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

place:
China
Xi'an
purportedly found at Shaanxi province

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

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED UNIFORM CURLS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Han Huang (723-787)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1251, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 12. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 18 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1953 (May 26, 1953 to September 15, 1953)

content: Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: donkey

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: plum blossom

content: man

content: snow

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 100 x 42 cm (39 3/8 x 16 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Snow
Donkey
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Men
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Plum blossom

content: China

label: Title

content: Riding Through Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms

title_sort: RIDING THROUGH SNOW IN SEARCH OF PLUM BLOSSOMS

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Period

content: Momoyama period

label: Description

content: Water jar for the tea ceremony (mizusashi): ovoidal; wide mouth and flat, slightly hollowed base. Lacquer cover. Lacquer repairs on rim.

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: lustrous dark yellow-brown with dripping overflow of (rice-straw-ash) blue; pool of blue and cream (rice-straw-ash glaze) inside.

content: Decoration: wave-motive impressed in paste under glaze, on the inside (marks of anvil with incised pattern of concentric circles).

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 170, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware

content: Takatori ware

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: water

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with rice-straw-ash glaze; lacquered wooden lid

content: H x Diam: 15.2 × 17.1 cm (6 × 6 3/4 in)

label: Style

content: Takatori or Agano ware

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan

topic:
Karatsu ware
Water
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Takatori ware
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Stoneware
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Tea ceremony water jar, Takatori or Karatsu ware

title_sort: TEA CEREMONY WATER JAR, TAKATORI OR KARATSU WARE


content: Edo period

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 125, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 191.5 x 110 cm (75 3/8 x 43 5/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk's robe: Kesa

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 1st-2nd century

label: Period

content: Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: iridescence

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H x W: 1 x 1.6 cm (3/8 x 5/8 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 12th-13th century?

label: Description

content: Lamp; flat circular form; spout restored.

content: Clay: fairly hard, terra-cotta.

content: Glaze: Turquoise green, "matte."

content: Decoration: an ibex outlined in a field of pierced work.

content: To 1903

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, and Original Pottery List, L. 1240, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: ibex

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Furniture and Furnishing

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x W: 4.8 x 15 cm (1 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics
Ibex

culture: Muslims Syrians

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

content: Oil lamp

title_sort: OIL LAMP

title: Oil lamp


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: W (overall): 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in)

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Fragment of a disk inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A DISK INLAY

title: Fragment of a disk inlay


label: Date

content: Dated 551 CE

label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 147, pg. 58, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Shakyamuni

content: lettering

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 106.7 × 49.5 × 41.2 cm (42 × 19 1/2 × 16 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Shakyamuni
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Stone
Lettering

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Buddhist tablet: standing figure in high relief; right hand missing

title_sort: BUDDHIST TABLET: STANDING FIGURE IN HIGH RELIEF; RIGHT HAND MISSING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


content: ca. 1806-1808

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1907

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 607, pg. 159, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond (November 17, 2018 to October 20, 2019)

content: Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

content: Poetic License: Making Old Worlds New (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poet

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 131.2 × 53.3 cm (51 5/8 × 21 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Six Immortals of Poetry: Kisen Hoshi

title_sort: SIX IMMORTALS OF POETRY: KISEN HOSHI

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Six Immortals of Poetry: Kisen Hoshi


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

title: Ball


label: Date

content: Dated 574 CE

label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Yung Pao Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yung Pao Chai in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 142, pg. 56, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 18, Yung Pao Chai may have been Yongbaozhai, a shop established in the antique district of Liulichang in 1884.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Yung Pao Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: forgery

content: China

content: lettering

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall): 44.1 x 24.6 x 8.7 cm (17 3/8 x 9 11/16 x 3 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Chai, Yung Pao

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

content: China

content: Buddhist tablet

title_sort: BUDDHIST TABLET

title: Buddhist tablet


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored conically leaving ridge near edge; mottled rich greens with brown veins and silvery strata; some areas of white disintegration on obverse, more plentiful on reverse; proportions irregular. (Rim slightly chipped and one break.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1020, pg. 222, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 21.9 x 1.6 cm (8 5/8 x 5/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; richly mottled bright bluish-green, golden tan, and brown; cream-colored fleckings of incipient disintegration, more extensive on one side; dull luster, one strata crack. (Chip on rim.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in Hsi-hsi, Chekiang [1]

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "Formerly in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang, and said to have been excavated in Hsi-hsi, Chekiang."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1398, pg. 326, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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, Ancient Chinese Jade and Bronze (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 23.6 x 1.4 cm (9 5/16 x 9/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

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

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G163 state 3b of 4.

content: Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge (circa 1845 - 1924), Glasgow, Scotland [1]

content: To 1903

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in 1903 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] An undated folder sheet note in the object file states "On back, stamp, B.M. (MacGeorge Collection Stamp)" (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record). Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge's Whistler collection "was sold in 1902 to H. Wunderlich and Co." (according to The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow).

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 10, March 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge (ca. 1845-1924)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: fishing

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.1 x 25.3 cm (5 15/16 x 9 15/16 in)

name:
MacGeorge, Bertrand Buchanan
Freer, Charles Lang
H. Wunderlich & Co.

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Fishing Boats, Hastings

title_sort: FISHING BOATS, HASTINGS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Fishing Boats, Hastings


content: ca. 1630-1640

label: School/Tradition

content: Ajmer school

content: Against a deep chocolate ground scattered with massive flowers, a Rajput nobleman stands in profile holding a bouquet that conveys his refinement. He wears a diaphanous jama of fine muslin over yellow churidar pants. The prototype for a portrait in this style was imperial. Mughal artists produced portraits of Rajput noblemen for imperial albums, and as gifts. The relatively unmodulated forms, the chocolate ground, and the large flowering plants that surround the thakur are evidence of local production, perhaps in Ajmer.

content: To 1947

content: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) [1]

content: From 1947 to 1972

content: Rama Coomaraswamy (1929-2006), Greenwich, Connecticut, by gift or inheritance after his father, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy’s death in 1947 [2]

content: From 1972 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Rama Coomaraswamy, Greenwich, Connecticut in May 1972

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim

content: Notes:

content: [1] Rama Coomaraswamy was the son of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, an important figure in the field of Indian and Sri Lankan art history. Coomaraswamy was largely responsible for providing the conceptual structures through which South Asian art became studied and valued in India and in the west. Because A.K. Coomaraswamy spent the second half of his life in the U.S., it is highly unlikely that any art from his personal collection would have a contested provenance.

content: [2] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

content: Rama Coomaraswamy (1929-2006)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: perhaps Ajmer, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: man

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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label: Credit Line

content: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

label: Data Source

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W (painting): 14.6 × 9.9 cm (5 3/4 × 3 7/8 in)

content: H x W (overall): 31.1 × 22.9 cm (12 1/4 × 9 in)

name:
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Coomaraswamy, Rama

place:
Rajasthan state
perhaps Ajmer
India

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Rajput Nobleman

title_sort: RAJPUT NOBLEMAN

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Rajput Nobleman


label: Date

content: ca. 1730

content: Attributed to the Master of the Court of Mankot (active early 18th century)

label: Description

content: Beneath an arched bower exploding with blossoming creepers and flowers, Krishna, charmingly poised on one foot, entertains attentively adoring gopis with music from his flute. The painting’s vibrant colors, particularly the vivid red ground, and the ardently focused gazes of the lotus-eyed gopis attest to the powerful currents of emotion connecting the blue-skinned Krishna and his devotees. As an allusion to his divine status, the artist represented Krishna standing upon an open lotus flower that rests on a marble throne inlaid with precious gems. The vines encircling the tree trunks are a visual instantiation of a well-attested metaphor for the relationship between a woman (vine) and her lover (tree).

content: This folio is one in a series (dasavatara) illustrating the ten avatars of Vishnu. Krishna is the eighth incarnation of Vishnu; his exploits are described in the Mahabharata, the tenth book of the Bhagavata Purana, and numerous other poems and poetic treatises from the Gita Govinda to the Sur Sagar.

label: Provenance

content: Raja Dhruv Dev Chand of Lambagraon, descendant of the Kangra rulers

content: Sharma, Delhi [1]

content: To 1984

content: Kapoor Galleries, Inc., New York, New York [2]

content: From 1984 to 2002

content: Paul F. Walter (1935-2017), New York, New York, purchased from Kapoor Galleries, Inc., New York, New York in 1984 [3]

content: Sale, New York, Sotheby’s, Important Indian Miniatures from The Paul F. Walter Collection, November 14, 2002, lot 65: “Illustration to a Dasavatara series” [4]

content: From 2002 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, Sotheby’s, New York, “Important Indian Miniatures from The Paul F. Walter Collection,” November 14, 2002, lot no. 65: “Illustration to a Dasavatara series” [5]

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [6]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Catherine Benkaim.

content: [2] See Sotheby’s auction catalogue from the sale in New York. Sotheby’s, Important Indian Miniatures from The Paul F. Walter Collection, November 14, 2002, lot 65: “Illustration to a Dasavatara series.”

content: [3] See note 2. See also Pal, P., American Collectors Asian Art, (Bombay: Marg Publications, 1986), pp. 205-206.

content: [4] See note 2.

content: [5] See note 2.

content: [6] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Vishnu: Hindu's Blue-skinned Saviour (February to October, 2011)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Raja of Lambagraon

content: Sharma

content: Ramesh Kapoor

content: Paul F. Walter (1935-2017)

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Mankot, Uttarakhand state, India

content: Krishna

content: music

content: Gopi

content: flute

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (painting): 22.2 × 14.6 cm (8 3/4 × 5 3/4 in)

content: H x W (overall): 26 × 20.3 cm (10 1/4 × 8 in)

name:
Sharma
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Lambragaon
Kapoor, Ramesh
Walter, Paul F.

place:
Mankot
Uttarakhand state
India

topic:
Gopi
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Krishna
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Music
Flute

content: India

content: Krishna fluting, folio from a Dasavatar series

title_sort: KRISHNA FLUTING, FOLIO FROM A DASAVATAR SERIES

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


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G34 state 2 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: child

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.2 x 22.8 cm (6 x 9 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Bibi Valentin

title_sort: BIBI VALENTIN

title: Bibi Valentin


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.

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: Korea

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: dragonfly

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 2.1 cm (13/16 in)

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Ornament: dragonfly (in fragments)

title_sort: ORNAMENT: DRAGONFLY (IN FRAGMENTS)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ornament: dragonfly (in fragments)


content: early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: "Nail-carved" Irabo type [Jpn], inverted bell; high composite foot. Cracked and repaired.

content: Clay: coarse, red.

content: Glaze: thin, brilliant olive.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 494, 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: Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Rakuzan kiln, Matsue, Shimane prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Rakuzan ware

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 9 × 14.7 cm (3 9/16 × 5 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Rakuzan ware

place:
Matsue
Japan
Shimane prefecture
Rakuzan kiln

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

content: Japan

content: Rakuzan ware tea bowl in Kugibori Irabo style

title_sort: RAKUZAN WARE TEA BOWL IN KUGIBORI IRABO STYLE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 6, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G70 state 2 of 6.

label: Provenance

content: To 1890

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1890 [1]

content: From 1890 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1890 [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. in January 1890, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 27.5 x 19.9 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Rotherhithe

title_sort: ROTHERHITHE

title: Rotherhithe


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: 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)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

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

label: Dimensions

content: H: 2.2 cm (7/8 in)

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

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Date

content: early 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1905

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi 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 Panel List, L. 49, pg. 17, 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: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wisteria

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: shikishi

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 18.4 x 18.2 cm (7 1/4 x 7 3/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Wisteria blossoms

title_sort: WISTERIA BLOSSOMS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wisteria blossoms


content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title: Ball


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1902

content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), Kidderminster, England, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michael Tomkinson in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 458, pg. 123, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: chrysanthemum

content: grass

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and tint on paper

content: H x W: 105.1 x 40.6 cm (41 3/8 x 16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: White chrysanthemums and grasses

title_sort: WHITE CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND GRASSES

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: White chrysanthemums and grasses


content: 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Description

content: Tea bowl. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: Raku type, light brown clay.

content: Glaze: brilliant orange-red slip, brushed into areas of white slip, clear glaze with overflow of gray-white, crackled.

label: Label

content: This bowl is heavy for its size and hesitantly carved. These features suggest that it was made by an inexperienced potter. A thick curtain of whitish glaze masks the red slip. The exaggerated undulations of the rim are a later convention not found in Koetsu's own bowls.

label: Provenance

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 483, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Raku ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: copy

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with red and white slips brushed under translucent lead glaze, milky where thick; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 9.6 × 12.9 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Raku ware, unknown workshop

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl, copy of "Kaga Koetsu," unknown Raku ware workshop

title_sort: TEA BOWL, COPY OF "KAGA KOETSU," UNKNOWN RAKU WARE WORKSHOP

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G36 state 3 of 3.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.7 x 15.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in)

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

content: United States

content: Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L' Artiste'

title_sort: Z. ASTRUC, EDITOR OF 'L' ARTISTE'

title: Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L' Artiste'


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 768, pg. 196, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bear

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.2 x 3.8 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament with a bear head

title_sort: ORNAMENT WITH A BEAR HEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ornament with a bear head


content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 516, pg. 148, 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: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Shakyamuni

content: varada mudra

content: anjali mudra

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: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 131.4 x 82 x 32.6 cm (51 3/4 x 32 5/16 x 12 13/16 in)

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Shakyamuni
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Anjali mudra
Stone

content: China

content: Seated figure of the Buddha Sakyamuni in high relief

title_sort: SEATED FIGURE OF THE BUDDHA SAKYAMUNI IN HIGH RELIEF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 14th-15th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Style of Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

content: Formerly attributed to Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ma-Xia

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: Agnes E. Meyer inherited upon the death of her husband, Eugene Meyer [2]

content: Ruth Meyer Epstein (1921-2007), by descent from her mother, Agnes E. Meyer [3]

content: From 1992

content: The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, bequeathed by Ruth Meyer Epstein in 1992 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See note 4.

content: [2] Eugene Meyer died in Washington D.C. on July 17, 1959. Upon his death, his wife, Agnes E. Meyer inherited the entirety of the couple's collection.

content: [3] The object was part of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer. Her daughter, Ruth Meyer Epstein inherited the work upon her death.

content: [4] See Ruth Meyer Epstein’s Deed of Gift, dated July 9, 1992, copy in object file. This work is part of the Museum’s Freer Gallery of Art Collection.

content: Research updated on June 27, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Mrs. Ruth Meyer Epstein (1921-2007)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: plum blossom

content: reading

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Ruth Meyer Epstein

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

content: Painting

content: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 22.5 x 22.4 cm (8 7/8 x 8 13/16 in)

name:
Epstein, Ruth Meyer
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

topic:
Reading
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Plum blossom

content: China

content: Looking at Flowering Plums and Reading

title_sort: LOOKING AT FLOWERING PLUMS AND READING

title: Looking at Flowering Plums and Reading


label: Date

content: ca. 1700

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Colonel Hanna's Pictures (August 21, 1999 to February 6, 2000)

content: South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.2 x 10 cm (7 15/16 x 3 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

content: India

content: Portrait of an officer

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER

title: Portrait of an officer


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai, to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, NY, in 1918 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1355, p. 313, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 18.6 x 0.5 cm (7 5/16 x 3/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls arranged in a grid

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED UNIFORM CURLS ARRANGED IN A GRID

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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 33, 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)

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3 cm (1 3/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY

title: Fragment of inlay


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Fragment of inlay. Columnar rod and plate mosaic. White and red in dark blue squares set in an opaque yellow matrix. See F1909.625 (the same material).

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: poppy

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

title: Fragment of an inlay


content: Muromachi period

content: Light gray clay. String-cut base. Two lugs on shoulder. Iron glaze covering the body nearly to the foot, splashed over shoulder with ash glaze that has matured on one side as translucent amber, streaked with opaque creamy yellow edged with blue. Base coated with iron wash. Inside glazed.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 723, 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: Aichi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: ivory

content: Seto ware

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid

content: H x Diam: 8 × 11.1 cm (3 1/8 × 4 3/8 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Ivory
Stoneware
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Seto ware

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Mino or Seto ware ewer, used as tea caddy

title_sort: MINO OR SETO WARE EWER, USED AS TEA CADDY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1902

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915), London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr., through William S. Marchant and Co., London, in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 6, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remarks 6 and 8, Linda Merrill, October 11, 1995, in the object record. Thomas Way Sr. was the father of Thomas Robert Way. See further, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Lost Symphony: Whistler & the Perfection of Art (January 16 to May 30, 2016)

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

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

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

content: Mr. Whistler's Exhibition (June 08, 1874 - (approx.) January 29, 1875)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: nude

content: study

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Black and white chalk on on brown paper

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

name:
Way, Thomas
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Nudity
Woman

content: United States

content: Crouching Figure. Study for The White Symphony: Three Girls

title_sort: CROUCHING FIGURE. STUDY FOR THE WHITE SYMPHONY: THREE GIRLS

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: ca. 1050-771 BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: To mid-1970s

content: Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts. [1]

content: From mid-1970s to 1998

content: Private collection, Princeton, New Jersey, purchased from Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc., East Dennis, Massachusetts in the mid-1970s. [2]

content: From 1998

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor, Princeton, New Jersey. [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to an email from donor, the donor purchased item “from an auctioneer named Robert Eldred somewhere on Cape Cod”.

content: See email dated February 26, 1998, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. See also Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

content: [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form and the Deed of Gift, copies in object file, Collections Management Office. According to an email from donor, the donor purchased item “from an auctioneer named Robert Eldred somewhere on Cape Cod”.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc.

content: Robert W. Bagley

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Robert W. Bagley

label: Data Source

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

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 7.3 x 7 x 6.8 cm (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 11/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
Robert C. Eldred Co., Inc.
Bagley, Robert W.

content: China

label: Title

content: Fitting

title_sort: FITTING

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fitting


label: Date

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: late 11th-early 10th century BCE

label: Period

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial wine vessel, type fang tsun. Surface: smooth dark green patina, with two areas of light-green, and a scattering aerugo of malachite green; traces of earthy incrustation. Decoration: in low and high relief. Inscription scratched within the lip.

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscription scratched within the lip.

label: Provenance

content: Parish-Watson Company, New York 1925 [1]

content: From 1925

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in 1925 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Special Exhibition—Chinese Bronzes (November 1, 1961 to March 23, 1962)

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, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to December 13, 1944)

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

content: Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

content: Parish-Watson Company

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: wine

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 34.5 x 27 cm (13 9/16 x 10 5/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Ritual wine vessel (fangtsun)

title_sort: RITUAL WINE VESSEL (FANGTSUN)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ritual wine vessel (fangtsun)


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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 970, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 5.1 x 3.1 cm (2 x 1 1/4 in)

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

content: China

content: Padlock in the form of an animal

title_sort: PADLOCK IN THE FORM OF AN ANIMAL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Padlock in the form of an animal


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: self portrait

content: Japan

content: elder

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 54 x 25.5 cm (21 1/4 x 10 1/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Hokusai as an old man

title_sort: HOKUSAI AS AN OLD MAN

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Hokusai as an old man


content: early 13th century

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

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

content: H x W x D: 1 x 7.8 x 7.4 cm (3/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 15/16 in)

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Stone-paste disk fragment of a rider

title_sort: STONE-PASTE DISK FRAGMENT OF A RIDER

title: Stone-paste disk fragment of a rider


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G309 state 3 of 3.

content: To 1904

content: Rosalind Birnie-Philip (1873-1958), London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), received from Rosalind Birnie-Philip in 1904 [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. Although this object was received from Miss Rosalind Birnie-Philip on July 19, 1904, it was kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and given a registration number for that year. The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

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: Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 13.2 x 9.4 cm (5 3/16 x 3 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Birnie Philip, Rosalind

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Landing Stage, Cows

title_sort: THE LANDING STAGE, COWS

title: The Landing Stage, Cows