content: 4th-6th century

label: Period

content: Roman period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea jar, silver rim. Silver cover.

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: cream, closely crackled in dark brown; large areas of brown and purplish discoloration.

content: To 1896

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [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.13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with clear, colorless glaze, stained by subsequent treatment; rim repaired with silver band

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 21.5 × 18.5 cm (8 7/16 × 7 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Japan
Kagoshima prefecture

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

type: Country

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Satsuma ware jar, White Satsuma type

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: SATSUMA WARE JAR, WHITE SATSUMA TYPE

type: Images

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Satsuma ware jar, White Satsuma type


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 35, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: iridescence

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Button bead; fragmentary

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD; FRAGMENTARY

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Button bead; fragmentary


label: Date

content: Period of Division

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 631, 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.

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

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Buddhism

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: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 3.5 x 1.6 x 1.2 cm (1 3/8 x 5/8 x 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Animal statuette

title_sort: ANIMAL STATUETTE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Animal statuette


content: 1st century BCE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 48, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 0.7 cm (1/4 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, tubular

title_sort: BEAD, TUBULAR

title: Bead, tubular


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G174 state 1 of 5.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, 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: Whistler and the Thames (December 17, 2000 to June 17, 2001)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: boat

content: sunrise

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 14.7 x 22.5 cm (5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Drypoint
Sunrise

content: United States

label: Title

content: Battersea Morn

title_sort: BATTERSEA MORN

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Battersea Morn


label: Date

content: ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

content: To 1958-59

content: Simon Kriger, Washington, DC [1]

content: From 1958-59

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Simon Kriger, Washington, DC [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to notes in the object record, this was a gift of S. Kriger between 1958 and 1959. See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Simon Kriger (1900-1985)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of S. Kriger

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Cast bronze

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Base of a ku

title_sort: BASE OF A KU

title: Base of a ku


content: 13th century

content: Southern Song dynasty

content: Traditionally attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

content: To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 112, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Children at Play in Chinese Painting (November 14, 2009 to May 23, 2010)

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

content: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

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

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

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Lacquer (February 22, 1971 to November 22, 1971)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: water buffalo

content: Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)

content: Song dynasty (960 - 1279)

content: child

content: herding

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 24.2 x 24.7 cm (9 1/2 x 9 3/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Song dynasty (960 - 1279)
Chinese Art
Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Children
Herding
Water buffalo

content: China

content: Water Buffalo and Herdboy under Willows 柳蔭牧牛圖

title_sort: WATER BUFFALO AND HERDBOY UNDER WILLOWS 柳蔭牧牛圖

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Label

content: This small album leaf depicts, judging by its subject's costume, a non-Chinese hunter and his dog who have successfully brought down a hare. While the stylistic origin of the "trembling" brush line zhanbi, employed to depict the contours of the hunter's costume, can be traced to the Five Dynasties period (907-960), this small work is a much later reinterpretation of the style. Created by rhythmically altering pressure on the brush tip to produce lines of varying thickness, zhanbi is often used to convey a sense of motion or agitation. The album leaf bears a spurious seal of the famous Ming dynasty painter Qiu Ying (ca. 1494-1552), whose works are unrelated to this painting in either composition or style.

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 77, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Year of the Horse: Chinese Horse Paintings (February 24 to September 2, 2002)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 25.6 x 27.3 cm (10 1/16 x 10 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

label: Title

content: A tatar horseman coursing a hare

title_sort: A TATAR HORSEMAN COURSING A HARE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: A tatar horseman coursing a hare


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

content: Mr. S. Yamanaka (Yamanaka & Company), Kyoto, to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mr. S. Yamanaka, through Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company. See Curatorial Remark 4, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record. See also, F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 1, Louise Cort, July 6, 2010, in the object record.

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1271, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For further details regarding the gift, see F1917.306.2a-f, Curatorial Remark 2, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Gilt bronze

content: H x W x D: 24.4 x 3.6 x 2.1 cm (9 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 13/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 14

building: Freer

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

title: Spoon


content: Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

label: Description

content: Beaker-shaped vase, one of two in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-194). Blue-and-white.

content: Clay: white porcelain.

content: Glaze: clear, feldspathic.

content: Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue with court scene similar to baluster vases F1980.190, F1980.191, F1980.192 on flaring neck, other court ladies in garden setting on lower and middle sections. Sections divided by herringbone borders.

content: Wood stand, not previously recorded.

content: To 1916

content: Duveen Brothers, New York [1]

content: From 1916 to 1941

content: Mrs. B. F. Jones Jr. (d. 1941), Pittsburgh and Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, purchased from Duveen Brothers in 1916 [2]

content: Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Art Property and Furnishings of the Palatial Residence of the Late Mrs. B.F. Jones Jr, Sewickley Heights, PA,” November 27, 1941, lot 670 (ill.): “Important Blue and White Five-Piece Garniture, K’ang-hsi”

content: From 1941 to no later than 1945

content: Myron S. Falk, Sr. (1878-1945), Greenwich, Connecticut, purchased through Edward Wells at the Parke-Bernet Sale, Inc., New York, November 27, 1941 [3]

content: From 1940s to 1980

content: Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992), New York, given by Myron S. Falk, Sr. in the 1940s [4]

content: From 1980

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner in 1980

content: Notes:

content: [1] The garniture appears in an undated Duveen Brothers black-and-white stock photo, which bears the handwritten notations: "1849/29761, Height of Vases 18 1/2 ins., beakers 17 1/2 ins." and "61" in the lower left corner, and "A set of 5 Blue & White Nankin vases & beakers", in the lower right corner. See Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Duveen Brothers records, Duveen Brothers stock documentation from the dealer’s library, 1829-1965. Series I. Photograph albums, 1871-1956. Series I.A. Stock albums, 1907-1954; ID/Accession Number: 2007.D.1 (bx.1-9), China books, vol. 3, p. 61. Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat717039.

content: [2] The purchase was recorded on September 19, 1941 in the Duveen Brothers' collector file for B. F. Jones Jr., as one of the "Objects sold directly to Mrs. B.F. Jones, Jr.", during the year 1916. There it is described as "A Garniture of Five Pieces of Old Chinese Porcelain of fine quality. Kang Hsi period. Consisting of 3 Vases with Covers, and 2 Beaker-shaped Vases, decorated with figures of Lange Eleisen flowers, etc.", and a price of $9,000 is noted. See Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981 (bulk 1909-1964). Series II. Correspondence and papers. Series II.I. Collectors' files: Jones, B. F., Jr., 1, ca. 1917-1941, ID/Accession number: 960015, (bx.472,f.3), p. 2. Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/960015b472f003.

content: [3] The object is listed in an invoice issued by Wells Objects of Art Specialist in Chinese Antiquities to Myron S. Falk on November 28, 1941, copy in object file.

content: A copy of the 1941 auction catalogue preserved in the Museum Library bears Myron S. Falk Sr.’s handwritten notations: “Welles will bid $1050 for M.S.F. Valued $3-4,000. Mrs. Jones paid Duveen Bros. $15,000", in the left margin and "Sold for $800. to M. S. F." in the right margin. The accompanying plate illustrating the garniture bears the handwritten notation: "In my opinion covers do not belong—but extremely fine set! Extremely rare in garniture form and without defects". See also “Art Sale Brings $14,135: K’an-shi Garniture is sold for $750…,” New York Times (November 27, 1941).

content: [4] The objects were gifted by Myron S. Falk, Sr. to his son, Myron S. Falk, Jr., see Page Report, dated September 18, 1995, in object file.

content: The objects were initially included in Sotheby-Parke-Bernet Galleries’s Sale “Fine Chinese Works of Art” on May 8, 1980 as lot 261 (color ill.) and then taken out of the sale.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)

content: Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

content: The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

content: Duveen Brothers

content: Mrs. B. F. Jones

content: Mr. Myron S. Falk, Sr.

content: Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)

content: Mrs. Mildred F. Loew

content: Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

content: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Jingdezhen ware

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)

content: China

content: porcelain

content: Chinese Art

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 12: The Peacock Room in Blue and White

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

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

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 43 × 20.6 cm (16 15/16 × 8 1/8 in)

label: Style

content: Jingdezhen ware

name:
Falk, Myron S.
Loew, Mildred F.
Duveen Brothers
Lenzner, Eleanor F.
Jones, B. F.

place:
China
Jiangxi province
Jingdezhen

topic:
Porcelain
Art
Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ceramics
Jingdezhen ware

room: Gallery 12 - Peacock Room

content: China

title_sort: BEAKER-SHAPED VASE, FROM A FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE

label: High-resolution TIFF

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title: Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (Low resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

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label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919), given by Abel William Bahr, New York, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserve Miscellaneous List, R. 5695, 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: Exhibition History

content: Glass Exhibition, in honor of VI International Congress on Glass (July 4, 1962 to December 3, 1962)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: carving

content: jade

content: glass

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: funerary

content: cicada

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: protection

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Glass

content: H x W x D: 5.2 × 2.3 × 0.4 cm (2 1/16 × 7/8 × 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Carving
Chinese Art
Glass
Funerary
Jade
Cicada
Protection
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Tongue amulet in the form of a cicada

title_sort: TONGUE AMULET IN THE FORM OF A CICADA

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tongue amulet in the form of a cicada


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Unidentified owner, Peking (Beijing), China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Peking (Beijing), China, from an unidentified owner in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 258, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 9.2 x 1.2 cm (3 5/8 x 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

title: Mirror


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G28 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: Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

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: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.2 x 5.6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Auguste Delatre

title_sort: AUGUSTE DELATRE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Auguste Delatre


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Calligrapher

content: Honda Jinzaburo (1781-1861)

content: Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865)

content: This scene of a courtesan emerging from beneath a mosquito net as her cat returns her gaze alludes to a well-known episode from the eleventh-century literary work The Tale of Genji. Prince Genji’s wife, the Third princess, was concealed from public view, as was the custom among women of high status. When her cat pushed aside a bamboo blind, however, the Third princess was revealed to the courtier Kashiwagi, and thus began a secret affair between the two. Mitate (incongruous comparisons between courtly literature and modern urban life) were a popular visual device in Edo art.

content: Inscribed at the top of the painting is a poem by Honda Jinzaburo (1781–1861), whose pen name was Tenmei Rojin. The poem alludes to the source of mosquito nets—the vendors from Omi near Lake Biwa—and to the trysts of courtesans beneath the netting on steamy summer nights.

content: No matter whom

content: the maiden meets

content: under the omi net,

content: her arm shows the mark

content: of a mosquito’s stinger.

content: Translation by John Carpenter

label: Provenance

content: Private collection, Japan [1]

content: To 1995

content: Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, to 1995

content: From 1995

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Mayuyama & Co. Ltd. in 1995

content: Notes:

content: [1] This object was offered in auction at Christie's, New York in 1994 and failed to sell; it was returned to its owner in Japan and remarketed through Mayuyama and Co. (see Curatorial Note 3, James Ulak, December 1995, in the object record).

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (March 8 to October 19, 2008)

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

content: Telling Tales in Japanese Art (November 23, 1996 to August 14, 1997)

content: Mayuyama & Co., Ltd. (established 1916)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Harold P. Stern Memorial Fund

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 101.5 x 38.5 cm (39 15/16 x 15 3/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net

title_sort: COURTESAN BENEATH A MOSQUITO NET

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Courtesan beneath a Mosquito Net


content: Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Wu Daozi (傳)吳道子 (active ca. 710-760)

label: Label

content: To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

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. 1302, 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: Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (December 1, 2003 to May 23, 2004)

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: Buddhism

content: dragon

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: khakkhara

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 124.9 × 61.6 cm (49 3/16 × 24 1/4 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Khakkhara
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Dragon

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Seated Luohan

title_sort: SEATED LUOHAN

title: Seated Luohan


label: Date

content: 5th-4th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: Probably unearthed in Huoqiu (in the modern province of Anhui). [1]

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Orvar Karlbeck. [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See item X82, pg. 56 in “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Also refer to Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file for location.

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

content: [3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 6 in the object record. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974.

content: Also see note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 9.6 x 1.1 x 3.2 cm (3 3/4 x 7/16 x 1 1/4 in)

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Metal-work

content: China

content: Canopy fitting or finial

title_sort: CANOPY FITTING OR FINIAL

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Canopy fitting or finial


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: A group of vessels at anchor; a narrow beach in the foreground; one figure; signed with butterfly near the left edge.

label: Signatures

content: Black butterfly in lower left quadrant

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board.

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1886)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: viridian

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: ocean

content: boat

content: beach

content: United States

content: American Art

content: seascape

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 25.3 x 17.8 cm (9 15/16 x 7 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Boats and boating
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Beaches
Cerulean blue
Viridian
Vermilion
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Seascape
Ocean
Prussian blue
Burnt sienna

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Anchorage

title_sort: THE ANCHORAGE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Anchorage


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1798-1861)

content: To 1904

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936), Woodstock, NY, and New York to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bolton Coit Brown in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1223, pg. 21-B, 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: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 38.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm (15 3/16 x 1 1/16 x 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Brown, Bolton Coit

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

content: Japan

content: Street scene: a procession

title_sort: STREET SCENE: A PROCESSION

title: Street scene: a procession


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1300, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Shaanxi Province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 14.4 x 0.4 cm (5 5/8 x 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
China
Shaanxi Province

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

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with spirals

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH SPIRALS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Disk (bi) with spirals


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Fragment of inlay. Columnar rod and plate mosaic. Green, yellow and red in a translucent blue-green matrix.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: acacia tree

content: poppy

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of an inlay


label: Date

content: 5th-4th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: Probably unearthed in Huoqiu (in the modern province of Anhui). [1]

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Orvar Karlbeck. [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See item X86, pg. 56 in “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Also refer to Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file for location.

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

content: [3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 6 in the object record. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974.

content: Also see note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 8.8 x 1 x 2.7 cm (3 7/16 x 3/8 x 1 1/16 in)

content: China

content: Canopy fitting or finial

title: Canopy fitting or finial


content: 15th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel. Ink and color on silk. No seals, labels or inscriptions. Depicting two peony blossoms with leaves.

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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 475, 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: Beyond Brushwork: Symbolism in Chinese Painting (April 29 to November 26, 2006)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: flower

content: peony

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 42.7 x 65.1 cm (16 13/16 x 25 5/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Peonies

title_sort: PEONIES

title: Peonies


content: Sui dynasty

content: Yamanaka and Company, New York 1929 [1]

content: From 1929

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York in 1929 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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 Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)

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 Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 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)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 24.3 x 1.7 cm (9 9/16 x 11/16 in)

topic:
Bronze
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

label: Title

content: Mirror

label: Screen Image

title: Mirror


label: Date

content: 4th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 728, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 4.5 x 1.8 cm (1 3/4 x 11/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G43 state 1 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012)

content: Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)

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: reading

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 11.9 x 8 cm (4 11/16 x 3 1/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Slipper

title_sort: THE SLIPPER

title: The Slipper


content: ca. 1840

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

content: This image of a beauty wrapped in an autumn maple leaf-patterned kimono with a bird streaking through the sky is an unmistakable reference to the courtesan Takao. From the mid-seventeenth through the mid-eighteenth century, eleven courtesans bore the sobriquet of Takao. The second Takao, however, who was active in the mid-1650s, was renowned for her skills in seducing rich and powerful patrons. Her ultimate conquest, the daimyo of Sendai, Date Tsunamune (1640-1711), purchased her freedom from brothel life, and they remained together until her death.

content: A poem of passionate longing traditionally attributed to Takao mentions the hototogisu (Cuculus poliocephalus, often translated as cuckoo) that flies over Komagata. Tsunamune had a residence in the Komagata area of Asakusa in Edo. The hototogisu is a bird associated with the fourth lunar month and the vicissitudes of love. Takao is also the name of a site near Kyoto famous for its resplendant autumn foliage, thus the artist makes associations between the courtesan's name, her kimono pattern, and the Kyoto site.

content: In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries apocryphal stories of Takao were the grist for pulp fiction and kabuki script writers. While associated with Takao, Tsunamune was involved in a succession struggle within the Sendai domain. In 1660 the shogunate condemned him for his licentiousness--probably a politically motivated charge with some basis in truth--and as a penalty Tsunamune had to pay for the construction of a large section of the Edo castle's moat. Assassinations and other political intrigues continued for several years, giving storytellers in later years further reason to cast Tsunamume in a villainous image suitable for popular entertainment. One of the most persistent tales reports that he murdered Takao.

content: This painting was done by Hiroshige in the early 1840s and has been widely regarded for more than a century as a superlative example of his forays into the bijin (beautiful women) genre.

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, pg. 71, L. 301, 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: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

content: Surveying the Collections: Poets and Parties (July 2, 2000 to February 4, 2001)

content: Portraiture from Japan (July 1, 1983 to April 5, 1984)

content: Japanese Prints (January 18, 1980 to May 18, 1980)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: bird

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on silk panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 100.8 × 42.6 cm (39 11/16 × 16 3/4 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The Courtesan Takao

title_sort: THE COURTESAN TAKAO

title: The Courtesan Takao


label: Date

label: Period

content: Possibly Song dynasty

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 115, (Bahr No. 75), Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Lacquer (February 22, 1971 to November 22, 1971)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: pine tree

content: bamboo

content: Song dynasty (960 - 1279)

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: house

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 22 x 25 cm (8 11/16 x 9 13/16 in)

topic:
Pine tree
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Song dynasty (960 - 1279)
Chinese Art
Rivers
Bamboo
Dwellings

content: China

content: Riverside dwelling among pines and bamboo

title_sort: RIVERSIDE DWELLING AMONG PINES AND BAMBOO

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: To 1906

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 1, 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: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: metal

content: copper

content: reading

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: Tool and Equipment

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 12 x 8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Reading
Art
American Art
Metal-work

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Reading in Bed

title_sort: READING IN BED

title: Reading in Bed


content: Qing dynasty

content: Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 (reigned 1101-1125))

content: Traditionally attributed to Zhao Ji (1082-1135)

content: To 1911

content: Cheng Kuan, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 828, 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

content: Cheng Kuan (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: still life

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Zhong Kui

content: Dragon Boat Festival

content: China

content: talisman

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 112 x 61.1 cm (44 1/8 x 24 1/16 in)

name:
Kuan, Cheng
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Zhong Kui
Dragon Boat Festival
Chinese Art
Talisman
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

object_type:
Paintings
Still lifes

content: Still life: vase with peonies, and bric-a-brac

title_sort: STILL LIFE: VASE WITH PEONIES, AND BRIC-A-BRAC


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Label

content: The body of this horse is mainly defined with various tonalities of ink wash. Only a few details, such as the eye, mane, bridle, and tail, are depicted with ink lines. An obvious Western influence in this unsigned work can be detected in the subtle silhouette and the obscure contrasts of dark and light.

content: The lengthy inscription was written in 1860 by the poet-calligrapher Tang Hengji, who compiled sixteen lines of seven words each from various poems composed by the great Tang dynasty poet Du Fu (712-770). The assembled lines form four verses of four lines each, praising the power and spirit of a legendary fine horse.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1231, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 8. Given S.I. 32 to replace a former kakemono. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Year of the Horse: Chinese Horse Paintings (February 24 to September 2, 2002)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: horse

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

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 silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 50.5 x 49.3 cm (19 7/8 x 19 7/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: A Horse

title_sort: A HORSE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: A Horse


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 710, pg. 179, 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 4.2 x 2.6 cm (1 5/8 x 1 in)

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou) in the form of a bird

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU) IN THE FORM OF A BIRD

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: second half of 17th-18th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Wine-pot, ovoidal; bell-shaped upper portion. Silver cap on spout. Silver cover.

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: brilliant cream, crackled.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 261, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Hiyamizu kiln, Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: wine

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: White stoneware with clear glaze; silver lid and cover on spout

content: H x W (overall): 13.1 x 9.9 cm (5 3/16 x 3 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

place:
Kagoshima
Hiyamizu kiln
Japan
Kagoshima prefecture

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Satsuma ware sake ewer

title_sort: SATSUMA WARE SAKE EWER

title: Satsuma ware sake ewer


label: Date

content: 206-9 B.C.E

label: Period

content: Western Han dynasty

content: To 1915

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 760, pg. 168, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

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: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 6.4 x 2.1 cm (2 1/2 x 13/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Nephrite
Jade

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Sword fitting

title_sort: SWORD FITTING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Sword fitting


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921)

content: To 1913

content: George G. Benjamin, to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the George G. Benjamin, American Art Association, New York, NY, March 18, 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of American Paintings, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes (July 13, 2024 to July 26, 2026)

content: George G. Benjamin (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: bull

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Oil on canvas

content: H x W: 30.7 x 40.9 cm (12 1/16 x 16 1/8 in)

name:
Benjamin, George G.
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Bulls

content: United States

content: A Prize Bull

title_sort: A PRIZE BULL

title: A Prize Bull


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Possibly Han dynasty

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 697, 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.6 x 1.5 cm (1 7/16 x 9/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Garment hook or handle, fragment

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK OR HANDLE, FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Garment hook or handle, fragment


content: mid 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: bamboo

content: morning glory

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 99.3 × 44.3 cm (39 1/8 × 17 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Morning glory and bamboo (part of a set, F1904.379-381)

title_sort: MORNING GLORY AND BAMBOO (PART OF A SET, F1904.379-381)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: early 18th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Description

content: Ibrahim Ibn Adham fed by angels in the wilderness. Damaged. Color and gold. Gold mount with floral arabesques; floral designs on reverse, and writing.

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: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: angel

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W: 23.8 x 16.9 cm (9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham of Balkh visited by angels

title_sort: SULTAN IBRAHIM IBN ADHAM OF BALKH VISITED BY ANGELS


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 29, pg. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color on paper panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 62 x 11.3 cm (24 7/16 x 4 7/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Young man standing on Hotei's shoulder

title_sort: YOUNG MAN STANDING ON HOTEI'S SHOULDER

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Young man standing on Hotei's shoulder


label: Date

content: Dated 564 C. E.

label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Label

content: When the Freer Gallery of Art acquired this stela, or tablet-shaped sculpture, in 1923, it was broken into five pieces. After conservators repaired it in 1933, it was long exhibited as a masterpiece. Recently, some doubts have arisen about the stela's authenticity based on the lack of similar works in China. In addition, little natural wear appears on the stone, which is suspect. Damage is limited to the heads of some figures and might have been intentionally inflicted by modern creators to "antique" the stela. This sculpture is an example of a previously unassailable work now undergoing more study in order to assess its genuineness.

content: The central image is a seated Buddha with raised right hand in the gesture of reassurance and lowered left hand in the gesture of granting favor. It is peculiar that he is seated on a dais with an hourglass-shaped throne beneath the platform. Usually only one type of seat is depicted. Is this a copyist's mistake? In the upper register, another Buddha appears between matching canopied niches. On the right is the supremely wise Buddhist layman Weimo (Sanskrit, Vimalakirti), who holds a whisklike object. On the left is the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Wenshu (Sanskrit, Manjusri), holding a scepter. The arrangement of these two figures separated by a Buddha group was common during the sixth century.

content: The lowest register features a vase with an elaborate floral arrangement and two kneeling worshipers holding censers. To each side, guardian figures hold trident-like poles. On the rear of the stela is an inscription with more than 550 characters that indicates the stela was donated to a temple by a group that included monks and nuns.

content: To 1923

content: Hsu-Sen-yu, Bejing [1]

content: From 1923

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Hsu-Sen-yu, Peking on Sept. 11, 1923 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. This stele along with five other pieces were purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Mr. Hsu Sen-yu, who was a staff of the Chinese Educational Department in Bejing, China in 1923.

content: [2] See note 1. Also see the Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Updated on June 6, 2021

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Chinese Art—Stone Sculpture (September 1, 1979 to March 14, 1982)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Hsu-Sen-yu

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: halo

content: throne

content: Wenshu

content: Weimo

content: trident

content: scepter

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: cintamani

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Limestone

content: H x W x D (overall): 125.8 x 64.1 x 11.9 cm (49 1/2 x 25 1/4 x 4 11/16 in)

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Weimo
Chinese Art
Abhaya mudra
Cintamani
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Stone
Throne
Wenshu
Trident
Varada mudra
Halo
Scepter

content: China

content: Buddhist stele

title_sort: BUDDHIST STELE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Buddhist stele


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1253, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: spiral

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with silver inlay

content: H x W: 12 x 3.8 cm (4 3/4 x 1 1/2 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)
Spiral
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Sword handle

title_sort: SWORD HANDLE

title: Sword handle


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Taizan Yohei

label: Description

content: Sake bottle for domestic Shinto shrine (miki-tokkuri [Jpn]), cylindrical, with bulbous shoulder

content: Clay: fine, hard, cream-colored under glaze

content: Glaze: transluscent, minutely crackled in brown

content: Decoration: in blue and black (underglaze cobalt and underglaze iron)

content: Mark: Taizan [Jpn], impressed on footrim

label: Marks

content: Taizan [Jpn], impressed on footrim

content: To 1898

content: A.D. Vorce and Co., Hartford, CT, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from A.D. Vorce and Co. in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 254, 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: Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

content: A. D. Vorce and Co. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Awataguchi, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: wine

content: Shinto

content: sake

content: cobalt pigment

content: iron pigment

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with cobalt and iron pigment under clear glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 11.6 × 8.1 cm (4 9/16 × 3 3/16 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
A. D. Vorce and Co.

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Awataguchi
Kyoto prefecture

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cobalt pigment
Art
Stoneware
Kyoto ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Shinto
Ceramics
Iron pigment
Sake

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Taizan ware sake bottle for domestic Shinto shrine

title_sort: TAIZAN WARE SAKE BOTTLE FOR DOMESTIC SHINTO SHRINE


label: Date

content: ca. 3500-2700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Ornament: type huang 璜; small flat plaque with oval upper edge and straight base with curved notch in center; mottled pale yellow green and cream; reverse covered with white incrustation; two functional holes conically bored from both sides; irregularities in cutting, two saw marks.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated in Chekiang [1]

content: To 1917

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [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 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1323, pg. 303, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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: carving

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: Songze culture, ca. 4000-2500 BCE

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 3.3 x 9.5 x 0.8 cm (1 5/16 x 3 3/4 x 5/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Songze culture
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

content: Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)

title_sort: ARC-SHAPED PENDANT (HUANG 璜)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Arc-shaped pendant (huang 璜)


content: 2nd century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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: 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

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: fire

content: Japan

content: worshiper

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (album mount): 59 x 36.6 cm (23 1/4 x 14 7/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Burning a Buddhist Image

title_sort: BURNING A BUDDHIST IMAGE

title: Burning a Buddhist Image