content: 3rd century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in Shansi [1]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [2]

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 6, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record states: "The Envelope file which has now been destroyed, contained only the additional information: 'Excavated in Shansi.'"

content: [2] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1448, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: 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 Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)

content: Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 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: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding and turquoise inlay

content: H x W x D: 33.8 x 4.1 x 5.2 cm (13 5/16 x 1 5/8 x 2 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

title: Garment hook (daigou)


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Period

content: Yuan dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Pang Shou-ting, China, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Shou-ting in China 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 674, 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: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Pang Shou-ting (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: mountain

content: cloud

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 24.8 x 92.6 cm (9 3/4 x 36 7/16 in)

name:
Pang, Shou-ting
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Cloud
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Landscape: mountains in mist

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: MOUNTAINS IN MIST

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Landscape: mountains in mist


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G226 state 1 of 9.

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 10, March 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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: commerce

content: architecture

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: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 13 x 22.3 cm (5 1/8 x 8 3/4 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: The Fish Shop, Venice

title_sort: THE FISH SHOP, VENICE

title: The Fish Shop, Venice


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu kiln group, Kotoge kiln Hakeme-garatsu type.

content: Bowl, slightly flaring sides.

content: Clay: coarse gray stoneware.

content: Glaze: transparent, brownish, finely crackled.

content: Decoration: wavy horizontal markings in slip.

content: One of a set of three: F1898.502-F1898.504.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 572, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Takeo Karatsu kilns, Takeo, Saga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 06A: Japanese Art from the Collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip brushed under clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 6 × 10.9 cm (2 3/8 × 4 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Takeo Karatsu kilns
Takeo
Japan
Saga prefecture

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

room: Gallery 06A

building: Freer

content: Japan

content: Karatsu ware bowl, Takeo Karatsu type

title_sort: KARATSU WARE BOWL, TAKEO KARATSU TYPE

title: Karatsu ware bowl, Takeo Karatsu type


content: ca. 1680

label: School/Tradition

content: Malwa school

label: Label

content: In Central India, a minimalist yet evocative school of painting rather mysteriously emerged and then disappeared over the course of the seventeenth century. The vagaries of love and longing were its main subjects. Here, on a pitch-black night, within a pavilion with intensely red walls, a lover enthusiastically embraces his beloved, whose gesture of placing a hand on his chest is probably intended to convey modesty and inexperience. To the left of the pavilion, massive yellow lilies unfurl with surreal intensity, and a peacock perches on the pavilion's roof.

content: The painting epitomizes the Central Indian style, which features a distinctive palette dominated by deep teal blue, black, red, and forest green, and which is conventionally, if imprecisely, identified as "Malwa." To emphasize surface rhythms and patterns over the illusion of depth, artists from this region flattened landscapes into blocks of color. They also created a distinctive figural type: a tall, angular woman who is always seen in profile and often wears a striped Central Indian skirt. The composition's completely black sky and the foliate scroll in the cartouche at the bottom are also hallmarks of Central Indian painting.

content: Central Indian artists harnessed this rigorous formal restraint to convey a sense of desire, the dominant emotion within the classical tradition of Sanskrit poetry about love. The subject matter suggests the Amarushataka (Hundred poems of Amaru), which was also illustrated in Malwa. Several more explicit lovemaking scenes from Malwa, including one in the collection of the Walters Museum of Art, which may or may not be from an Amarushataka, feature a similar pavilion, a massive flower to its left, a pitch-black night, and a two-color foliate scroll in a cartouche on the lower board.

content: In the mid-twentieth century, the Malwa style was particularly admired by western collectors, for whom its minimalism prefigured twentieth-century abstraction.

label: Provenance

content: To 1969

content: Sundaram, New Delhi, India [1]

content: From 1969 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Sundaram, New Delhi, India in November 1969 [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] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Sundaram, New Delhi in November 1969, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Sundaram (India, active 1960's)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Malwa, Madhya Pradesh state, India

content: peacock

content: lovers

content: pavilion

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

content: romance

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

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 21 × 15.9 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Sundaram

place:
Madhya Pradesh state
Malwa
India

topic:
Lovers
Pavilion
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Peacock
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Romance

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Two lovers in a pavilion, from an Amarushataka (Hundred poems of Amaru), or an unidentified erotic series

title_sort: TWO LOVERS IN A PAVILION, FROM AN AMARUSHATAKA (HUNDRED POEMS OF AMARU), OR AN UNIDENTIFIED EROTIC SERIES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 1307-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 31, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: molding

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: protection

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Fragment of an amulet inlay. Head missing

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN AMULET INLAY. HEAD MISSING


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1146, pg. 260, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade

content: Diam x D: 20.8 x 1.1 cm (8 3/16 x 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Disk (bi)

title_sort: DISK (BI)

title: Disk (bi)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G100 state 1 of 2.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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: boat

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.9 x 15.2 cm (9 x 6 in)

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

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Shipping at Liverpool

title_sort: SHIPPING AT LIVERPOOL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Shipping at Liverpool


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 1840s

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Zen Buddhism

content: playing

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Hotei

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 35.8 x 26.8 cm (14 1/8 x 10 9/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Zen Buddhism
Playing
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Children
Hotei

content: Japan

content: Hotei and Chinese Child Acrobats

title_sort: HOTEI AND CHINESE CHILD ACROBATS

title: Hotei and Chinese Child Acrobats


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: Inoue Ryokichi

label: Description

content: Light gray clay. Underglaze cobalt painted decoration of scholar in bamboo grove gazing over water toward Mount Fuji as attendant prepares tea. Signature, "Ryokichi" [followed by illegible character], on back. Glassy white feldspathic glaze, coarsely crackled and flecked with brown iron spots, oxidizing orange where glaze is thin on base. Thirteen round spur marks on back.

label: Signatures

content: To 1895

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1895 [1]

content: From 1895 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1895 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 285, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: bamboo

content: tea

content: sage

content: scholar

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Furniture and Furnishing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with cobalt pigment under Shino-type glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 35.8 x 29.1 cm (14 1/8 x 11 7/16 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Seto

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Scholar
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Sage
Seto ware
Bamboo

content: Japan

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

label: Title

content: Plaque with design of scholar

title_sort: PLAQUE WITH DESIGN OF SCHOLAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Plaque with design of scholar


content: Dated 1741

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Signature of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

label: School/Tradition

content: Rinpa

label: Provenance

content: To 1901

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 247, pg. 56, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Boxed In: Japanese Ceramics and Their Storage Boxes (September 23, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

content: Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)

content: Special Exhibition—Japanese Art (October 16, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: pine tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese 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: Color on paper

content: H x W: 130.6 x 56 cm (51 7/16 x 22 1/16 in)

name:
Bing, Siegfried
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Snow-laden pine and shrub

title_sort: SNOW-LADEN PINE AND SHRUB

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Snow-laden pine and shrub


label: Date

content: ca. 1743-1820

content: Edo period

content: Tsutsumi Torin III (ca. 1743-1820)

label: Signatures

content: The signature in the lower left reads Setsuzan Torin no hitsu, "Painted by Setsuzan Torin".

label: Marks

content: Below the signature is a seal with red ground which reads "han'o no in", i.e., "seal of him who makes seagulls his companions."

content: To 1896

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

content: From 1896 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 218, pg. 48, 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: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 94.2 x 26.7 cm (37 1/16 x 10 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

content: Fireman climbing up a flag pole

title_sort: FIREMAN CLIMBING UP A FLAG POLE

title: Fireman climbing up a flag pole


content: 1st-2nd century

label: Period

content: Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 1.7 cm (11/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, 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] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: sword

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 16.6 x 25.7 cm (6 9/16 x 10 1/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: A Man sitting with large sword

title_sort: A MAN SITTING WITH LARGE SWORD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Man sitting with large sword


content: 6th-9th century

content: Sui or Tang dynasty

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1104, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Mirror

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 18.9 x 1.1 cm (7 7/16 x 7/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Mirror (chien)

title_sort: MIRROR (CHIEN)

title: Mirror (chien)


content: early 17th century

label: Period

content: Momoyama period

label: Provenance

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 Screen List, L. 50, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: music

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color, ink, and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 165.3 x 366 cm (65 1/16 x 144 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Shamisen
Music
Japanese Art

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Interior of a house of entertainment

title_sort: INTERIOR OF A HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Interior of a house of entertainment


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 976, 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: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: ram

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 7.1 x 12.7 cm (2 13/16 x 5 in)

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a ram head

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A RAM HEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Ornament in the form of a ram head


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Guan Tong (early 10th century)

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1299, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Old Tales Retold: Narrative in Chinese Painting (April 20 to October 20, 2013)

content: Chinese Landscape Painting (November 15, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 147.5 x 78.1 cm (58 1/16 x 30 3/4 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Visiting a friend after snowfall without a meeting

title_sort: VISITING A FRIEND AFTER SNOWFALL WITHOUT A MEETING

label: Thumbnail Image


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 4

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G205 state 4 of 4.

label: Provenance

content: Cox Collection [1]

content: To 1903

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1903 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 1, November 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Cox Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: fire

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.8 x 23.3 cm (6 1/4 x 9 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.
Cox Collection

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Fire
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Murano-Glass Furnace

title_sort: MURANO-GLASS FURNACE

title: Murano-Glass Furnace


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 861, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 9.4 x 0.9 cm (3 11/16 x 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Mirror


content: 16th century

content: Momoyama period

label: School/Tradition

content: Tosa

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [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 Miscellaneous Pottery List, pg. 23, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [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: wood

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: The Tale of Genji

content: Japan

content: makimono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Container

content: Wood, gold, pigments

content: H x W x D: 19.2 x 43.3 x 35.4 cm (7 9/16 x 17 1/16 x 13 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Wood
Japanese Art
The Tale of Genji
Makimono

content: Japan

content: A makimono box decorated with scenes from the Genji romance

title_sort: A MAKIMONO BOX DECORATED WITH SCENES FROM THE GENJI ROMANCE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Fragment of inlay. Columnar plate mosaic. Yellow, in an opaque brown matrix; slight amounts of green and red inlay.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: 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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY

title: Fragment of inlay


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Sanraku 狩野山楽 (1559-1635)

content: To 1900

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1900 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 40, 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Natural Material

label: Medium

content: Gold, ink, and tint on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 132 x 154.4 cm (51 15/16 x 60 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Blossoming cherry trees

title_sort: BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES

title: Blossoming cherry trees


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Misellaneous List, S.I. 1337, 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: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mountain

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 4 x 6.6 cm (1 9/16 x 2 5/8 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Mat weight in the form of a tiger in mountains

title_sort: MAT WEIGHT IN THE FORM OF A TIGER IN MOUNTAINS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: second

label: Label

content: Whistler was influenced by the development of photography, which drew attention to the fact that the human eye cannot focus on all parts of a scene at once. Here, he juxtaposed the "out-of-focus" foreground with the sharply drawn background. He used multiple overlapping contour lines to suggest the movement of the rowboat at the right. Clearly labeled in the upper right corner of the etching, Black Lion Wharf was located between London Bridge and the entrance to Wapping Basin.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K42; second state of three.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G54 state 2 of 4.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler and the Thames (December 17, 2000 to June 17, 2001)

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: man

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

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

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

content: United States

content: Black Lion Wharf

title_sort: BLACK LION WHARF

title: Black Lion Wharf


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Shuzan

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Untitled Exhibition, North Corridor (November 20, 1969 to December 11, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: carving

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume Accessory

label: Medium

content: Wood

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 8.8 x 3 x 3.3 cm (3 7/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type:
Costume accessories
Costume

content: Netsuke

title_sort: NETSUKE

title: Netsuke


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; biconically bored, leaving slight median ridge; mottled light and dark gray on obverse; reddish-brown and yellow spots on reverse; both sides almost covered with chalky white decomposition; proportions irregular; surface rough from erosion. (Old chips and breaks.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1918 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1351, 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: 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, Ancient Chinese Jade and Bronze (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 15.4 x 1.1 cm (6 1/16 x 7/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Wu Zhang (1671-after 1741)

content: To 1911

content: Sung, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Album List, R. 4, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Sung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: bird

content: flower

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: fruit

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: litchi

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 26.2 x 41.8 cm (10 5/16 x 16 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sung

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Litchi
Fruit
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Birds
Flowers

content: China

content: Birds and fruit

title_sort: BIRDS AND FRUIT

title: Birds and fruit


content: 10th century BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Chinese

content: Middle Western Chou, 10th century, B.C.

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "kuei." Cracks and small breaks in the bottom of the bowl.

content: Surface: mingled reddish-brown and green patina.

content: Decoration: in low and high relief. Inscription inside.

label: Inscriptions

content: The Envelope File which has now been destroyed, contained the following translation by D.K. Liu: "Kuo---Po-ting (name of maker) makes this valuable tun (vessel for cereals)."

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 208, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

content: mask

content: China

content: food

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 14.6 x 27.1 cm (5 3/4 x 10 11/16 in)

content: China

label: Title

content: Ritual food vessel (gui)

title_sort: RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ritual food vessel (gui)


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Tea-ceremony water jar (mizusashi), globular. Cover with lotus-petal finial. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: coarse, gray, brown where exposed. Stoneware.

content: Glaze: lustrous gray, with tinges of pinkish-brown and blue; boldly cracled; thin white slip under glaze.

content: Decoration: landscape and floral forms in rich, dark blue, under glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

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

content: From 1899 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 27, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Saga prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: landscape

content: flower

content: Arita ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese 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: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with white slip and cobalt decoration under transparent colorless glaze

content: H x Diam: 21.6 × 21.5 cm (8 1/2 × 8 7/16 in)

label: Style

content: Arita ware, totai sometsuke type

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture

topic:
Water
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
White slip
Arita ware
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Flowers

content: Japan

content: Tea ceremony water jar

title_sort: TEA CEREMONY WATER JAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea ceremony water jar


label: Date

content: ca. 1780

label: Court

content: Guler or Kangra Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Pahari school

content: To 1930

content: Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Delighting Krishna: Paintings of the Child-God (March 15 to August 24, 2025)

content: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

content: Masterworks of Indian Painting (December 13, 1997 to June 13, 1998)

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

content: The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

content: Hindu and Buddhist Art (April 1, 1982 to July 18, 1983)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Ajit Ghose (born 1886)

label: Origin

content: Punjab Hills, India

label: Topic

content: tree

content: moon

content: Gopi

content: Bhagavata Purana

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.4 x 30.5 cm (8 13/16 x 12 in)

place:
Punjab Hills
India

topic:
Trees
Gopi
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Moon
Outer space
Bhagavata Purana

content: India

content: The Gopis Search for Krishna from a Bhagavata Purana

title_sort: THE GOPIS SEARCH FOR KRISHNA FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Taizan Yohei

label: Description

content: Vase, tall beaker-shape.

content: Clay: dense, sonorous, grayish.

content: Glaze: cream-white, minutely crackled; inside - red-brown wash.

content: Decoration: in blue, over glaze.

content: Mark: Taizan [Jpn]

label: Marks

content: Taizan [Jpn]

label: Provenance

content: To 1895

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1895 [1]

content: From 1895 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1895 [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. 45, 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: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: porcelain

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Porcelain with cobalt decoration under clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 29 × 16.6 cm (11 7/16 × 6 9/16 in)

content: Kyoto ware

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Awataguchi
Kyoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Taizan ware vase with design of the character for "longevity"

title_sort: TAIZAN WARE VASE WITH DESIGN OF THE CHARACTER FOR "LONGEVITY"

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: late 18th-early 19th century

content: Edo period

content: Ohi Doan (died 1839)

content: Cylindrical tea bowl (tsutsu chawan 筒茶碗). Crinkled surface.

content: Clay: soft, light-buff. Raku type.

content: Glaze: brilliant, golden-brown toned with rich black, splash of light green and yellow. Iridescent. Lead glaze.

content: Seal: "Ohi" [Jpn] in single ring, outside footrim.

content: To 1897

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 390, 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: Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Ohi ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: earthenware

content: Japanese 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: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Earthenware with lead glaze

content: H x Diam: 10.9 × 10.2 cm (4 5/16 × 4 in)

label: Style

content: Ohi ware

place:
Kanazawa
Japan
Ishikawa prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Ohi ware tea bowl

title_sort: OHI WARE TEA BOWL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ohi ware tea bowl


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 998, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Korea

content: Ornament

title_sort: ORNAMENT

title: Ornament


content: Edo period

content: To 1906

content: M. Terauchi, Kyoto, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Terauchi in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 68, pg. 8, 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: M. Terauchi (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: mountain

content: river

content: boat

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and tint on silk

content: H x W (image): 35.3 × 26.1 cm (13 7/8 × 10 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Terauchi, M.

topic:
Trees
Water
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Rivers
Kakemono

content: Japan

label: Title

content: River view

title_sort: RIVER VIEW

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: River view


label: Date

content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, pg. 141, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: river

content: Mount Fuji

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 28.3 × 50.6 cm (11 1/8 × 19 15/16 in)

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Mount Fuji
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Rivers
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: River landscape: red foliage and Mount Fuji

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE: RED FOLIAGE AND MOUNT FUJI

label: Screen Image


content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

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

label: Label

content: This visually complex painting shows an exterior view of a palace harem, where the empress and imperial concubines took their leisure. Galleries and pavilions surround an artificial pond, in which two eunuchs calmly row a pair of pleasure craft past each other. In the pavilion at right, four other servants move furniture and sweep the floor, while palace ladies in elegant robes gather in small groups on the terraces of elaborate pavilions at back and left.

content: Executed by a draughtsman of consummate skill, the entire composition is extraordinarily detailed: columns are visible through the slats of half-drawn blinds, the vertical posts of sculpted balustrades support small carved animals, while the intricate decorations of the roofs, walls, and carved gunwales of the boats are all fully realized. A later label attached to the scroll attributes this work to Li Gonglin, the great Northern Song dynasty master of baimiao (plain-outline) drawing; however, it is unknown if Li ever created such a design. Scholarly opinion has varied on the dating of this unsigned painting, but it was probably executed by a stylistic descendent of Li's during the fifteenth century.

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1318, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: ruled-line painting

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 36.8 x 164.8 cm (14 1/2 x 64 7/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Ruled-line painting
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Palace Ladies of the Cinnamon Hall and Orchid Palace

title_sort: PALACE LADIES OF THE CINNAMON HALL AND ORCHID PALACE

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: brilliant, metallic copper-brown and black, splashed with grayish-cream and green. Interior partially glazed.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 736, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Fukuoka prefecture or Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: ivory

content: Takatori ware

content: Yatsushiro ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

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: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 9.2 × 6.7 cm (3 5/8 × 2 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Takatori or Yatsushiro ware

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan
Kumamoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea caddy, katatsuki type

title_sort: TEA CADDY, KATATSUKI TYPE

title: Tea caddy, katatsuki type


label: Date

content: 15th-16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: To 1909

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 700, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: ocean

content: Arhat

content: pagoda

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 27.2 x 288.8 cm (10 11/16 x 113 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Luohans crossing the sea

title_sort: LUOHANS CROSSING THE SEA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Luohans crossing the sea


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 975, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: deer

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.3 x 6.8 cm (3 1/4 x 2 11/16 in)

place:
Inner Mongolia/Ordos
China

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

content: China

label: Title

content: A standing deer

title_sort: A STANDING DEER

title: A standing deer


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

title: Ball


content: 30 BCE-395 CE

content: Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 1.4 cm (9/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead of irregular form; longitudinal bore

title_sort: BEAD OF IRREGULAR FORM; LONGITUDINAL BORE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 47, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2 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)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of striped inlay. Plate mosaic

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF STRIPED INLAY. PLATE MOSAIC

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of striped inlay. Plate mosaic


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Style of Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

content: Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)

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. 1269, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 48.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Old Tales Retold: Narrative in Chinese Painting (April 20 to October 20, 2013)

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

content: Ming Dynasty Calligraphy and Painting (February 8, 1985 to August 26, 1985)

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: qin

content: zither

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

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

content: H x W (image): 118.4 x 62.5 cm (46 5/8 x 24 5/8 in)

topic:
Mountains
Musical instruments
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qin
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Visitor to a mountain retreat

title_sort: VISITOR TO A MOUNTAIN RETREAT

title: Visitor to a mountain retreat


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1172, p. 270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 17.5 × 0.7 cm (6 7/8 × 1/4 in)

content: Diam (Hole): 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with raised pyramids arranged in a grid, redecorated

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED PYRAMIDS ARRANGED IN A GRID, REDECORATED

label: Thumbnail Image


content: ca. 13th century BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period

label: Description

content: Grey-green patina. Decoration cast in five registers and on cover.

label: Label

content: Between 1600 and 1300 B.C., pottery and bronze production continued their active dialogue, exchanging shapes, decorations, and production techniques. Although the shouldered gray earthenware container (lei) is a potter's shape, its dramatic interlocked T design occurs more often on bronzes. The contrast produced by the stamped textured background and the bold, smooth bands of interlocked T's, parallels the effect of the large, masklike motifs against the carefully executed spiral ground. At the same time, serrated vertical ridges commonly used on gray pottery were copied on bronzes.

content: To 1947

content: Likely Luwu Antiques Company, Shanghai, China to August 1947 [1]

content: 1947 to 1948

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York, NY likely by transfer from Luwu Antiques Company, Shanghai [2]

content: 1948 to 1949

content: C. T. Loo, INC., New York by transfer from C. T. Loo & Company, NY [3]

content: From 1949

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo, INC. in May 1949 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Luwu was an export business that supplied C. T. Loo & Company, New York and Paris with Chinese. Loo formed this company in 1926. The name, Luwu combines the names of C. T. Loo and Wu Qi Zhou, Luwu’s primary associates. The business aquired objects from across China, but everything passed through Shanghai before being sent to France. Zhou and Laio would send all acquisitions to Shanghai, where Wu packaged and shipped them to France. See C. T. Loo & Company stock card, no. CHL 7/942, copy in object file. The stock card reports that the object was imported from China August of 1947.

content: [2] See stock card referenced in note 1.

content: [3] C. T. Loo formed C. T. Loo, INC in 1948, when he lost access to trade in mainland China. See invoice from C. T. Loo, INC to Freer Gallery of Art, May 10, 1949, copy in object file.

content: [4] See invoice referenced in note 3.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Clay and Metal: Ancient Chinese Ceramics and Metal (February 25, 1997 to August 9, 2011)

content: Ancient Chinese Bronzes (May 9, 1993 to February 10, 1997)

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Jade and Bronze (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Lu Wu Antiques Co. 盧吳古玩公司 (1911-ca. 1949)

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

content: C. T. Loo, INC. (ca. 1948-no later than July 1953)

label: Origin

content: Anyang, Henan province, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

content: Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)

content: wine

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 17.6 × 11.5 cm (6 15/16 × 4 1/2 in)

name:
Lu Wu Antiques Co.
C. T. Loo & Company
C. T. Loo, INC.

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

content: Lidded ritual wine container (hu) with masks and dragons

title_sort: LIDDED RITUAL WINE CONTAINER (HU) WITH MASKS AND DRAGONS