content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Like many ancient legends, Writing a Poem on a Crimson Leaf has several versions, each with minor differences in detail. The main story takes place in the ninth century during the Tang dynasty (618–907) and concerns a court lady who writes a love poem on a red leaf. She then sets it afloat on the waterway that flows out of the palace. The man who finds the red leaf writes a poem in which he echoes his own longing for love, and he sends the leaf and the poems floating back to the palace. Of course, the same court lady chances upon the leaf and cherishes its poems. Later freed from her obligations to the imperial court, the lady is allowed to marry. On her wedding night, she happily discovers that her groom is the very man who wrote a love poem on her treasured red leaf. “Writing a poem on a crimson leaf” became a metaphor in Chinese literature to describe a happy marriage destined by fate.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1210, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Tales of the Brush: Chinese Painting with Literary Themes (February 9 to July 27, 2008)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: lovers

content: woman

content: writing

content: marriage

content: poetry

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 126.7 x 70 cm (49 7/8 x 27 9/16 in)

topic:
Lovers
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Writing
Poetry
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Woman
Marriage

content: China

label: Title

content: Writing a Poem on a Crimson Leaf

title_sort: WRITING A POEM ON A CRIMSON LEAF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Writing a Poem on a Crimson Leaf


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler lithographs are identified by "C." numbers as described in The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998). This print is C.9, second state, only impression.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office. See further, the Original Whistler List, Lithographs, 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: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (April 4, 1930 to January 20, 1944)

content: Lithographs and Lithotints by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: river

content: morning

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Lithotint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 16.5 x 25.9 cm (6 1/2 x 10 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Morning
Rivers

type: Country

content: United States

content: Early Morning

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: EARLY MORNING

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Early Morning


label: Date

content: 503-30 BCE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 33, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of a bar used for inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BAR USED FOR INLAY

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a bar used for inlay


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean 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: Bronze

content: H x W: 9.7 x 4.2 cm (3 13/16 x 1 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

content: Razor

title_sort: RAZOR

title: Razor


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G351 state 1 of 1.

content: To 1896

content: J. M. Hart, to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from J. M. Hart in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etching, 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: J. M. Hart (1839-1916) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 12.7 x 17.5 cm (5 x 6 7/8 in)

name:
Hart, J. M.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: Fishing Quay, Ostend

title_sort: FISHING QUAY, OSTEND

title: Fishing Quay, Ostend


label: Date

content: 15th-16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Wu Junchen (active mid-13th century)

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1338, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: pine tree

content: winter

content: donkey

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: mountain

content: river

content: man

content: pavilion

content: bridge

content: travel

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: Painting

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 191 x 94.4 cm (75 3/16 x 37 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Water
Description and travel
Art
Donkey
Chinese Art
Rivers
Pine tree
Mountains
Pavilion
Bridges
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Winter
Men
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Wind and Snow at Ba Bridge

title_sort: WIND AND SNOW AT BA BRIDGE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Wind and Snow at Ba Bridge


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Rod and plate mosaic. Opaque, dark blue matrix with a design lighter blue edged with yellow.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 9, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of an inlay


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 725, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: drinking

content: mountain

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 25.5 x 162 cm (10 1/16 x 63 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

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

content: China

content: Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion

title_sort: GATHERING AT THE ORCHID PAVILION

title: Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion


label: Date

content: late 15th-early 16th century

label: Period

content: Muromachi period

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: prayer beads

content: Japan

content: Kwa-ten

content: kundika

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: deva

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

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

topic:
Prayer beads
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Kwa-ten
Japanese Art
Kundika
Deva
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: One of the twelve deva: Kwa-ten (Agni)

title_sort: ONE OF THE TWELVE DEVA: KWA-TEN (AGNI)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: One of the twelve deva: Kwa-ten (Agni)


content: 4th-3rd century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Probably unearthed near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (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] According to Bishop’s unpublished report, Archaeological Research in China, 1924-34, Mr. Karlbeck had acquired nearly all the objects near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 4 in the object record.

content: The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

content: For further information also refer to “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: 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: 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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 43.4 x 43.4 cm (17 1/16 x 17 1/16 in)

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Sword

title_sort: SWORD

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Sword


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 (1664-1729)

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1229-1230, pg. 21-C, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: courtesan

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 57.8 x 30.4 x 2.6 cm (22 3/4 x 11 15/16 x 1 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Woodblock; recto: an Oiran tossing a handball; verso: two lovers

title_sort: WOODBLOCK; RECTO: AN OIRAN TOSSING A HANDBALL; VERSO: TWO LOVERS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Picturing Whistler: Portraits and Self-Portraits (May 21 to December 3, 2000)

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Pencil on white paper

content: H x W: 17.8 x 14.8 cm (7 x 5 13/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Men

content: United States

content: A man seated on the edge of a wall

title_sort: A MAN SEATED ON THE EDGE OF A WALL

title: A man seated on the edge of a wall


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G294 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, pg. 107, Voucher No. 10, March 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: horse

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

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

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
American Art
Men
Horses
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: Wild West: The Orator

title_sort: WILD WEST: THE ORATOR

title: Wild West: The Orator


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

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 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 307, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: garden

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

content: Full color, lacquer black, and ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 41.1 × 55.4 cm (16 3/16 × 21 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Woman on the verandah steps; another in the garden

title_sort: WOMAN ON THE VERANDAH STEPS; ANOTHER IN THE GARDEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 7.8 x 7 cm (3 1/16 x 2 3/4 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: sherd, red body, white slip, yellow glaze with brown stain

title_sort: SHERD, RED BODY, WHITE SLIP, YELLOW GLAZE WITH BROWN STAIN

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Gong Kai 龔開 (1222-1307)

label: Description

content: Vertical painting of men in boats fishing with cormorants, under a large rock face.

label: Marks

content: Label on back.

label: Label

content: Two boats in the foreground and a third in distant left-full of fishermen and cormorants-provide a vivid illustration of an unusual mode of fishing. The cormorants are tame, trained water birds. The fishermen attach bands or strings around their necks to prevent the birds from swallowing the large fish. Then they use long poles to urge the birds to dive after fish. Once the birds re-surface, the fishermen grab the fish from the birds' beak, occasionally offering smaller fish in exchange. In some areas of China, the tradition of cormorant fishing still survives.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1013, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: fishing

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: boat

content: cormorant

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: Painting

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 144.6 x 58.9 cm (56 15/16 x 23 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Fishing
Cormorant

content: China

content: Fishing with Cormorants

title_sort: FISHING WITH CORMORANTS

title: Fishing with Cormorants


label: Date

content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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: 0.7 cm (1/4 in)

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Momoyama period

label: Artist

content: Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 (1543-1590)

content: Nakayama of Nara Collection [1]

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1903 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to a note from Original Screen List (see Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record).

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 86, pg. 23, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 148.7 x 305.4 cm (58 9/16 x 120 1/4 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Grape vines 葡萄図屏風

title_sort: GRAPE VINES 葡萄図屏風

title: Grape vines 葡萄図屏風


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 437-450, page 103, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 6 x 8.6 cm (2 3/8 x 3 3/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Mask

title_sort: MASK

title: Mask


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Tripartite basket with tall loop handle; a long spur, triangular in section, adheres to base of each of the three bowls. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: reddish, sandy texture; fired fairly hard.

content: Glaze: thick lead silicate; green now turned iridescent all over.

content: Decoration: horizontal rings in relief around each bowl and tendril-like spray curling through base of handle.

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2631, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also see correspondence between Mr. Yue and Mr. Freer during the summer of 1919, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)

content: Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

content: Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

content: Japanese and Korean Pottery, and Korean Bronze (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: China

content: earthenware

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Model

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 19 x 25.6 cm (7 1/2 x 10 1/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb model of a lamp

title_sort: TOMB MODEL OF A LAMP

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tomb model of a lamp


content: late 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Momoyama or Edo period

content: To 1906

content: Unidentified owner, Takaoka, Japan, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner, at Takaoka, in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record for F1906.1, Curatorial Remarks 1. See also, Original Bronze List, S.I. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: silk (fiber)

content: damask

content: twill

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 46.5 x 12.5 cm (18 5/16 x 4 15/16 in)

topic:
Twill
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Silk (fiber)
Japanese Art
Damask

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Fragment of a Buddhist robe (kesa)

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BUDDHIST ROBE (KESA)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a Buddhist robe (kesa)


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Mori Ippo 森一鳳 (1798-1871)

label: Signatures

content: Contains signature.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 205, pg. 45, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: bird

content: rose

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color on silk

content: H x W (image): 104.6 × 40.9 cm (41 3/16 × 16 1/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Wild rose and a bird

title_sort: WILD ROSE AND A BIRD

title: Wild rose and a bird


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Master of I-nen Seal (1600-1630)

content: Contains seal on the lower left stating: "I-nen".

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

content: Yamanaka & Company, 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: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 65, pg. 3, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Rinpa: Creativity Across Time and Space (October 1, 2022 to April 2, 2023)

content: Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: Japanese Art (April 13 to November 21, 1995)

content: Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: chrysanthemum

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 132.2 × 56.8 cm (52 1/16 × 22 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Chrysanthemums

title_sort: CHRYSANTHEMUMS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Chrysanthemums


label: Date

content: 12th-14th century

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 2.3 x 3.2 cm (7/8 x 1 1/4 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Belt ornament (part of a group of ten: F1916.428-429, 726-730, 740, 743-744)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1879 and 1887

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 1, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler lithographs are identified by "C." numbers as described in The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998). This print is C.17.

content: To 1903

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: woman

content: reading

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 24.9 x 36.6 cm (9 13/16 x 14 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Reading
Art
American Art
Woman

content: United States

content: Reading

title_sort: READING

title: Reading


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Muromachi period

content: Attributed to Kano Motonobu (1476-1559)

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 381, pg. 9, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 73.7 × 33.6 cm (29 × 13 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Landscape

title_sort: LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Landscape


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Mengfu 趙孟頫 (1254-1322)

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Falcons: The Art of the Hunt (January 15 to July 17, 2022)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: falconry

content: hawk

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 24 x 26.4 cm (9 7/16 x 10 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: A Tatar horseman with a hawk

title_sort: A TATAR HORSEMAN WITH A HAWK

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Tatar horseman with a hawk


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 G19 state 1 of 2.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: 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: dog

content: United States

content: American 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: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 7.1 x 8.9 cm (2 13/16 x 3 1/2 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Dog on the Kennel

title_sort: THE DOG ON THE KENNEL

title: The Dog on the Kennel


content: early 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Kaiho Yusho (1533-1615)

label: Marks

content: Seal reads: "Yusho".

label: Provenance

content: To 1897

content: The Sanshodo (Tozo Takayanagi), to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the Sanshodo in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 22, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)

content: Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

content: Japanese Art (January 1, 1963 to July 1, 1966)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: fishing

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 117.1 x 48.4 cm (46 1/8 x 19 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Chiang Tzu-ya fishing

title_sort: CHIANG TZU-YA FISHING

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Chiang Tzu-ya fishing


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 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

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "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 G203 state 2 of 10.

content: To 1908

content: E. Gottschalk, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from E. Gottschalk in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: E. Gottschalk (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.3 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Gottschalk, E.

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

content: United States

content: Nocturne: Salute

title_sort: NOCTURNE: SALUTE

title: Nocturne: Salute


content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Yan Wengui (10th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1305, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: 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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 110.5 x 33.9 cm (43 1/2 x 13 3/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Winter Landscape

title_sort: WINTER LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Winter Landscape


label: Date

content: early to mid-19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: Kyoto workshop, Kenzan style

label: Description

content: Bowl for sweets (kashibachi 菓子鉢), large, deep, ovoidal. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: white slip, with pinkish-fawn cloudings; lightly crackled transparent glaze

content: Decoration: in iron oxide, under glaze

label: Signatures

content: Kenzan

content: Tokyo School of Fine Arts [1]

content: To 1898

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [2]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial 6, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 446, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Tokyo School of Fine Arts

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: peony

content: Kyoto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Brown-gray clay with white slip and iron pigment under transparent glaze

content: H x Diam: 11 × 22.8 cm (4 5/16 × 9 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio
Tokyo School of Fine Arts

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Kenzan-style serving bowl with design of lion-dog and peony

title_sort: KENZAN-STYLE SERVING BOWL WITH DESIGN OF LION-DOG AND PEONY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 712-332 BCE

label: Period

content: Possibly Late Period

content: Clay: soft, white.

content: Glaze: blue.

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Egypt from an unidentified owner in 1907 [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. 2318, as well as Reserved Pottery List, R. 5567, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. One of a lot of seventy-two fragments.

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)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Clay

content: H x W: 3 x 2.8 cm (1 3/16 x 1 1/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Ceramics

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ceramic (fragment)

title_sort: CERAMIC (FRAGMENT)

title: Ceramic (fragment)


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G85, state not provided.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: landscape

content: fishing

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

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

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: Landscape with a Fisherman

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH A FISHERMAN

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Landscape with a Fisherman


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: ca. 700-750

content: Tang dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 915, pg. 203, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 19.6 x 13.3 x 13 cm (7 11/16 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Head of a Luohan

title_sort: HEAD OF A LUOHAN

title: Head of a Luohan


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.5 cm (3/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

label: Title

content: Bead

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: ca. late 11th-early 10th century BCE

label: Period

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "yu," with cover.

content: Surface: a variable green patina over gold bronze; earth incrusted.

content: Decoration: in low relief and delicate linear relief. Inscriptions inside of the vessel and the cover.

label: Inscriptions

content: "Translation by Mr. S. Tang:

content: 'The object is called "yew." The inscription on its cover and the bottom of the receptacle are the same but in different form and position.

content: There are seven inscriptions on the cover and also on the bottom, which are given in Chinese characters in the original translation.

content: The figures 1, 2, and 3 are common letters in this kind of receptacles at Shang dynasty, and mean hand down to the son and grand son, in other words, hereditary. Numbers 4, 5, mean father and K'ai. They are also common. They are interpreted by scholars as for the father 'K'ai.' The word 'K'ai' is one of the Shih-Kan, ten honorary and astronomical characters. All the Emperors in Shang dynasty called themselves one of these words, so they engraved their names, in this manner, to the bronzes of that period.

content: Number 6 means woman. We find most of this kind of bronzes bear the word son, which is interpreted as the son who made this object for his father. We also find in other objects, which bear the word woman as interpreted to have been made by woman.

content: So this jar may have been made by a princess as an offering to the temple of her ancestors.

content: Number 7 is doubtful. It looks like the word "ye," the name of this object being abbreviated. The inscriptions always say what "ye" and the word "yi" is afterwards abbreviated, but I am not certain about this case.

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 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 192, 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: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D (overall): 32.6 x 23.9 x 17.5 cm (12 13/16 x 9 7/16 x 6 7/8 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

content: China

content: Ritual vessel (you) and cover

title_sort: RITUAL VESSEL (YOU) AND COVER

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ritual vessel (you) and cover


label: Date

content: 18th century?

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

content: To 1911

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 844, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: peony

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: woman

content: garden

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: garden rock

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W: 120.4 x 59.5 cm (47 3/8 x 23 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Peony
Garden rock
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Gardens
Woman

content: China

content: A female figure, garden rocks, and peonies

title_sort: A FEMALE FIGURE, GARDEN ROCKS, AND PEONIES


content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

content: Zhou Yuan (mid- to late 14th century)

content: To 1911

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 850, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 18 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 2, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

content: Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: deer

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: snow

content: camellia

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 179.7 x 92.4 cm (70 3/4 x 36 3/8 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: A stag, a doe, and red camellias in snow

title_sort: A STAG, A DOE, AND RED CAMELLIAS IN SNOW

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: ca. 2000-1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Inscription

content: Box inscription by Chu Deyi 褚德彝 (1871-1942)

label: Provenance

content: Duanfang (1861-1911), Peking [1]

content: To 1918

content: Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi), Shanghai, to 1918 [2]

content: 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Seaouke Yue in New York in 1918 [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, pg. 319, and Special Voucher No. 28, January 1918, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Ancient Chinese Jades (May 9, 1993 to May 18, 1998)

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

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

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

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

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 72 x 18.6 x 0.8 cm (28 3/8 x 7 5/16 x 5/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Duanfang

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏) with mask and felines, fragment

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏) WITH MASK AND FELINES, FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Warring States period

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Mirror

content: Diam (approx.): 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in)

topic:
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Fragments of a mirror; quatrefoil

title_sort: FRAGMENTS OF A MIRROR; QUATREFOIL

title: Fragments of a mirror; quatrefoil


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Drawing of two men wearing hats with a woman between them.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Picturing Whistler: Portraits and Self-Portraits (May 21 to December 3, 2000)

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

content: Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)

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: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Pencil on white paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 16.4 x 10.8 cm (6 7/16 x 4 1/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits

content: United States

label: Title

content: Whistler with Friends

title_sort: WHISTLER WITH FRIENDS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Whistler with Friends


content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1264, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 37.

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: Seasons: Chinese Flowers (July 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

content: Chinese Flower Paintings (March 18 to September 22, 1983)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: chrysanthemum

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 187.8 x 120.5 cm (73 15/16 x 47 7/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Ducks on the Autumn Stream

title_sort: DUCKS ON THE AUTUMN STREAM

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ducks on the Autumn Stream


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 687, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: travel

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 48.3 x 290.2 cm (19 x 114 1/4 in)

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

content: China

content: Landscape with travelers

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH TRAVELERS

title: Landscape with travelers


content: ca. 1400-1250 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "chia." Cracked at the base of both posts. Wood stand.

content: Surface: dark green patina.

content: Decoration: in low and high relief and in the round.

label: Label

content: Crested birds top the posts and bovine heads embellish the side handle. Two bands of decoration are composed of three taotie flanked by tiny dragons.

content: To 1907

content: Y. Fujita and Company, Japan, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company, Japan in 1907 [1]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 31, pg. 21, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

content: Chinese Art (June 15, 1982 to September 24, 1982)

content: Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Yangzi River Valley, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

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

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: taotie

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 41.8 x 21.5 x 22.3 cm (16 7/16 x 8 7/16 x 8 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Fujita

place:
China
Yangzi River Valley

content: China

label: Title

content: Ritual wine warmer (jia) with taotie and birds

title_sort: RITUAL WINE WARMER (JIA) WITH TAOTIE AND BIRDS

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 26.4 x 12.3 cm (10 3/8 x 4 13/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Standing man

title_sort: STANDING MAN

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Standing man


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: ca. 6th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Chinese,

content: Middle Eastern Chou, 6th century B.C.

content: Hsin-cheng type

content: Ceremonial vessel, type "p'ou." Repaired.

content: Surface: gray-green aerugo, with areas of reddish incrustation.

content: Decoration: in relief and engraved.

content: To 1909

content: Mah Zuh Kee, Shanghai, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mah Zuh Kee in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 115, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Mah Zuh Kee (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: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 26.9 x 32.2 cm (10 9/16 x 12 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kee, Mah Zuh

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Ritual vessel (pou)

title_sort: RITUAL VESSEL (POU)

title: Ritual vessel (pou)