content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Vase: flattened globular, on high base; flaring neck. Five spurs on base.

content: Clay: soft, red.

content: Glaze: green, with silvery iridescence; finely crackled; partly disintegrated.

content: Decoration: corrugated encircling rings and two head and ring handles molded in re lief.

content: One of a pair with F1902.199.

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [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. 1176, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 31.2 × 22.8 cm (12 5/16 × 9 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Pottery
Funerary
Iridescence
Ceramics

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

title: Tomb jar


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: ca. 1250 - ca. 1050 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

content: From 1936 to 1991

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, Nevada, purchased in Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan province, China. [1]

content: From 1991

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1. See also the "List of Objects Offered to the Freer Gallery of Art" and Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Origin

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: bone

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

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 the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Data Source

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 1.9 × 2.2 × 0.7 cm (3/4 × 7/8 × 1/4 in)

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

type: Country

content: China

content: Oracle bone fragment, inscribed

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: ORACLE BONE FRAGMENT, INSCRIBED

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Oracle bone fragment, inscribed


content: ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disc of the type pi [bi] 璧; large slightly oblique perforation; mottled light tan with pale green and flesh-colored tones and scattered white veins of incipient disintegration; surfaces satin smooth and minutely pitted, uneven in contour and thickness.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, 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. 1361, pg. 315, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 16.3 × 1.1 cm (6 7/16 × 7/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in)

date:
BCE 3000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: ca. 1200-1050 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty, middle to late Anyang period

content: Surface: brown and green patina; decoration in relief.

content: To 1894

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1894 [1]

content: From 1894 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1894 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1B, pg. 6, 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: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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: Type

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x Diam: 17.8 × 24.8 cm (7 × 9 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Ritual grain server (gui)

title_sort: RITUAL GRAIN SERVER (GUI)

title: Ritual grain server (gui)


content: 18th century?

content: Edo period

content: To 1906-1907

content: Unidentified owner, to 1906-1907 [1]

content: From 1906-1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner, during collecting trip to Asia, in 1906-1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 586, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, C.L. Freer purchased this object during his "Oriental trip, 1906-1907."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: river

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 48.2 x 93.8 cm (19 x 36 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Landscape: mountains, mist and stream

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: MOUNTAINS, MIST AND STREAM

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Landscape: mountains, mist and stream


label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 770, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Ornament: animal statuette

title_sort: ORNAMENT: ANIMAL STATUETTE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament: animal statuette


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G80, no state provided.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 28.5 x 15.7 cm (11 1/4 x 6 3/16 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

content: The Camp

title_sort: THE CAMP

title: The Camp


content: early 13th century

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Data Source

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

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

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

content: H x W x D: 5.2 x 10.6 x 3.2 cm (2 1/16 x 4 3/16 x 1 1/4 in)

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

label: Title

content: Pierced and molded fragmentary side of a vessel

title_sort: PIERCED AND MOLDED FRAGMENTARY SIDE OF A VESSEL


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving irregular median ridge; mottled pale yellow and oyster white with some shades of orange and dark gray; satin smooth surface with a few shallow saw marks. (Rim chipped and broken.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1053, pg. 235, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

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: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 14.9 x 1.1 cm (5 7/8 x 7/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.1 cm (1 5/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: circa 900-1400

content: To 1981

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981). [1]

content: From 1981 to 1988

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, bequeathed by Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981) in 1981. [2]

content: From 1988 to 1995

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection, transferred from Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1988. [3]

content: From 1995

content: Freer Gallery of Art, transferred from Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection to the Freer Study Collection in 1995. [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

content: [4] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

label: Origin

content: Syria?

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Transfer from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Bequest of Joseph H. Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian Institution, 1981

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Blown and enameled glass

content: H x W x D (overall): 5.5 x 10 x 1.8 cm (2 3/16 x 3 15/16 x 11/16 in)

name:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Enamel and enameling
Blow molding
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
Glassblowing

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Islamic Glass Fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

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

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

label: Marks

content: Contains two seals on lower right.

label: Inscriptions

content: Signed: Tanyu Hoin. Gyonen Shichi-ju sai (aged 70 years) fude (brush).

label: Label

content: A Japanese landscape of rolling hills and blossoming cherry trees suggests the mountainous scenery of Yoshino, a district near Nara famous for its spring scenery. Among Kano Tanyu's numerous paintings are many that reflect his interest in the traditional styles and subjects of Japanese painting (yamato-e). His signature on this painting includes his age of seventy-one years (seventy by Western custom), and his honorific title, hoin (seal of the [Buddhist] Law), which was conferred on him ten years earlier, in 1662.

content: To 1892

content: Rufus E. Moore, (1840 - 1918), New York to 1892 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1892 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Rusticity Refined: Kyoto Ceramics by Ninsei (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: cherry tree

content: spring

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: waterfall

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: yamato-e

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

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 82.5 x 37.7 cm (32 1/2 x 14 13/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Cherry tree
Waterfalls
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Cherry blossom
Spring
Yamato-e
Kakemono

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Spring Landscape

title_sort: SPRING LANDSCAPE

title: Spring Landscape


label: Date

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 17th century

content: Edo period

label: Label

content: Japanese painters often depict the verdant landscapes of their native land in rich, opaque colors. The paintings on the paper surfaces of these sliding-door panels once adorned a room in an elite residence, providing an illusion of a view toward a scenic landscape of a pine grove growing along a shoreline. For large-scale paintings like these, gold leaf depicts clouds, mist, and hills. In their original architectural settings, the gold created subtle, transient reflections.

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the Yamanaka & Company sale, through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), New York, NY, in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 65, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, as well as the folder for F1903.10.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: pine tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

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: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 174.3 x 73.3 cm (68 5/8 x 28 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

content: Pine trees, water and clouds

title_sort: PINE TREES, WATER AND CLOUDS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Pine trees, water and clouds


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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H: 1.3 cm (1/2 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: ca. 1250-ca. 1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement: Fragment of a ko [ge] 戈 blade. Roughly chisel shaped object with irregularly rounded top; conical perforation bored from both sides; opaque, light tan on one surface; rich cream color on opposite surface; decoration: incised, both sides alike. Groups of short lines along the top; surface unusually smooth and unctuous. Chipped.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1126, pg. 252, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

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: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 7.7 × 11.2 × 0.7 cm (3 1/16 × 4 7/16 × 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

content: China

content: Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE 戈), FRAGMENT

title: Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Mi Fu (傳)米芾 (1052-1107)

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1216, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

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: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 103.4 x 37.6 cm (40 11/16 x 14 13/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Landscape

title_sort: LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Landscape


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Intaglio print of the Ponte de l'Arzere in the district of Santa Marta in Venice, Italy. Viewed from a high angle, a man poles a boat while others on the shore prepare to embark in another craft. Washing hangs from the bridge and people cross over in both directions. Above the bridge the city recedes into the distance, with many details of people in the street and along the shoreline.

label: Signatures

content: Signature in pencil: the Butterfly, imp.

label: Edition/State

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 G201 state 9 of 9.

content: To 1887

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

content: From 1887 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York in 1887. [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer.

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Bill of Sale dated November 11, 1887 in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. At the time of this sale, M. Knoedler & Co. was located in New York City, later the gallery opened branches in London and Paris. See also Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record.

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 of Art.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Fine Impressions: Whistler, Freer, and Venice (October 18, 2014 to January 3, 2016)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 29.4 x 20.2 cm (11 9/16 x 7 15/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Bridge, Santa Marta

title_sort: THE BRIDGE, SANTA MARTA

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Bridge, Santa Marta


label: Period

content: Edo 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 in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 176, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25.5 x 30 cm (10 1/16 x 11 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk. A sample

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. A SAMPLE

title: Brocade, silk. A sample


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

label: Label

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 K39; first state of two.

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 G47 state 2 of 4.

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

content: To 1891

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

content: From 1891 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 2, Freer Fact Sheet notes 1 and 3, in the object record.

content: [2] See List of Whistler Objects Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This image was purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1891, but kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the main collection and given a registration number for that year.

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

content: [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: 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: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 7.3 x 20 cm (2 7/8 x 7 7/8 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Old Westminster Bridge

title_sort: OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Old Westminster Bridge


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Tsukioka Settei 月岡雪鼎 (1710-1786)

content: Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo were the three major cities of Edo-period (1615-1868) Japan. Each city had a distinct culture. Kyoto, the imperial capital, remained the center of traditional court culture and of fine craft production. Nearby Osaka became a thriving commercial center with its own cultural circles of artists, poets, and performers. Edo, a new metropolis and center of the shogun's government, rapidly developed distinct customs and artistic and literary forms. This painting portrays courtesans who represent each of the three cities: from left to right, Osaka, Edo, and Kyoto. The inscription at the top of the painting laments the sad fate of the women who have left their families to work in the pleasure quarters.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 197, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints (December 8, 2002 to May 26, 2003)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

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

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 105.7 x 43.5 cm (41 5/8 x 17 1/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Courtesans of the Three Capitals: Kyoto, Osaka, and Edo

title_sort: COURTESANS OF THE THREE CAPITALS: KYOTO, OSAKA, AND EDO

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Recto: Brasserie a Mayence. Verso: River Steamer, detail.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: Off-white wove paper.

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, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, 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: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drinking

content: eating

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Pencil on off-white paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 9.9 x 15.2 cm (3 7/8 x 6 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Food habits

content: United States

label: Title

content: Brasserie à Mayence

title_sort: BRASSERIE À MAYENCE

title: Brasserie à Mayence


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 4

label: Label

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 K47, fourth state of eight.

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 G51 state 4 of 9.

label: Provenance

content: To 1908

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, Voucher No. 33, December 1908, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.3 x 22.2 cm (6 x 8 3/4 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Billingsgate

title_sort: BILLINGSGATE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Billingsgate


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 2, 1

content: Whistler lithographs are identified by "C." numbers as described in The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998). This print is C.16.

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Robert Way (1854-1903), to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Robert Way in the summer of 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remarks 1 in the object record, "Bought from Thomas R. Way in the summer of 1905. Through some inadvertence this print was erroneously given a registration number of the previous year."

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: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: woman

content: fan

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.3 x 15.8 cm (8 x 6 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

topic:
Fans
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Woman

content: United States

content: The Fan

title_sort: THE FAN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Fan


content: early 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Kano Isen'in 狩野伊川院 (1775-1828)

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions Reserved List, R. 5721, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: river

content: sun

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on imitation gold

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (sheet and image): 22 x 51.4 cm (8 11/16 x 20 1/4 in)

place: Japan Sun

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: River and red sun

title_sort: RIVER AND RED SUN

title: River and red sun


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 2.2 cm (7/8 in)

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Ball


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhang Sengyou (ca. 500-550)

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1327, 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

content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (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: eggplant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W: 63.4 x 36.6 cm (24 15/16 x 14 7/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Eggplant

title_sort: EGGPLANT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Eggplant


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Toyokuni I 歌川豊国 (1769-1825)

label: Description

content: Geisha and Maid: waiting on landing for a boat.

label: Signatures

content: To the lower right is a signature [Jap] "Utagawa Toyokuni ga" (Painted by Utagawa Toyokuni.)

label: Marks

content: Two seals below the signature at lower right.

label: Label

content: The image of a courtesan and attendant waiting for a boat at the end of a pier is a popular subject in prints and paintings depiciting the world of Edo period (1615-1868) entertainment. Pleasure boats plied the waterways of Edo (present-day Tokyo) and other cities. The Sumida River, the likely setting for this painting, ran from north to south in eastern Edo and was connected to the heart of the city by numerous canals. In the warm seasons, courtesans joined clients for frolicsome evenings on specially outfitted boats.

content: Toyokuni is perhaps best known for his kabuki actor prints of the 1790s. Inspired by the success of Toshusai Sharaku (fl.1794-95), who introduced dramatic bust portraits on mica background, Toyokuni created a wildly popular series of actor prints that featured attenuated, elegant figures set against light gray backgrounds. The image seen here gains much of its force through the purposeful contrast achieved in placing the lantern and women's heads against the dark evening sky.

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, pg. 74, L. 310, 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: Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

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

content: Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

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

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: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: geisha

content: boat

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 96.5 × 40.4 cm (38 × 15 7/8 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Courtesan and Maid

title_sort: COURTESAN AND MAID

title: Courtesan and Maid


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 31, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. 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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bee

content: flower

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 23.4 x 21.8 cm (9 3/16 x 8 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Flowers
Bees

content: China

content: Bees hovering over flowers

title_sort: BEES HOVERING OVER FLOWERS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bees hovering over flowers


label: Period

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: reading

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 73 x 49.9 cm (28 3/4 x 19 5/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Three figures reading

title_sort: THREE FIGURES READING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Three figures reading


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Tripod vessel of the type Ting, with two upright pierced handles. Three spur-marks on rim. Pottery cover, perhaps not originally belonging to this vessel.

content: Clay: soft, fine, red.

content: Glaze: rich green, crackled, with whitish areas showing slight iridescence.

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1504, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 19 x 23.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Pottery
Iridescence
Ceramics
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb tripod vessel

title_sort: TOMB TRIPOD VESSEL

title: Tomb tripod vessel


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kawamata Tsuneyuki 川又常行 (1676?-1741?)

label: Label

content: In Heike monogatari, a long narrative account of the war between the Taira and Minamoto families in the late twelfth century, the warrior Nasu no Yoichi (flourished late 12th century), who fought on the side of the Minamoto, shot a single arrow into a fan held in place by Lady Tamamushi. His perfect shot from horseback began the Battle of Yashima in 1185. Here the tale is enacted in a modern setting from the time of the painting's creation. A well-dressed man aims an arrow at a fan held aloft by a young female shamisen musician. Two courtesans wearing lavish kimonos sit languidly beside their tobacco set on the veranda of an elite brothel. The artist uses mitate--a literary and artistic device in which unexpected parallels are drawn between dissimilar elements--in this painting that evokes a famous battle scene in the unlikely setting of the contemporary "floating world."

label: Provenance

content: Marquis Okubo Collection [1]

content: To 1905

content: H.M. Mayeda, to 1905 [2]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H.M. Mayeda, New York, in 1905 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record, a note from the Original Kakemono List states: "From the collection of Marquis Okubo."

content: [2] See Original Kakemono List, L. 521, pg. 144, 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: Tales and Legends in Japanese Art (June 21, 2003 to January 4, 2004)

content: Japanese Fans (April 6, 1984 to October 18, 1984)

content: Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)

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

content: Japanese Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

content: Marquis Okubo

content: Hidemitsu Mayeda (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: pine tree

content: horse

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: fan

content: archery

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: bow

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

content: H x W (image): 84.7 x 37.1 cm (33 3/8 x 14 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Mayeda, Hidemitsu
Okubo

topic:
Fans
Art
Ukiyo-e
Bow
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Animals
Shamisen
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Archery
Japanese Art
Horses
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Parody of the tale of Nasu no Yoichi

title_sort: PARODY OF THE TALE OF NASU NO YOICHI

title: Parody of the tale of Nasu no Yoichi


content: 1550-1197 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: possibly 386-535

content: Period of Division, Possibly Northern Wei dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 126, pg. 47, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: relief seal

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: China

content: abhaya mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall): 42.9 x 19.6 x 14.1 cm (16 7/8 x 7 11/16 x 5 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Abhaya mudra
Stone
Relief seal
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

label: Title

content: Buddha (fragment)

title_sort: BUDDHA (FRAGMENT)

title: Buddha (fragment)


content: 14th century

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 955, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue, No. 63. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] According to an Accession List note, Charles Lang Freer purchased F1915.17- F1915.26 from the L.C. Pang Collection of Chekiang, China, through C. T. Loo, while at San Francisco in April 1915. Payment was made through Leyer and Co. of Shanghai, China. See Voucher no. 3, May 1915. According to Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record, this object was exhibited at The Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1917, no. 48.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 28.5 x 58.3 cm (11 1/4 x 22 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Eggplant

title: Eggplant


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 2

label: Label

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 K34, second state; one of two impressions. See also F1898.259.

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 G40 state 2 of 2.

label: Provenance

content: To 1895

content: Howard Mansfield [1]

content: From 1895 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Howard Mansfield in 1895 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Stamp in lower left corner for Howard Mansfield.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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: Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 9.5 x 13.3 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Mansfield, Howard

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Men
Portraits
Etching (printing process)
Cancelled plate

content: United States

label: Title

content: Greenwich Pensioner

title_sort: GREENWICH PENSIONER

title: Greenwich Pensioner


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, and Louise Cort, July 21, 2010, and July 23, 2010, in the object record).

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean 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: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H: 22 cm (8 11/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Razor

title_sort: RAZOR

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Razor


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

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

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1227, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 45.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: palace

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 136.6 x 71.1 cm (53 3/4 x 28 in)

label: Style

content: Blue-and-green style

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

content: China

content: Palace in the Mountains

title_sort: PALACE IN THE MOUNTAINS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Palace in the Mountains


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1260, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 24.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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: Ink on silk panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 157.5 x 70.5 cm (62 x 27 3/4 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Young bamboos

title_sort: YOUNG BAMBOOS

title: Young bamboos


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, deep, ovoidal, with flattened sides.

content: Clay: soft, white.

content: Glaze: gray-white, with dark crackle.

content: Decoration: bird and flower designs in blue under glaze.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Seasons: Tea (February 5 to August 7, 2011)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: possibly Chokichidani kiln, Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: bird

content: flower

content: Arita ware

content: Nakano ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: cobalt pigment

content: Japan

content: white slip

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: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

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

content: H x Diam: 9.1 × 14.7 cm (3 9/16 × 5 13/16 in)

content: Arita ware, totai sometsuke type

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture
Arita
Chokichidani kiln

topic:
Art
Birds
Ceramics
Flowers
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cobalt pigment
Animals
Nakano ware
White slip
Arita ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Arita ware tea bowl

title_sort: ARITA WARE TEA BOWL

title: Arita ware tea bowl


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 46, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Toy and Entertainment

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Chessman, or marker

title_sort: CHESSMAN, OR MARKER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Chessman, or marker


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: "Whistler often used the chalk on its side, sometimes with firm pressure, to create passages of strong scumbling. While simple charcoal outlines give structure to the architecture, a lightly scumbled haze embraces the old Marble Palace itself. In alternating passages of clarity through charcoal lines and obscurity through nearly evanescent pastel, Whistler evokes a world of dreams, a time when perception and enigma intermingle."

content: Robert H. Getscher, James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Pastels (New York: George Braziller, 1991), p. 90.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 29, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Venice Pastels (Saturday, January 29, 1881 - Friday, March 18, 1881)

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

content: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: palace

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: Drawing

content: Chalk and pastel on brown paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 30 x 15.7 cm (11 13/16 x 6 3/16 in)

name:
Way, Thomas
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Palace
American Art

content: United States

content: The Marble Palace

title_sort: THE MARBLE PALACE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Marble Palace


content: 15th-16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

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, China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 41, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

content: Chinese Album Leaves (December 17, 1962 to April 8, 1963)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: man

content: boat

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

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 25.8 x 27.6 cm (10 3/16 x 10 7/8 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Waiting in a pavilion for a boat

title_sort: WAITING IN A PAVILION FOR A BOAT

title: Waiting in a pavilion for a boat


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

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

content: To 1914

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 767, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 29.5 x 327.5 cm (11 5/8 x 128 15/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Scenes from the Lives of Famous Men (part 1)

title_sort: SCENES FROM THE LIVES OF FAMOUS MEN (PART 1)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: 4th century?

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Furniture and Furnishing

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3 x 2.2 cm (1 3/16 x 7/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

content: Button knob (perhaps a marker)

title_sort: BUTTON KNOB (PERHAPS A MARKER)

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Button knob (perhaps a marker)


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Label

content: Emblematic long life, the crane design on this case for needles used in acupuncture therapy reflects the health-giving properties of the treatment.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Miscellaneous List, S. I. 1270, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)

content: Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: gilding

content: engraving (incising)

content: metal

content: silver

content: crane

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: medicine

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Container

content: Gilt silver

content: H x Diam: 5.6 x 1.3 cm (2 3/16 x 1/2 in)

topic:
Gilding
Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
Medicine
Silver
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Korean Art
Crane
Engraving (incising)
Metal-work

room: Gallery 14

content: Korea

content: Cap for acupuncture needle case (set with F1917.538)

title_sort: CAP FOR ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE CASE (SET WITH F1917.538)


label: Date

content: Momoyama period

label: Description

content: Flower vase (hana-ike) of irregular shape with two bulbs at base and very uneven cylinder above. Flat foot with some glaze. Two square knob handles. Lacquer repairs and much paint on body.

content: Clay: medium coarse, fired iron red where unglazed.

content: Glaze: uneven cream and grayish color, crackled; some brownish, very uneven.

content: Decoration: clay incised in some areas with both thick and thin lines.

content: This vase unites extremes of formality and rusticity in a manner typical of Iga tea wares. The form was inspired by antique Chinese celadon-glazed vases, yet the rough surface bears irregular ash-glaze deposits resulting from long exposure to the flames of a wood-fired kiln. The rich coloration of this vase attracted Charles Lang Freer, even though wood-fired stoneware did not become widely popular among Western collectors until recent decades.

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

content: The Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

content: Imperfectly Beautiful: Inventing Japanese Ceramic Style (October 14, 2017 - October 14, 2019)

content: Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics (November 8, 2008 to May 10, 2009)

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

content: Isamu Noguchi and Modern Japanese Ceramics (May 3 to September 7, 2003)

content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to November 21, 1995)

content: Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)

content: Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Iga kilns, Mie prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Iga ware

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: White stoneware with multiple layers of ash glaze, iron glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 28.8 × 15.4 cm (11 5/16 × 6 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Iga ware

place:
Japan
Mie prefecture
Iga kilns

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Iga ware
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Lacquer repair
Stoneware
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

room: Gallery 06

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Vase

title_sort: VASE

title: Vase


content: ca. 2250-ca. 1900 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; narrow collar at top and base; semi-translucent, mottled ice green, gray, and brownish black, opaque golden tan areas. (Small chips.)

content: Acquired with an inscribed box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1130, pg. 254, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Northwest 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: Qijia culture, ca. 2250-ca.1900 BCE

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 4.4 x 5.6 x 5.4 cm (1 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 2 1/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

culture:
Qijia culture
Chinese

room: Gallery 19

content: China

content: Tube (cong 琮)

title_sort: TUBE (CONG 琮)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tube (cong 琮)


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Edo period

content: To 1909

content: Worch et Cie, Paris, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Worch et Cie in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 163, pg. 65, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Worch et Cie (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: crane

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: seal

content: cloud

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: yin-yang

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Container

content: Lacquer

content: H x W: 3.2 x 8.1 cm (1 1/4 x 3 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Worch et Cie

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Cloud
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Seal
Crane
Yin-yang

content: Japan

content: Box

title_sort: BOX

title: Box