label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H: 1.1 cm (7/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: late 17th-early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信 (1671-1751)

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 286, pg. 66, 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: Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

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

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: worship

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Shinto

content: shrine

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Full color on paper

content: H x W (image): 59.5 × 95.2 cm (23 7/16 × 37 1/2 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Worship
Shrine
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Shinto
Children
Kakemono

type: Country

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Infant's first visit to a Shinto shrine

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: INFANT'S FIRST VISIT TO A SHINTO SHRINE

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Infant's first visit to a Shinto shrine


label: Date

content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Traditionally attributed to Ni Zan 倪瓚 (1306-1374)

content: To 1919

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1317, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 28.8 x 88 cm (11 5/16 x 34 5/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Enjoying the Autumn Trees

title_sort: ENJOYING THE AUTUMN TREES

title: Enjoying the Autumn Trees


content: ca. 1539-945 BCE

content: New Kingdom to Early Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 18 to 21

label: Description

content: Fragment of a vase.

content: Clay: soft, grayish-white.

content: Glaze: light greenish blue.

content: Decoration: modelled in low relief in the paste.

label: Provenance

content: To 1908

content: Ali Arabi, Giza, Egypt, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ali Arabi, in Cairo, in May, 1908 [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. 1735, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ali Arabi (ca. 1840-1932) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: faience

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

content: Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1075 - 656 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Faience (glazed composition)

content: H x W x D: 7.3 x 4.3 x 1.1 cm (2 7/8 x 1 11/16 x 7/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Arabi, Ali

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a cup

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A CUP

title: Fragment of a cup


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Date

content: late 15th-early 16th century

label: Period

content: Muromachi period

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner in 1907 [1]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions Reserved List, R. 5723, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is part of a set of twelve (F1907.661-672); according to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record for F1907.661, no details are available regarding the set's purchase.

content: [2] 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: deva

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 89.8 x 33.9 cm (35 3/8 x 13 3/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japanese Art
Deva
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: One of the twelve deva: Rasetsu-ten (Raksasa, specifically Nirrti)

title_sort: ONE OF THE TWELVE DEVA: RASETSU-TEN (RAKSASA, SPECIFICALLY NIRRTI)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 980, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

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 with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 4.6 x 6.6 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Inner Mongolia/Ordos
China

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

content: China

content: Plaque in the form of animals

title_sort: PLAQUE IN THE FORM OF ANIMALS

title: Plaque in the form of animals


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

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

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Panel List, R. 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 31.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Work and Commerce: Everyday Life in Chinese Painting (June 19, 2004 to January 17, 2005)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: work

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 157.1 x 93.5 cm (61 7/8 x 36 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Landscape: handicraftsmen under a great pine tree

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: HANDICRAFTSMEN UNDER A GREAT PINE TREE

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (1686-1764)

label: Label

content: A large private residence is the setting for this performance by itinerant puppeteers. Chanters and a musician provide vocal and musical accompaniment for the puppeteer. To the left, behind a shoji (sliding paper-covered screen) are additional puppets. The single figure in the right foreground is probably a narrator. Women of the household enjoy the performance discreetly from behind bamboo screens. The artist Masanobu incorporated principles of European perspective into this picture. Uki-e, or perspective pictures, were a specialty of this artist, who created both paintings and prints in the new style.

content: To 1902

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 18, 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

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

content: Japanese Theatre in the Edo Period (July 22, 1985 to October 15, 1985)

content: Japanese Lacquer (18 May 1980 to 15 June 1980)

content: Japanese Ceramics/Puppets (June 16, 1980 to July 14, 1980)

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

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

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: music

content: puppetry

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: uki-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

content: H x W: 54.5 x 92.8 cm (21 7/16 x 36 9/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: A Private Puppet Performance

title_sort: A PRIVATE PUPPET PERFORMANCE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Private Puppet Performance


content: early 17th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: child

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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

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

content: Painting

content: Color, gold, and silver on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 17.3 x 10.3 cm (6 13/16 x 4 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: A girl by the waterside

title_sort: A GIRL BY THE WATERSIDE

title: A girl by the waterside


label: Date

content: early 13th century

label: Period

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

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

content: H x W x D: 4.3 x 2.9 x 5.2 cm (1 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 2 1/16 in)

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

label: Title

content: Fragment of a small glazed animal

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A SMALL GLAZED ANIMAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Fragment of a small glazed animal


content: 3rd century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou to Western Han dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 959, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

content: Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)

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

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

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

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

content: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

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

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

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 with turquoise inlay and gilding

content: H x W x D: 32.6 x 3.9 x 5.4 cm (12 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 2 1/8 in)

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Animals
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5698, pg. 11, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

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

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Jade

content: H x W x D: 5.7 x 7.8 x 7.7 cm (2 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 3 1/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Square seal

title_sort: SQUARE SEAL

title: Square seal


label: Date

content: early 6th century

label: Period

content: Northern Wei dynasty

label: Label

content: Four male figures are depicted in this sculptural fragment, which agrees in style and scale with a missing section from the front, or south, wall of Cave 1 at Gongxian, Henan Province. If it is the lost fragment, these figures belonged to a larger group of fifteen or more men in a procession led by a Buddhist monk. The distinctive headgear and robes of the main figure (second from right) indicate that the scene depicts a wealthy patron, who is surrounded by attendants, one holding a fan and one raising a canopy.

content: Recent cleaning of this fragment has revealed that the surface has many layers of paint, including greens and reds-an appearance consistent with the presumed age of the object. But small details-hands clutching the handles of the poles, for example-are not found in the relief sculptures still in place in the Gongxian cave-temple. While it is likely that this fragment in the Freer Gallery is genuine, it is also possible that it is a copy of the original. If so, it was created in the early twentieth century for sale as a genuine antiquity, and the location of the original image is unknown.

content: To 1913

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 432, pg. 131, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in New Light (April 14, 2002 to September 8, 2003)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: parasol

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Sandstone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 41.2 x 45.1 x 14.3 cm (16 1/4 x 17 3/4 x 5 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Parasol
Stone
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 17

building: Freer

content: China

content: Square fragment: showing Buddhist procession

title_sort: SQUARE FRAGMENT: SHOWING BUDDHIST PROCESSION


content: ca. 1670-1675

label: School/Tradition

content: Mewar school

label: Description

content: Within an arena, five vignettes convey the play-by-play action of an elephant contest. At the upper right, the elephants are introduced, then clash beneath the Rana's balcony on the upper left, until one falls and sheds its mahouts. It is pursued, but turns on its attacker, which also spills its riders.

content: The many active minor figures are freshly if naively drawn and the action unusually overlaps into the margins. Above and aloof from the melee, the Rana sits facing his younger brother Arsi and son Gaj Singh, while Garibas sits behind.

label: Inscriptions

content: Updated 2022

content: kī 115 18/40

content: [partially obscured]…. kālīkāṁṭī ro bhālerāv

content: Price 115 rupees [in red] 18/40

content: …black Bhalerav

content: śrī māhārājādhīrāj māhrāṇojī śrī rāj sīghjī baṭhā

content: bhatiyanī chovṭe hāthī ladavaya jaṭhe sāmā

content: māhārājā arsī beṭhā māhārājā gaj sīghjī

content: beṭhā hajur pāche prohat garībdāsjī beṭhā

content: hāṭhī sadāmaṁd bhurīkaṁṭī ro hāṭhī bhālerāv

content: kālīkāṁṭī ro

content: Shri Maharajadhiraj Maharanaji Shri Raj Singhji sat [at]

content: Bhatiyani Chohta; the elephants were made to fight

content: there; where, in front, Maharaja Arsi sat, Maharaja Gaj

content: Singhji sat, after the king, the priest Garibdas sat.

content: Elephant Sadamand has a brown luster; elephant

content: Bhalerav has a black luster.

content: Verso in Rajasthani in devanagari script:

content: (on right, in a smaller hand) Hathi Jhalera Su Ladavya, Kali Kanti Ro Jhalerav

content: Elephant fight and the one with the black band is Jhalerav (meaning of Jhalerav unknown)

content: (in a larger hand) Shri Maharaja Dheraj Maharanoji Shri Raj Singhni Bada Bhatiyani Chovte Hathi Ladavaya Jate Sama Maharaja Arsiji Betha Maharaja GajSigh Ji Betha Husuriya Che. Prohit Garibdas Betha Hathi Sadasamand Bhuri Kanti Ro Hathi Bhalerav Kali Kanti Ro

content: During Shri Maharajadhiraj Maharana ji Shri Raj Singh’s [big/elder?] elephant fight in a field. Sitting in front is Maharaja Arsiji and Maharaja Shri Gaj Singh ji in service. The priest Garibdas ji is also sitting. As always the elephant has a brown [chain/throat/ neck band?] and [Bhalerav?] elephant has a black [chain/throat/ neck band]. 1.

label: Provenance

content: Royal Udaipur Collection [1]

content: To 2004

content: Vishnu Lal, New York, New York [2]

content: From 2004 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Vishnu Lal in New York, New York in 2004 [3]

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information from Andrew Topsfield, the painting was previously in the Royal Collection of Udaipur. He states, “I first saw this picture in 1976. It was then in Switzerland and belonged to a group of paintings formerly in the Mewar royal collection which I understood had come out of India a few years before, possibly 1969 but I am not sure.” See letter from Andrew Topsfield from Nov. 29, 2917, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] According to information from Catherine Glenn Benkaim, Vishnu Lal is the son of an Agra dealer, Ganeshi Lal. But he also had an office on 42nd street and 5th avenue right across the street from the Public Library. Ms. Benkaim does not know when the New York office opened because the Lal family had been in the business since the 19th century. The New York office is no longer open.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur (November 19, 2022 to May 14, 2023)

content: Royal Udaipur Collection

content: Vishnu M. Lal

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Mewar, Rajasthan state, India

content: elephant

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 47 × 52.1 cm (18 1/2 × 20 1/2 in)

content: H x W x D (display mat): 62.2 × 67.3 × 0.5 cm (24 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 3/16 in)

name:
Royal Udaipur Collection
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Lal, Vishnu M.

place:
Rajasthan state
Mewar
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Animals
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Elephants

content: India

label: Title

content: Maharana Raj Singh I observing an elephant fight

title_sort: MAHARANA RAJ SINGH I OBSERVING AN ELEPHANT FIGHT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, conical

title_sort: BEAD, CONICAL

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, conical


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 32.3 x 22.1 cm (12 11/16 x 8 11/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Man and boy

title_sort: MAN AND BOY

title: Man and boy


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Squared hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; tall form with wide projecting collar at both ends; irregularly bored leaving two deep ridges; mottled shades of medium green and some brown; partly covered with grayish incipient disintegration, more profuse in interior which also has rust stains; decoration: incised and channeled, grooves and corner ridges; surface worn smooth. (Breaks on collar.)

content: Acquired with an inscribed box, now lost.

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. 1150, pg. 262, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 17.6 × 7.7 × 7.6 cm (6 15/16 × 3 × 3 in)

content: Diam (hole - top): 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in)

content: Diam (hole - bottom): 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Five-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks

title_sort: FIVE-TIER TUBE (CONG 琮) WITH MASKS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Five-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks


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?

label: Topic

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Glass Blown and enameled

content: H x W x D (overall): 4.7 x 3.6 x 0.7 cm (1 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 1/4 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

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


label: Date

content: 17th century?

label: Period

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Yan Liben (ca. 600-674)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1031, 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: In Human Form: Images of the Secular and Divine in Chinese Painting (January 31, 1996 to January 7, 1997)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: portrait

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: woman

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 129.5 x 75 cm (51 x 29 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Portrait of a woman in green

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN GREEN

title: Portrait of a woman in green


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored mostly from one side; mottled grayish-olive green, one side very much lighter in tone; sprinkled with whitish incipient disintegration; a shallow saw mark on one surface.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Possibly excavated in Anki, Chekiang [1]

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was "said to have been excavated in Anki, Chekiang."

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1054, pg. 235, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 15.2 x 0.9 cm (6 x 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhou Wenju (傳)周文矩 (active mid-10th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1257, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 20.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: travel

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 137.9 x 65.4 cm (54 5/16 x 25 3/4 in)

topic:
Description and travel
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Horses
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Attendant

content: China

content: A Traveler on Horseback with Attendants

title_sort: A TRAVELER ON HORSEBACK WITH ATTENDANTS

title: A Traveler on Horseback with Attendants


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: A Fragment. Columnar rod and plate mosaic

title_sort: A FRAGMENT. COLUMNAR ROD AND PLATE MOSAIC

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: late 18th century

content: Edo period

content: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 189, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: 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)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk panel

content: H x W: 77.5 x 28.9 cm (30 1/2 x 11 3/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Woman near a fenced-off flowering garden

title_sort: WOMAN NEAR A FENCED-OFF FLOWERING GARDEN


content: mid 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Hon'ami Koho (1601-1682)

label: Description

content: Unglazed Incense box.

content: Clay: coarse, conglomerate, gray, with sparse touches of orange.

content: Shigaraki type.

label: Label

content: A grandson of the versatile artist Hon'ami Koetsu, Kuchu maintained a residence near Koetsu at Takagamine. Like his grandfather, Kuchu occasionally made tea bowls in the Black Raku format. He is best known, however, for his ceramics made from clay mixed with coarse feldspar grains to approximate the appearance of Shigaraki ware, which had been popular for tea utensils since the sixteenth century. These pieces executed in the spirit of a historical ware constitute a respected type of copy.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 299, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: The Koetsu Tea Bowl (May 15, 1998 to June 23, 2005)

content: Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

content: Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Japan

content: ceramic

content: turtle

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: incense

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Container

content: Shigaraki-style stoneware with thin clear glaze

content: H x W x D: 4.9 x 5.9 x 8.8 cm (1 15/16 x 2 5/16 x 3 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

place: Kyoto Japan

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

content: Japan

content: Incense box in the shape of a turtle

title_sort: INCENSE BOX IN THE SHAPE OF A TURTLE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Incense box in the shape of a turtle


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

content: Here, a dockworker confronts the viewer with a bold gaze, just as Whistler confronted the British art establishment with his fresh take on picturesque realism by rendering the roughest areas of the city in beautiful detail. Lettering identifies Eagle Wharf in Wapping, a tough East London neighborhood. Riverside warehouses bear the signs of Tyzac, Whiteley & Co., a manufacturer of industrial chains, and W. Brown, “Sail Maker, Ship Owner,” a ship’s chandler who supplied and equipped ships. Such specificity would become rarer in the artist’s streetscapes and shop fronts of the 1880s and after, when signage was sometimes reversed, obscured, or incomplete, and figures remain sketchy.

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 G50 state 1 of 1.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (April 4, 1930 to January 20, 1944)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: man

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 13.8 x 21.4 cm (5 7/16 x 8 7/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Eagle Wharf (Tyzac Whiteley and Co.)

title_sort: EAGLE WHARF (TYZAC WHITELEY AND CO.)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Eagle Wharf (Tyzac Whiteley and Co.)


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Vase: flattened, globular; very high base; flaring mouth. Thread mark on base.

content: Clay: soft, red.

content: Glaze: variable greenish-yellow in tone, with small areas of dark green; silvery iridescence; advanced disintegration.

content: Decoration: concentric, corrugated lines.

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1387, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)

content: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 38 × 26.3 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

title: Tomb jar


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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H x W: 6 x 6 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in)

room: Gallery 20

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Unit of inlay

title_sort: UNIT OF INLAY

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Unit of inlay


label: Date

content: ca. 1830-1832

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Label

content: During the Edo period (1615-1868), ukiyo-e artists like Hokusai were considered mere "painting artisans" (gako). Large-scale works, such as folding screens or sets of sliding doors, remained the preserve of officially employed artists and certain designated townsman painters. Hokusai, despite his fame, painted only a limited number of screens. Most of his large-scale works are in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art, reflecting Charles Lang Freer's determination to build the finest Hokusai painting collection in the world.

content: Hokusai created a landscape with Mount Fuji rising in the distance, a true genre scene that extends on an exceptionally grand scale across a pair of folding screens. The work most likely dates from the period when the artist was designing the famous print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjvrokkei, early 1830s), and its commission may have been related to the success of that series. The quality of painting, unusual coloration, and embellishment with gold make this a masterpiece that must have been requested by a wealthy patron.

content: To 1902

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note, Object file. See also Original Screen List, pg. 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: Japanese Screens (Narrative Subjects) (December 22, 1981 to February 10, 1983)

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

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

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Mount Fuji

content: work

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 169.1 x 369.8 cm (66 9/16 x 145 9/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Mount Fuji
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e
Children

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Country Scenes and Mount Fuji; one of a pair with F1902.49

title_sort: COUNTRY SCENES AND MOUNT FUJI; ONE OF A PAIR WITH F1902.49

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: 771-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 567, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: iron

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Iron

content: H x W: 16.1 x 2.7 cm (6 5/16 x 1 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Iron
Metal-work

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

content: 15th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Label

content: A tiger standing protectively over her cubs seems to ignore two magpies scolding from the branches of a pine tree. When combined as the subject of paintings, tigers are messengers of the mountain spirit and magpies are the envoys of the shrine deities that protect house hold and community. Paintings with this motif were displayed in doorways of Korean homes at the New Year to ward off evil. Court artists painted the theme on silk, as in this example, while itinerant painters serving village households used mulberry paper.

content: To 1911

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 810, 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: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Possibly Zhejiang province, China

content: tree

content: pine tree

content: tiger

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: magpie

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 165 × 95.2 cm (65 × 37 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

place:
China
Zhejiang province

topic:
Trees
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Magpie
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Tiger

content: China

content: Tiger with cubs and magpies

title_sort: TIGER WITH CUBS AND MAGPIES

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tiger with cubs and magpies


content: mid 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信 (1636-1713)

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 404, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: peony

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 99.1 × 44.2 cm (39 × 17 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Hibiscus (part of a set, F1904.379-381)

title_sort: HIBISCUS (PART OF A SET, F1904.379-381)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Hibiscus (part of a set, F1904.379-381)


content: 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl, cylindrical, on heavy, crude foot.

content: Clay: fired dark reddish brown.

content: Glaze: splashes of green with some yellowish areas.

label: Provenance

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. 616, 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

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

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

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

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: Imbe, Okayama prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Bizen ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with areas of wood ash deposit

content: H x Diam: 9.3 × 11.5 cm (3 11/16 × 4 1/2 in)

label: Style

content: Bizen ware

place:
Imbe
Japan
Okayama prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Bizen ware tea bowl

title_sort: BIZEN WARE TEA BOWL

title: Bizen ware tea bowl


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

content: A circular object; probably the upper part of the model of a mill.

content: Clay: soft, reddish-buff.

content: Glaze: lead silicate glaze, green (?), immature.

content: Glazed pottery.

content: To 1906

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1472, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: tomb

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: mill

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: Model

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 2.5 x 9.7 cm (1 x 3 13/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Upper grindstone from a tomb model of a mill

title_sort: UPPER GRINDSTONE FROM A TOMB MODEL OF A MILL

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Jing Hao (傳)荊浩 (ca. 870-ca.935)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: Simply drawn buildings on the riverbank in the lower left corner of the composition are dwarfed by large windblown trees growing from a foreground promontory. A narrow bridge connects the elements in the lower left with a small tip of land at the lower right and, compositionally, leads the viewer into the distance, which is dominated by light blue mountain peaks. The asymmetrical composition is based on traditions developed during the Southern Song period and usually associated with Ma Yuan (active 1189-1224) and Xia Gui (active 1194-1224).

content: To 1970

content: Eugene (1875-1959) and Agnes E. (1887-1970) Meyer, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY

content: From 1970 to 1998

content: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1914-2001), Armonk, NY, by descent from her mother Agnes E. Meyer [1]

content: From 1992

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz in 1998 [1]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz’s Deed of Gift, dated February 5, 1998, in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

content: bridge

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Collection of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer. Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 23.1 x 22.6 cm (9 1/8 x 8 7/8 in)

name:
Lorentz, Elizabeth Meyer
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

topic:
Mountains
Bridges
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

label: Title

content: Distant mountains beyond a river

title_sort: DISTANT MOUNTAINS BEYOND A RIVER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Distant mountains beyond a river


content: 18th century?

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, S.I. 52, pg. 81, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For information regarding purchase location, see Accession List.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: ocean

content: biwa

content: Japan

content: Benten

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

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 85.2 x 32.4 cm (33 9/16 x 12 3/4 in)

topic:
Musical instruments
Benten
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Music
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ocean
Ukiyo-e
Biwa
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Benten on a rock by the sea

title_sort: BENTEN ON A ROCK BY THE SEA

title: Benten on a rock by the sea


label: Date

content: 16th-17th century?

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Fanlong 梵隆 (active mid-12th century)

label: Marks

content: Label on back.

label: Label

content: Multi-armed images of Guanyin, the bodhisattva (enlightened being) of compassion, are popular in several schools of Chinese Buddhism. In its fullest form, the bodhisattva has one thousand arms and hands. Each hand has an eye in its palm that perceives the suffering of the world, and each bears a token that offers a means of salvation.This version has twenty two pairs of arms.

content: Wearing a crown decorated with figures of the Five Dhyani (Wisdom) Buddhas, Guanyin sits on a lotus throne before a lunar halo. Above its head, two hands hold aloft an image of the bodhisattva’s patron, Amitabha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. Two other hands, palms together, form a mudra (gesture) of reverence, while a third pair rests in a sign of meditation. The other thirty-eight hands hold symbolic objects, such as a vajra (thunderbolt) to represent enlightenment; willow branches to sprinkle compassion upon believers; a sword to sever the bonds of ignorance; and a lotus to indicate the flowering of the mind. At the foot of the lotus throne stands a Buddhist monk, who offers smoke from an incense burner as an act of devotion.

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1156, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: lotus

content: incense

content: Guanyin

content: vajra

content: China

content: monk

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

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 on paper

content: H x W (image): 75.8 x 58.7 cm (29 13/16 x 23 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Incense
Vajra
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Monk
Lotus
Bodhisattva
Guanyin

content: China

content: Thousand-armed Thousand-eyed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) 明 佚名 《千手千眼觀世音菩薩像》 軸

title_sort: THOUSAND-ARMED THOUSAND-EYED BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN) 明 佚名 《千手千眼觀世音菩薩像》 軸

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1007, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 21.3 x 12.8 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Scabbard ornament

title_sort: SCABBARD ORNAMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Scabbard ornament


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

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 G16 state 2 of 3.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

content: Off the Beaten Path: Early Works by James McNeill Whistler (September 28, 2013 to September 28, 2014)

content: Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: cooking

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.7 x 15.6 cm (8 15/16 x 6 1/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Kitchen

title_sort: THE KITCHEN

title: The Kitchen


label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: horse

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 26.5 x 36.5 cm (10 7/16 x 14 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: A Running horse

title_sort: A RUNNING HORSE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Running horse


label: Date

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 435, pg. 115, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing Disciples (March 10 to July 8, 2012)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: snake

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: biwa

content: Japan

content: Benten

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 36.1 x 60.5 cm (14 3/16 x 23 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The Lute and White Snake of Benten (Sarasvati)

title_sort: THE LUTE AND WHITE SNAKE OF BENTEN (SARASVATI)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: likely 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Description

content: A blue-glass dish filled with fruit, including pomegranate, pomello, Asian pear, water caltrop, and grapes.

content: With six spurious seals, purportedly belonging to Emperor Song Huizong and to Ming collector, Xiang Yuanpian.

content: On silk in an album.

label: Marks

content: (D.K. Liu, 1914) Artist unknown. Small seal in right upper corner reads: "Shen-ping." Seal in right lower corner reads: "Hsuan-ho." They are both seals of the Emperor Hui-tsung of Sung Dynasty. Seal in left upper reads: "Hsiang Yuan-pien." Seal in left lower corner reads: "Preserved by Mu-lin." These two belong to the great Ming collector and painter, Hsiang Yuan-pien. Gourd-shaped seal at top reads: "Imperial handwriting." It has no meaning and does not look like a good seal. Large square seal near right upper corner is the prince's seal which appears on every painting in this album. It reads: "Preserved with care in the Ch'en-fu." Ch'en-fu is the name of the residence of a prince, perhaps of the Manchu dynasty.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: glassware

content: still life

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: fruit

content: grape

content: pomegranate

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: pear

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 27.6 x 25.9 cm (10 7/8 x 10 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Art
Pear
Fruit
Chinese Art
Glassware
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Grape
Pomegranate

content: China

object_type:
Paintings
Still lifes

content: A blue glass dish filled with fruit

title_sort: A BLUE GLASS DISH FILLED WITH FRUIT

title: A blue glass dish filled with fruit


content: 8th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1913

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 480, 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: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: Stone Sculpture, Gallery 16, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to February 4, 1944)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: probably Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Marble

content: H x W x D: 86.6 x 146.2 x 17 cm (34 1/8 x 57 9/16 x 6 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Shaanxi province
China
Xi'an

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Stone

content: China

content: Lintel possibly showing the Western Paradise of the Buddha Amitabha

title_sort: LINTEL POSSIBLY SHOWING THE WESTERN PARADISE OF THE BUDDHA AMITABHA

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1151, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916. 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: demon

content: Arhat

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

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 106.5 × 50.6 cm (41 15/16 × 19 15/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

label: Title

content: Luohan and Demon

title_sort: LUOHAN AND DEMON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Luohan and Demon


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 184, 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: Japan

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: twill

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: priest

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H: 227.5 cm (89 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Brocade, silk

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Brocade, silk