content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, 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 Bronze List, S.I. 1063, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze with silver inlay

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 7.1 x 2.6 cm (2 13/16 x 1 in)

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

content: China

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

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tally in the form of a tiger (fragment)


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 4th-6th 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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Country

content: Italy

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bead, polygonal

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: BEAD, POLYGONAL

type: Images

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, polygonal


content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 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 G181 state 3 of 5.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 13.2 x 20.7 cm (5 3/16 x 8 1/8 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Chelsea

title_sort: CHELSEA

title: Chelsea


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Misellaneous List, S.I. 1339, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 19.8 x 9.8 cm (7 13/16 x 3 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Ladle

title_sort: LADLE

title: Ladle


content: Period of Division

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 562, 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

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: chimera

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze, gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 2.4 x 3.1 cm (15/16 x 1 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament: reclining chimera

title_sort: ORNAMENT: RECLINING CHIMERA

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament: reclining chimera


label: Date

content: 15th-18th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Wang Wei (ca. 701-761)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1246, 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: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: snow

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 53.5 x 73.1 cm (21 1/16 x 28 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Winter Landscape

title_sort: WINTER LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Winter Landscape


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: While working to improve his facility with drawing and composition, Whistler made studies of classically draped models in Japanese attitudes, posing in front of a bamboo railing he designed especially for this purpose. The chalk drawings are studies in line, as the Six Projects (see F1902.138, F1903.175--F1903.179) are studies in color, for elaborate figure paintings Whistler was never able to complete, though he would use some of the themes in pastel drawings such as Morning Glories and Annabel Lee (F1905.129), which was completed years later. Whistler signed the drawings around 1874, placing his butterfly emblem beside each figure as though it were a Japanese artist’s seal.

content: To 1903

content: Sir William Burrell (1861-1958), Glasgow, Scotland, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Sir William Burrell in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Whistler's Nudes (April 21, 2002 to January 5, 2003)

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

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

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

content: Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: flower

content: water

content: river

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: balcony

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Drawing

content: Drawing; chalk and pastel on brown paper

content: H x W: 26.1 x 16.2 cm (10 1/4 x 6 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Burrell, William

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Balconies
Flowers
Rivers
Woman

content: United States

content: Morning Glories

title_sort: MORNING GLORIES

title: Morning Glories


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

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: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

title: Button bead


label: Date

content: Period of Division

label: Description

content: Small Han / early Six Dynasties light blue glass bowl with surface fractures and one minor loss, recovered from Changsha.

label: Provenance

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: From 1991

content: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of John Hadley Cox [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See “Listing of Objects offered to the FGA by Mr. John Hadley Cox,” September 12, 1991, copy in object file.

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005) was an educator and a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery, and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Changsha region of Hunan Province in South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935 (B.A.), he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. Whilst in China, he amassed his collection of ceramics and other materials from active archaeological sites in the region. During World War II, Cox served as an officer in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (now the CIA), and he was sent to Shanghai in 1945 to collect counterintelligence. Cox was also a fellow of the Harvard-Yenching Institute of Far Eastern Studies, an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan, and a linguistics professor at Georgetown University. In 1991, Cox donated 106 potsherds of Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese origin to the Freer Gallery Study Collection. Cox also left numerous items of his collection to the art gallery of his alma mater.

content: [2] See Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, December 19, 1991, copy in object file. This work is part of the museum’s Freer Study Collection.

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: Guangxi, China

content: glass

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

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

content: Vessel

content: Glass

content: H x Diam: 5 x 8.9 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/2 in)

content: Diam (rim [exterior]): 8 cm (3 1/8 in)

place: Guangxi China

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Chinese Art
Glass

content: China

content: Bowl

title_sort: BOWL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bowl


content: ca. 1680

label: School/Tradition

content: Ajmer school

content: This painting depicts a wedding ceremony with Brahma in attendance. Holding hands, the couple sits under a canopy of leaves that is supported by posts made from pots stacked one on top of another.

content: To 1969

content: Kasmin Gallery, London [1]

content: From 1969 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Kasmin Gallery, London in April 1969 [2]

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] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Kasmin Gallery, London in April 1969, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Kasmin Gallery (English, 1963-1972)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Ajmer, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: marriage

content: India

content: Brahma

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

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: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 21.9 × 18.5 cm (8 5/8 × 7 5/16 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Kasmin Gallery

place:
Ajmer
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Brahma? (Hindu deity)
Marriage

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Wedding Ceremony with Brahma in Attendance

title_sort: WEDDING CEREMONY WITH BRAHMA IN ATTENDANCE

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


content: 2nd-4th century

label: Period

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

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

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Miscellaneous figures

title_sort: MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Miscellaneous figures


content: ca. 2000-1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement; long, very thin blade form with sharp, beveled cutting edge; niched handle with perforation drilled from one side and cap shaped end; four circular perforations near upper edge drilled from another side; irregular cutting on one surface; translucent, light green with cloudy tan strata and scattered silvery incrustations and markings; high luster. (Break on upper edge, rough granular chips, blade edge minutely chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 873, pg. 188, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 49.2 x 8.4 x 0.5 cm (19 3/8 x 3 5/16 x 3/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

content: China

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏), FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Sandy, medium brown clay. Underglaze painted decoration in iron pigment and white slip, of primulas and birds. Translucent glaze, bluish where thick, with irregular coarse crackle; triangle of copper-tinted ash glaze, reduced to red, on one corner, volatilizing to adjacent side. Base unglazed.

content: To 1899

content: Japanese Trading Company, New York to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 369, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Trading Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: ceramic

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: copper pigment

content: iron pigment

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Kyushu-related ware

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with copper and iron pigments and white slip under feldspathic glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.9 × 9.8 cm (3 1/2 × 3 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Kyushu-related ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Japanese Trading Company

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
White slip
Copper pigment
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Kyushu-related ware
Ceramics
Flowers
Iron pigment

content: Japan

content: Square ember pot in Oribe style

title_sort: SQUARE EMBER POT IN ORIBE STYLE

title: Square ember pot in Oribe style


label: Date

content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Kinkozan Sobei workshop

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, ovoidal; low retired foot.

content: Clay: fine, hard, gray.

content: Glaze: mirror-black, iridescent; brown rim

label: Label

content: This simple bowl, attributed to one of the major workships in the Awataguchi district of eastern Kyoto, examplifies the high standard of workmanship of which Kyoto potters were justly proud. The shape and glaze are based on the classic Chinese Chien ware, or Temmoku, tea bowl. Many large Kyoto temples owned hundreds of such bowls for use in entertaining large groups of guests.

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 383, 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: Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 5.9 × 11.8 cm (2 5/16 × 4 5/8 in)

content: Kyoto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Awataguchi
Kyoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl

title_sort: TEA BOWL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tea bowl


label: Period

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: temple

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 150 x 128 cm (59 1/16 x 50 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Brocade, silk. A temple cover. In four pieces of sewed together and lined with asa

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. A TEMPLE COVER. IN FOUR PIECES OF SEWED TOGETHER AND LINED WITH ASA

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of block for slicing of inlay. Rod and plate mosaic

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF BLOCK FOR SLICING OF INLAY. ROD AND PLATE MOSAIC


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: From 1876 to 1892

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

content: From 1892 to 1894

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

content: From 1894 to 1904

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

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

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

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

content: [5] See notes 1 and 4.

content: [6] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: morning glory

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Oil paint and metal leaf on wood

content: H x W: 51.1 x 37 cm (20 1/8 x 14 9/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Morning glory

content: United States

content: Staircase panel

title_sort: STAIRCASE PANEL

title: Staircase panel


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G120 state 7 of 7.

content: To 1904

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, pg. 104, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's "Filthy Lucre" (May 16, 2015 to June 4, 2017)

content: Whistler and the Leylands (July 3, 1998 to June 6, 1999)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint

content: United States

content: The Velvet Dress (Mrs. Leyland)

title_sort: THE VELVET DRESS (MRS. LEYLAND)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Velvet Dress (Mrs. Leyland)


content: first half 8th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1912

content: Kiroku Adachi, Nagoya, Japan, to 1912 [1]

content: From 1912 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kiroku Adachi through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, Japan, in 1912 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 384, pg. 122, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Kiroku Adachi (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: relief seal

content: lotus

content: China

content: halo

content: mandorla

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 38.5 × 48 × 20 cm (15 3/16 × 18 7/8 × 7 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Adachi, Kiroku
buddha

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Lotus
Stone
Relief seal
Halo

content: China

content: Seated Buddha with a standing monk

title_sort: SEATED BUDDHA WITH A STANDING MONK

title: Seated Buddha with a standing monk


content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kashu Mimpei (1796-1871)

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl, ovoidal; deep flaring foot, notched.

content: Clay: hard, dense, whitish.

content: Glaze: lustrous warm cream, finely crackled.

content: Decorations: floral, enameled in colors and gold, over glaze.

content: Seal: Mimpei.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Mimpei

content: The flowering autumnal plants on this tea bowl continue an ancient motif favored on enamel decorated Kyoto and Kyoto-style ceramics, as well as on decorated lacquer and textiles. The decorator was skilled at naturalistic rendering of the chrysanthemums, pampas grass, and other plants.

content: To 1893

content: Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1893 [1]

content: From 1893 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1893 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 300, 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: Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)

content: Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Awaji island, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: flower

content: autumn

content: Mimpei ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: grass

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 enamels over clear colorless glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 7.6 x 12.4 cm (3 x 4 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Mimpei ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

place:
Awaji island
Hyogo prefecture
Japan

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl with design of autumn grasses

title_sort: TEA BOWL WITH DESIGN OF AUTUMN GRASSES

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tea bowl with design of autumn grasses


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 5

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 G137 state 5 of 8.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1909 [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 Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Whistler and the Leylands (July 3, 1998 to June 6, 1999)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: child

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: On View

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

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: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 21.3 x 13.9 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in)

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

room: Gallery 11

content: United States

content: Elinor Leyland

title_sort: ELINOR LEYLAND

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Elinor Leyland


content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 699, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: ocean

content: island

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese 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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 42 x 252 cm (16 9/16 x 99 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Mountains
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Ocean
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Islands

content: China

content: Ocean sky, rising sun

title_sort: OCEAN SKY, RISING SUN

title: Ocean sky, rising sun


label: Date

content: Mamluk period

label: Provenance

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 11 x 8.1 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/16 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

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

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

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: Description

content: Seven young women in a bamboo grove. Color and black. Signature and seal.

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Tsunemasa no hitsu [Jap].

label: Marks

content: Seal: Tsunemasa.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 187, pg. 41, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

content: well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: bamboo

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 36 x 41.3 cm (14 3/16 x 16 1/4 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Seven young women in a bamboo grove

title_sort: SEVEN YOUNG WOMEN IN A BAMBOO GROVE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Seven young women in a bamboo grove


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 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 G191 state 3 of 18.

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co., London, in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 23.4 x 17 cm (9 3/16 x 6 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

content: Doorway and Vine

title_sort: DOORWAY AND VINE

title: Doorway and Vine


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead, melon-shaped

title_sort: BEAD, MELON-SHAPED

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead, melon-shaped


label: Date

content: 200 BCE -100 BCE

content: Western Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1997

content: Private collection, Ossining, New York. [1]

content: From 1997

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

content: Yunnan province, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of an anonymous donor

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

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 28 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm (11 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in)

place:
China
Yunnan province

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Metal-work

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Spear head

title_sort: SPEAR HEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Spear head


content: ca. 1200

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

label: Origin

content: Perhaps Amol, Iran

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware painted under glaze

content: H x W x D: 5.9 x 10.4 x 2.1 cm (2 5/16 x 4 1/8 x 13/16 in)

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragmentary side of a vessel with animal designs

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY SIDE OF A VESSEL WITH ANIMAL DESIGNS


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G307 state 2 of 2.

content: To 1888

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

content: From 1888 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 12.7 x 17.6 cm (5 x 6 15/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Troopships

title_sort: TROOPSHIPS

title: Troopships


label: Period

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: floral patterns

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 212.6 x 115.4 cm (83 11/16 x 45 7/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

label: Title

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

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

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 154, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 412.5 x 32.5 cm (162 3/8 x 12 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Brocade, silk. An obi

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. AN OBI

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Brocade, silk. An obi


content: Period of Division

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1185, pg. 274, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: lotus

content: China

content: halo

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese 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: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 37 × 27.2 × 20 cm (14 9/16 × 10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Stone
Bodhisattva
Halo

content: China

content: Buddha with a bodhisattva (fragment)

title_sort: BUDDHA WITH A BODHISATTVA (FRAGMENT)

title: Buddha with a bodhisattva (fragment)


label: Period

content: Momoyama period

content: To 1901

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono Reserved List, L. 263, pg. 7, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: horse

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 33.4 × 51 cm (13 1/8 × 20 1/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
Horses
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Horse and Rider

title_sort: HORSE AND RIDER

title: Horse and Rider


label: Date

content: 1866-ca. 1874

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler began this painting in Valparaiso, Chile, where he witnessed a Spanish fleet attack the city. Whistler probably started the painting as a daylight scene, transforming it into a night scene when he reworked the canvas in 1874. The high horizon and the powerful diagonal of the wharf create an arrangement of forms that has no European precedent, but recalls the late landscapes of the Japanese painter Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858).

label: Provenance

content: Capt. Henry Hill (1818-1882), Brighton, England, purchased from the artist [1]

content: From 1889

content: Alexander Ionides (1840-1898), London, purchased at auction, Christie's, May 25, 1889, no. 80, "Nocturne in Blue and Silver Valparaiso" [2]

content: From 1892

content: Sir John Charles Day, purchased in May 1892 [3]

content: From between 1895-1897

content: George McCulloch (1848-1907), British, purchased between 1895-1897 [4]

content: From 1907

content: Mrs. George McCulloch, by bequest from her husband, George McCulloch, in 1907 [5]

content: To 1909

content: Wallis and Son, The French Gallery, London, to 1909 [6]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wallis and Son, The French Gallery, through D. Croal Thomson, in 1909 [7]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [8]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, S. Hobbs, 1977, in the object record, this painting was purchased from Whistler by Captain Henry Hill of Brighton. Upon Hill's death, it was sold at auction at Christie's, May 25, 1889, as no. 80, "Nocturne in Blue and Silver Valparaiso," to Alexander Ionides. It was then sold in May of 1892 to Sir John Day, and subsequently bought by George McCulloch, sometime between 1895 and 1897. It was bequeathed to McCulloch's widow on December 12, 1907. In July 1909, Charles Lang Freer purchased the painting from Wallis and Son, London, through D. Croal Thomson.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See note 1.

content: [5] See note 1.

content: [6] See List of Whistler Purchases since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [7] See note 6.

content: [8] 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: A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)

content: Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (April 3, 2001 to January 24, 2008)

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

content: American Art - James McNeill Whistler (May 9, 1993 to June 30, 1997)

content: Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (February 6, 1985 to March 4, 1986)

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

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (September 16, 1981 to March 26, 1984)

content: American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

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

content: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)

content: Whistler—Landscapes and Seascapes (October 14, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

content: Whistler Paintings (September 8, 1961 to October 15, 1969)

content: American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1955 (December 16, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings (February 12, 1944 to May 10, 1945)

content: Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)

content: Whistler Landscapes, Oil (January 20, 1928 to May 1, 1933)

content: Whistler Oils Exhibition (January 8, 1925 to January 20, 1928)

content: American Paintings by J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 8, 1925)

content: American Paintings, J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to February 12, 1944)

content: Untitled Exhibition, University of Michigan Club, Detroit, 1914 (1914)

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

content: Paintings in Oil and Pastel by James A. McNeill Whistler (March 15 to May 31, 1910)

content: George McCulloch's Collection of Modern Painting and Sculpture (January 4 to March 13, 1909)

content: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler (February 22 to April 15, 1905)

content: Comparative Exhibition of Native and Foreign Art at the Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society (November 15 to December 11, 1904)

content: 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (Spring or Autumn of 1904)

content: Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (May to July, 1899)

content: World's Columbian Exposition (May 1 to October 30, 1893)

content: Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces (March through April, 1892)

content: 105th Exhibition (1890)

content: Winter, Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists (Winter 1887)

content: Second Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures, Royal Pavillion Gallery, Brighton (1875)

content: Capt. Henry Hill (1818-1882)

content: Alexander Ionides (1840-1898)

content: Sir John Charles Day (1826-1908)

content: George McCulloch (1848-1907)

content: Mrs. George McCulloch

content: Wallis and Son, The French Gallery (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: night

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Oil on canvas

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 76.4 x 50.7 cm (30 1/16 x 19 15/16 in)

name:
Hill, Henry
Freer, Charles Lang
McCulloch, George
Day, John Charles
Ionides, Alexander
Wallis and Son, The French Gallery

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Night
American Art

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso

title_sort: NOCTURNE IN BLUE AND GOLD: VALPARAISO

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso


content: 4th-6th 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.

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: Topic

content: glass

content: Ancient Near Eastern 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

content: Glass

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

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

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 600-476 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period

label: Description

content: Ornament; thin strip cut in arc of circle, ending in dragon (?) heads, of the type “p’ei huang [peihuang] 佩璜”; one perforation; translucent, grayish white flecked with golden tan; traces of cloudy white decomposition; decoration: carved in sensible relief and delicately incised; both sides alike; interlaced, stylized coiling bodies; one “t’ao t’ieh [taotie] 饕餮” mask.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 828, pg. 179, 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: Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: dragon

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Spring and Autumn period (770 - 476 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: taotie

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 7.8 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm (3 1/16 × 3/4 × 1/8 in)

content: China

content: Pendant with dragon heads, interlaced dragons, and mask

title_sort: PENDANT WITH DRAGON HEADS, INTERLACED DRAGONS, AND MASK


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Ernest Abraham Hart (1835-1898), England, to 1898

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Ernest Hart Collection, England, in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note: "Purchased at final sale of Ernest Hart Collection in England." See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1295, in the 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: Ernest Abraham Hart (1835-1898)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: writing

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Container

label: Medium

content: Lacquer on wood with lacquer, metal, pottery and mother-of-pearl

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 4.5 x 23.7 x 21.6 cm (1 3/4 x 9 5/16 x 8 1/2 in)

name:
Hart, Ernest Abraham
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Writing box

title_sort: WRITING BOX

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Writing box


content: ca. 1799-1801

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Label

content: This painting depicts a Shinto priest blessing young women who bear iron cooking pots perched on their heads. One leads a robust young child by the hand. The festival, in which young women carry pots upon their heads, was probably performed at the Tsukuma Shrine in the Omi region around Lake Biwa, to the east of Kyoto. The painting combines strong, expressive brushwork, seen in the representation of the tree and its foliage, with clear, detailed rendering of the figures, their gestures, and their colorful costumes.

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 Screen List, L. 93, pg. 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ancient and Alive: Japan's Native Gods (October 14, 2017 to April 29, 2018)

content: Hokusai: Japanese Screens (February 18 to July 29, 2012)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: tree

content: pine tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: woman

content: Shinto

content: Japan

content: priest

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, gold, and color on paper

content: H x W (overall): 175 x 179 cm (68 7/8 x 70 1/2 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: A Shinto Priest, Three Women and a Child

title_sort: A SHINTO PRIEST, THREE WOMEN AND A CHILD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 30, S.I. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: river

content: qin

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 20.2 x 21.2 cm (7 15/16 x 8 3/8 in)

topic:
Pine tree
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qin
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

content: Fan mounted as an album leaf

title_sort: FAN MOUNTED AS AN ALBUM LEAF

title: Fan mounted as an album leaf


content: ca. 2000-1600 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement; blade with one straight and one slightly concave side; upper end irregularly beveled to a sharp edge; longitudinal median ridge indicated; indented lateral projections and notches on each side above perforated tang; greenish black with black spots and yellowish brown translucence in thin areas; earth-incrusted granular patches on tang. (Breaks on tang and upper end.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 878, pg. 191, 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: Ancient Chinese Jades (May 9, 1993 to May 18, 1998)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: probably Henan province, 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: Erlitou culture, ca. 2000-1600 BCE

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

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 37 x 8.2 x 0.3 cm (14 9/16 x 3 3/16 x 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

place:
China
Henan province

culture:
Erlitou culture
Chinese

room: Gallery 19

content: China

label: Title

content: Forked blade (zhang 璋)

title_sort: FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Forked blade (zhang 璋)


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Dish used as summer tea bowl, shallow circular, on low foot. Repaired with gold lacquer. Four spur marks on bottom.

content: Clay: hard, dense, white.

content: Glaze: rich, blended cream, gray, pale grayish-green, and pink; crackled. Much pitted. Ash glaze. Foot unglazed. Stained by tea.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

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: Saga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 07: Japanese Art from the Collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

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

content: H x Diam: 3.9 × 16.7 cm (1 9/16 × 6 9/16 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture

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

room: Gallery 07

content: Japan

content: Karatsu ware tea bowl

title_sort: KARATSU WARE TEA BOWL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Karatsu ware tea bowl


content: dated 1817

label: School/Tradition

content: Jodphur school

label: Inscriptions

content: Verso: Ghera Khulayo 1864 Bhadrapad Sud 14 Jada Sare (in devanagari)

content: This was opened in V.S 1864 Bhadrapad (August-Sept) in the crescent lunar phase (Shukla Paksha) 14

label: Provenance

content: From 1960 to ?

content: Millard Owen Sheets (1907-1989), acquired in 1960 [1]

content: To 2002

content: Robert E. Moore [2]

content: From 2002 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Robert E. Moore in January 2002 [3]

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Millard Sheets (1907-1989)

content: Robert E. Moore

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Marwar or Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India

content: worship

content: Durga

content: temple

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

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

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (painting): 26 × 18.4 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/4 in)

content: H x W (overall): 30.6 × 23.5 cm (12 1/16 × 9 1/4 in)

name:
Sheets, Millard
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Moore, Robert E.

place:
Rajasthan state
Marwar
Jodhpur
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Worship
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Temple
Durga? (Hindu deity)

content: India

content: Thakur Ajit Singh worships the Goddess

title_sort: THAKUR AJIT SINGH WORSHIPS THE GODDESS

title: Thakur Ajit Singh worships the Goddess


label: Date

content: ca. 1760-1765

content: Guler or Chamba school

label: Label

content: Pastoral images of a musical Krishna among his childhood cowherding community are popular in Hindu visual culture. The scene embodies Krishna bhakti, a form of devotionalism that emphasizes the personal relationship with a god who is both transcendent and accessible. Highlighted against a black ground and sheltered by lush trees, Krishna and his gently smiling companions are joyful. Devoted cows and a sleeping calf surround them. Throughout devotional poetry, Krishna and the Vrindaban cows have a special relationship: the village cows seek out Krishna's affection and refuse to be milked by anyone but the god.

content: The verso features a drawing in black and red ink of a kneeling courtier in profile. The head above the ear (which would have been on the back of the original border) has been cropped where the original border has been cut off. A margin of a thin black line remains.

content: To 1968

content: Sri Ram Gopal, Vijaivargia, Jaipur, India.

content: Sale, London, Christie, Manson & Woods, Important Autograph Letters Manuscripts and Drawings Oriental Miniatures and Manuscripts, December 18, 1968, lot no. 111: “Krishna Plays his Flute.” [1]

content: From 1968 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim, (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction by Maggs on behalf of Ralph Benkaim, Christie, Manson & Woods, “Important Autograph Letters Manuscripts and Drawings Oriental Miniatures and Manuscripts,” December 18, 1968, lot no. 111: “Krishna Plays his Flute.” [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See auction catalogue from Christie’s, London, “Important Autograph Letters Manuscripts and Drawings Oriental Miniatures and Manuscripts.”

content: [2] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in December 1968 from Christie’s, London, several years before paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records, obtained via Catherine Glynn Benkaim. A telegram from Maggs 18 December 1968 to Mr. Benkaim indicates that Maggs made the purchase on Mr. Benkaim’s behalf.

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

content: [4] See note 3.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Sri Ram Gopal Vijaivargia (1905-2003)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Guler or Chamba, Himachal Pradesh state, India

content: Krishna

content: flute

content: cow

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 11.5 × 16.4 cm (4 1/2 × 6 7/16 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Vijaivargia, Ram Gopal

place:
Guler
Chamba
Himachal Pradesh state
India

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

content: India

label: Title

content: Krishna entertains his companions

title_sort: KRISHNA ENTERTAINS HIS COMPANIONS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Krishna entertains his companions


content: ca. 1720

label: School/Tradition

content: Nagaur school

content: Verso: in Devanagari-Gosainji Kirpal Girji Sikh Sawalji

content: To 1964

content: Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Lewis, San Francisco [1]

content: From 1983 to 2001

content: Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Glynn Benkaim, purchased from R.E. Lewis, San Francisco in September 1983 [2]

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] Ray E. Lewis (1923-2005) was an active collector and dealer primarily prior to 1972. Lewis sourced paintings for James Ivory prior to 1972, for Barbara Janeff, and for the artist Paul Wonner, as per the Bonhams September 17, 2014 sale of the Janeff collection.

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

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Yoga: The Art of Transformation (October 19, 2013 to January 26, 2014)

content: A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections (April 12, 1973 to November 11, 1973)

content: Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections (May 29 to July 19, 1964)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: R. E. Lewis, Inc. (active 1952-1999)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Nagaur, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: dog

content: garden

content: India

content: guru

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (Image): 34.9 × 24.8 cm (13 3/4 × 9 3/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Lewis, Raymond E.

place:
Rajasthan state
Nagaur
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Animals
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Dogs
Gardens
Gurus

content: India

content: Gosain Kirpal Girji

title_sort: GOSAIN KIRPAL GIRJI

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Gosain Kirpal Girji


content: 15th-16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Hezhi 馬和之 (active mid- to late 12th century)

content: Zhe School

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1919 [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. 1331, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 175 x 93.8 cm (68 7/8 x 36 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Listening to the sound of autumn

title_sort: LISTENING TO THE SOUND OF AUTUMN

title: Listening to the sound of autumn