label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: After removing the saddle of his horse, a non-Chinese groom leads it away, perhaps to a nearby pond or river for a drink. The contrast between the crisp, linear depiction of the groom and the gentle washes of the horse is both vivid and subtle. In the lower right foreground lie two sets of saddles, arrows, and bows, one of which probably belongs to another groom and horse that are no longer part of the composition. Together with the fact that the current painting is an odd size for an album leaf, this suggests the work may have been cut from a larger composition originally in the format of a handscroll or a hanging scroll.

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 33.9 x 58.7 cm (13 3/8 x 23 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

label: Title

content: A tatar, his horse, and equipment

title_sort: A TATAR, HIS HORSE, AND EQUIPMENT

title: A tatar, his horse, and equipment


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Tuan Shigen (mid 18th century)

content: To 1911

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, England, and New York, NY, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London and New York, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Makimono and Kakemono List, L. 896, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: dragon

content: deer

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Daoist Immortals

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W: 129.3 x 56.6 cm (50 7/8 x 22 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

type: Country

content: China

content: An immortal and a deer looking at a dragon overhead

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: AN IMMORTAL AND A DEER LOOKING AT A DRAGON OVERHEAD

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Loon Wen Sai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Wen Sai in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 835, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: crane

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bamboo

content: lotus

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

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

content: H x W (image): 208.2 x 94.6 cm (81 15/16 x 37 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Wen

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

content: China

content: Herons, lotus, and bamboo

title_sort: HERONS, LOTUS, AND BAMBOO

title: Herons, lotus, and bamboo


content: ca. 5000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1114, pg. 248, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 27.4 × 6 × 0.5 cm (10 13/16 × 2 3/8 × 3/16 in)

date:
BCE 5000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

content: China

label: Title

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), probably reworked from a forked blade (zhang 璋)

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏), PROBABLY REWORKED FROM A FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋)


content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by an unidentified owner, in India, in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Sundries List, R. 6012, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession File, Collections Management Office.

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: India

label: Topic

content: leather

content: flower

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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: Book

content: Brown leather, embossed decoration

content: H x W: 23.5 x 15.2 cm (9 1/4 x 6 in)

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Flowers
Leatherwork

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Bookbinding

title_sort: BOOKBINDING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bookbinding


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 38.3 x 26.8 cm (15 1/16 x 10 9/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Buddhist figure

title_sort: BUDDHIST FIGURE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Buddhist figure


content: Dated 536 CE

content: Period of Division

content: Abel William Bahr [1877-1959] or Peter J. Bahr [died circa 1928] [1]

content: To 1912

content: N.E. Montross (1849-1932), New York, NY, to 1912 [2]

content: From 1912 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N.E. Montross in 1912 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. Peter J. Bahr (died circa 1928) and Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) were brothers born in Shanghai. Peter remained in Shanghai. Abel left Shanghai in 1910, after which he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 373, p. 117, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959)

content: Peter Johannes Bahr (1882-1929)

content: N.E. Montross (1849-1932) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: monk

content: lettering

content: vitarka mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 27.6 x 18.3 x 8.8 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/16 x 3 7/16 in)

name:
Bahr, Peter Johannes
Freer, Charles Lang
Montross, N. E.
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Vitarka mudra
Monk
Stone
Lettering

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Buddhist tablet

title_sort: BUDDHIST TABLET

title: Buddhist tablet


content: 1st century

content: Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment of inlay. Mosaic technique: columnar rods and plates. Blue and red, in a light green opaque matrix.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria?

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Fragment of inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY

title: Fragment of inlay


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Copy after Mi Fu (傳)米芾 (1052-1107)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: boat

content: pavilion

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 28 x 36.4 cm (11 x 14 5/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Landscape

title_sort: LANDSCAPE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Landscape


content: mid-17th century

content: Edo period

content: Nonomura Ninsei (active ca. 1646-77)

content: Tea bowl, bulbous ovoidal shape.

content: Clay: coarse, light, buff-gray stoneware.

content: Glaze: glossy black, orange skin texture.

content: Decoration: two fan shapes reserved in clay color against black glaze and decorated with colored enamels.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Ninsei 仁清

label: Label

content: Mino potters invented the technique for producing a lustrous black glaze on tea bowls by using iron tongs to extract the bowls from the kiln as soon as the glaze melted, rather than leaving them to cool in the kiln, where they would have turned brown. Recent research has discovered that Ninsei used the same technique for his black-glazed bowls. Ninsei's bowl is thinner and more delicately shaped than the robust Black Seto bowls from Mino. Ninsei used fine-pointed tongs that left nearly invisible scars in the glaze. Moreover, his black glaze serves as a ground for two fan-shaped "windows" of white glaze that he decorated with floral motifs rendered in enamels.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)

content: Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 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 (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Omuro kiln, Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Omuro ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: fan

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with black glaze, enamels over white glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.8 x 13.8 cm (3 7/16 x 5 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Omuro kiln
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl with reserve design of fans

title_sort: TEA BOWL WITH RESERVE DESIGN OF FANS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl with reserve design of fans


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 76, pg. 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: duck

content: stork

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color, gold, silver, ink, and gold on paper sliding door

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 175.2 x 95.2 cm (69 x 37 1/2 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: On one side mandarin ducks; on the other, poems, bamboos, storks, etc

title_sort: ON ONE SIDE MANDARIN DUCKS; ON THE OTHER, POEMS, BAMBOOS, STORKS, ETC


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 6

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G141 state 14 of 16.

label: Provenance

content: Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (circa 1829-1891), London [1]

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [2]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remarks 1 and 3 in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, 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: [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: Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

content: Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca. 1829-1891)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: man

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.5 x 15 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hutchinson, Joshua Hutchinson

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Men
Drypoint

content: United States

content: The Little Forge, Liverpool

title_sort: THE LITTLE FORGE, LIVERPOOL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Little Forge, Liverpool


label: Date

content: 1st century

label: Description

content: Bead, cylindrical, a little bent. Longitudinal bore. Columnar rod mosaic. Red and white inlay in an opaque dark blue matrix.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Bead, cylindrical, a little bent

title_sort: BEAD, CYLINDRICAL, A LITTLE BENT

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, cylindrical, a little bent


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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: vajra

content: Japan

content: Taishaku-ten

content: mandorla

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: deva

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: One of the twelve deva: Taishaku-ten (Indra)

title_sort: ONE OF THE TWELVE DEVA: TAISHAKU-TEN (INDRA)


label: Date

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 31, 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: [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: Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: water buffalo

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: shepherd

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 30.8 x 25.2 cm (12 1/8 x 9 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

content: Water buffalo and herdboy

title_sort: WATER BUFFALO AND HERDBOY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Water buffalo and herdboy


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Label

content: Rice bales are traditional emblems of wealth in pictures of the popular god Daikoku, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune. Daikoku is not shown, but his association with this symbol of wealth, which he usually protects, may be one of many meanings embedded in this unusual picture. Perhaps it represents the fragility of accumulated wealth or possibly competition for survival among social groups or classes. This image may have expressed such meanings more vividly in the aftermath of the devastating Tenpo famine (1833-36).

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 433, pg. 115, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: rat

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: rice

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 91.5 × 30 cm (36 × 11 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Rats and rice bales

title_sort: RATS AND RICE BALES

label: Screen Image

title: Rats and rice bales


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

label: Description

content: Inscription, signature and two seals.

label: Signatures

content: Signed: Nippon Gako (Japanese painter) Ichiryusai Utagawa Toyoharu zu ko.

label: Marks

content: Contains two seals.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 138, pg. 30, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

content: Ukiyo-e Exhibition (August 7, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W: 144.7 x 88.3 cm (56 15/16 x 34 3/4 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Woman walking in a breeze

title_sort: WOMAN WALKING IN A BREEZE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Woman walking in a breeze


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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: 0.4 cm (3/16 in)

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Light gray clay, brown on surface, stained in areas around cracks. White slip; double coating of slip in bottom only. Underglaze painted in decoration in faint blue-gray cobalt: two horizontal lines at midpoint of body, single lines below rim and just above base, single ring in bottom; three floral sprays and three geometric designs paired, equally spaced around outside. Clear glaze, finely crackled, yellowish green where thick. Glaze has popped off above cobalt in some places.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 441, 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: Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Ofuke kiln, Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: flower

content: Ofuke ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with white slip and cobalt decoration under clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.9 × 14.1 cm (3 1/2 × 5 9/16 in)

label: Style

content: Ofuke ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

place:
Nagoya
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Ofuke kiln

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl in the style of Vietnamese ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL IN THE STYLE OF VIETNAMESE WARE


label: Date

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 30, 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.

label: Collection

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: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

content: willow tree

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 27.9 x 34.1 cm (11 x 13 7/16 in)

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Willow tree
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

label: Title

content: River landscape: a willow and other trees, rolling hills, and a high mountain range

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE: A WILLOW AND OTHER TREES, ROLLING HILLS, AND A HIGH MOUNTAIN RANGE

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ball


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Using a free drawing technique that recalls Gavarni's handling of crowd scenes, Whistler here depicts one of Baden Baden's primary tourist attractions. The allure of the city's gambling tables had been described in Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and Whistler adopted an illustrational mode. Always interested in formal porperties, however, Whistler reinforced his subject matter by centering the roulette wheel and calling attention to it with a large black form, probably a hanging lamp. A circular light space is ringed by heads-wheellike forms dominate even though we are aware that the table is rectangular. It is possible that Whistler later added the rich charcoal to the underlying pencil. On the verso are several pencil drawings.

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. 1, 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: 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: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

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: United States

content: American Art

content: gambling

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Pencil and charcoal on white paper

content: H x W: 22.2 x 26.8 cm (8 3/4 x 10 9/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Gambling
American Art

content: United States

content: Gambling Salon at Baden-Baden

title_sort: GAMBLING SALON AT BADEN-BADEN

title: Gambling Salon at Baden-Baden


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: A dramatically arched gate marks the entrance to the narrow Impasse des Liserons, just off the High Street in Brussels, Belgium. Whistler included signage clearly identifying the enterprise at left, fronting the High Street itself. The door stands invitingly open, the windows are crammed with goods, and the shop sign “VANDENBROECK · DE BECKER · BOULANGER · 337.” identifies a bakery that served the old working-class neighborhood of Les Marolles.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G344 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

content: Cox Collection [1]

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 1, July 11- November 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Cox Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: commerce

content: child

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 12.6 x 21.6 cm (4 15/16 x 8 1/2 in)

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

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Archway, Brussels

title_sort: ARCHWAY, BRUSSELS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Archway, Brussels


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 1550-1307 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 1 cm (3/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Eye-bead, with an eyelet and also a lateral bore

title_sort: EYE-BEAD, WITH AN EYELET AND ALSO A LATERAL BORE


label: Date

content: 100 BCE-100 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment. Mosaic technique: columnar rods and plates. Colors: red and yellow in a translucent green matrix.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: W (overall): 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in)

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

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: This vivid pastel is a preliminary study for a two-panel japonesque screen that Whistler painted in 1872 for his patron Frederick R. Leyland (1831-1892).

content: The only screen that Whistler ever painted, Blue and Silver: Screen, with Old Battersea Bridge is now in the Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. The view is towards London, with the Chelsea clock-tower behind the bridge to the left.

content: To 1904

content: Colnaghi, London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Decorator (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Colnaghi (established 1760) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: moon

content: night

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Pastel on brown paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.4 x 28.1 cm (7 1/4 x 11 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Colnaghi

topic:
Bridges
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Night
Moon
American Art
Outer space
Store front

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne: Battersea Bridge

title_sort: NOCTURNE: BATTERSEA BRIDGE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Nocturne: Battersea Bridge


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H: 25.4 cm (10 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Chopsticks

title_sort: CHOPSTICKS

title: Chopsticks


content: 1st-2nd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Ta Guwan Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Guwan Sai in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 107, 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

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Ta Guwan Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

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: Mirror

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 14 x 1 cm (5 1/2 x 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Ta Guwan

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

label: Title

content: Mirror (chien)

title_sort: MIRROR (CHIEN)

title: Mirror (chien)


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: To 1911

content: An unnamed private owner, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 806, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: On the River (April 01, 1995 to January 23, 1996)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: mountain

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

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

content: H x W (image): 134.3 x 73.4 cm (52 7/8 x 28 7/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Summoning the sage at Wei River

title_sort: SUMMONING THE SAGE AT WEI RIVER

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Summoning the sage at Wei River


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: A model (positive) for casting a monster mask in metal; quadrilateral; a post at the back.

content: Clay: soft, grayish-white

content: Unglazed; sandy earth accumulations.

content: Decoration: t'ao-t'ieh design in relief.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 2583, 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: Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 18: Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Model

content: Unglazed earthenware

content: H x W: 11.1 x 15.8 cm (4 3/8 x 6 1/4 in)

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

room: Gallery 18

content: China

content: Model for casting a monster mask

title_sort: MODEL FOR CASTING A MONSTER MASK

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Model for casting a monster mask


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: Depicting, in the "blue and green style," two cranes, and a total of eighteen gibbons (black, white, gray and brown). Among the gibbons are a mother and her children. They are distributed in a wooded landscape, with pine trees, flowering trees, and pink bamboo, and with a stream running through it and two waterfalls. Some of the gibbons are climbing pine trees, picking berries, catching fleas, and forming a chain from a branch to catch a crab. Forged signature, two seals.

label: Signatures

content: Forged signature.

label: Marks

content: Two seals.

label: Label

content: Gibbons and cranes have a long history as auspicious symbols in Chinese literature and art. Since the Zhou dynasty (1100-221 B.C.E.), gibbons have been associated with wise men, although in many famous poems the shrill calls of gibbons were said to induce deep melancholy in weary travelers. This handscroll features a total of eighteen gibbons, frolicking in a colorful forest and shown with two cranes. This fanciful depiction of gibbons is rendered in the opaque "blue and green" style that prevailed in landscape painting during the Tang dynasty (618-907) and was later revived from time to time owing to its decorative appeal.

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 Reserved Makimono List, R. 452, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)

content: Beyond Brushwork: Symbolism in Chinese Painting (April 29 to November 26, 2006)

content: Year of the Monkey (May 18, 1980 to February 15, 1981)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: crane

content: flower

content: pine tree

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: river

content: gibbon

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 27.7 x 271.1 cm (10 7/8 x 106 3/4 in)

label: Style

content: Blue-and-green style

topic:
Pine tree
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Flowers
Rivers
Crane

content: China

label: Title

content: Landscape with gibbons and cranes

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH GIBBONS AND CRANES

title: Landscape with gibbons and cranes


label: Date

content: 20th century

content: Attributed to a follower of Har Jaimal (active late 18th century)

label: School/Tradition

content: Nurpur school

content: This painting represents a traditional subject: a beautiful woman standing by a tree. Dressed in lavender and with a blandly generic face, she holds a white falcon and a hookah mouthpiece. The flowery tree to her left and the distant landscape are cursorily rendered. The painting is by a follower of Har Jaimal, an artist identified by his landscapes of rolling hills dotted with tiny trees represented by a series of tiny horizontal brush strokes and dotted patches. This work's high-key pastel palette, particularly its atypical teal, suggests that this folio is a 20th-century work based on Har Jaimal's style.

label: Provenance

content: To 1969

content: Kasmin Gallery, London, England. [1]

content: From 1969 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Kasmin Gallery, London, England. In April 1969. [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [3]

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in 1969 from Kasmin Gallery in London, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Kasmin Gallery (English, 1963-1972)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: falcon

content: woman

content: India

content: hookah

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 23.5 × 15.9 cm (9 1/4 × 6 1/4 in)

content: H x W (miniature): 19.1 × 12.1 cm (7 1/2 × 4 3/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Kasmin Gallery

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Hookah
Woman
Falcon

content: India

content: A lady on a terrace with hookah and falcon

title_sort: A LADY ON A TERRACE WITH HOOKAH AND FALCON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, intermed. 1-2

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 G109 state 2 of 11.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: 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: drypoint

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.8 x 13.2 cm (8 3/16 x 5 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint
Woman
Cancelled plate

content: United States

content: Draped Model

title_sort: DRAPED MODEL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Draped Model


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: Tang dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Shir Gu Sai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 269, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 21.9 x 1.4 cm (8 5/8 x 9/16 in)

name:
Sai, Shir Gu
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mirror


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1896

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)

content: Whistler Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)

content: Centennial Exhibition, East Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 10, 1958)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

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: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Copper

content: H x W: 12.8 x 20.4 cm (5 1/16 x 8 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Etching plate: Limehouse

title_sort: ETCHING PLATE: LIMEHOUSE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Etching plate: Limehouse


label: Date

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 G349 state 2 of 2.

label: Provenance

content: Cox Collection [1]

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, pg. 103, 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: Cox Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: fish

content: commerce

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 9.3 x 13.1 cm (3 11/16 x 5 3/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Fish Women, Ostend

title_sort: FISH WOMEN, OSTEND

title: Fish Women, Ostend


content: 1600 to 1911

label: Period

content: Mid-Ming to Qing dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 835, pg. 183, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: elephant

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: boy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade

content: H x W: 14.5 x 9.2 cm (5 11/16 x 3 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Carving
Chinese Art
Incising
Jade
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Boy
Elephants

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament: boy with reclining elephant

title_sort: ORNAMENT: BOY WITH RECLINING ELEPHANT

title: Ornament: boy with reclining elephant


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Description

content: Leys jar or spittoon. Metal patches riveted on.

content: Surface: areas of gold-colored bronze, black patina and green aerugo.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1265, 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: Korean Art (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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: Korea

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 7.5 x 19.8 cm (2 15/16 x 7 13/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Leys jar or spittoon

title_sort: LEYS JAR OR SPITTOON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Leys jar or spittoon


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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 28, 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)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 1.8 cm (11/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Ball


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Label

content: The unidentified painter of this six-panel screen (paired with F1907.137) has created meticulously detailed images of a variety of birds, ranging from the commonplace pheasant and duck to the more exotic parrot, peacock, and supernatural phoenix. The colorful images of flowers and birds stand out against the soft, monochromatic ink that depicts landscape elements.

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screens and Panels List, S.I. 139, pg. 37, 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: Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: bird

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: pheasant

content: parrot

content: Japan

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: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 128.7 x 47.5 cm (50 11/16 x 18 11/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Pheasant
Parrot
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Birds
Flowers

content: Japan

content: Birds and flowers

title_sort: BIRDS AND FLOWERS

title: Birds and flowers


content: Kamakura period

label: School/Tradition

content: Unkei

content: To 1909

content: Count Tanaka, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Count Tanaka through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 174, 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: Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

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

content: Japanese Art: Painting and Sculpture (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 1 and 2 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Count Tanaka (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Buddhism

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: bell

content: vajra

content: Japan

content: bow

content: dharmachakra

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 43 x 27.6 x 15.4 cm (16 15/16 x 10 7/8 x 6 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tanaka

topic:
Bells
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Wood
Dharmacakra
Vajra
Japanese Art
Bow

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Vajrayaksha (Kongo Yasha)

title_sort: VAJRAYAKSHA (KONGO YASHA)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Vajrayaksha (Kongo Yasha)


label: Date

content: Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty

label: Description

content: Maitreya. Box no longer with item

content: Surface: gilded; brown patina on worn portions.

content: Detachable halo. Inscription on the pedestal.

label: Provenance

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 New York, 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 Bronze List, S.I. 1460, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 5, H.C. Lovell, 1974, in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: lotus

content: Guanyin

content: China

content: mandorla

content: abhaya mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D (overall): 22.6 x 7.8 x 6.4 cm (8 7/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Bodhisattva
Metal-work
Guanyin
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture

content: China

content: Possibly Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

title_sort: POSSIBLY BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Buff clay, darkened on surface by use. On lower wall, underglaze iron painted decoration of two clusters of schematized grass motifs, partially obscured by glaze. Feldspathic glaze of irregular thickness; stained brown in crackles. Base and foot unglazed.

content: To 1897

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

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 392, 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: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Seto kilns, Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron pigment under feldspathic glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.3 × 12.9 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware, Revival Shino type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Seto
Seto kilns

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl in Decorated Shino style

title_sort: TEA BOWL IN DECORATED SHINO STYLE

title: Tea bowl in Decorated Shino style


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 153, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Silk

content: H x W: 412.5 x 32.5 cm (162 3/8 x 12 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk. An obi

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. AN OBI

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Brocade, silk. An obi


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Trapezoidal axe (fu 斧 or yueh [yue] 鉞); beveled blade and conical perforation; one surface mottled reddish browns with silvery film of decomposition; opposite surface cream gray coating with reddish area along blade. (Corners and edges chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1362, pg. 315, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 10.3 x 11.7 x 0.8 cm (4 1/16 x 4 5/8 x 5/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 1.4 cm (9/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Axe (fu 斧)

title_sort: AXE (FU 斧)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Axe (fu 斧)


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1900

content: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto, to 1900 [1]

content: To 1906

content: S. Ikeda, Tokyo, to 1906 [2]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Ikeda in 1906 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, pg. 145, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 4, in the object record, this object was reproduced in "Catalogue of the Ikeda Collection of Kakemonos and Screens," Kyoto (1906), no. 52, no. 30 in text.

content: [2] See note 1. It is probable that S. Ikeda refers to Ikeda Sei’emon (or Seisuke II), the eldest son of the well-known Japanese dealer and collector Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900). Ikeda Sei’emon maintained shops in Tokyo and Kyoto under the trade name S. Ikeda & Co. After the death of his father, Ikeda Sei’emon sold a number of objects from his father's collection (Ikeda Collection).

content: [3] See notes 1 and 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: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)

content: S. Ikeda (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: tiger

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 95 x 28.8 cm (37 3/8 x 11 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ikeda, Seisuke
Ikeda, S.

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

content: Japan

content: Filial piety: Yang Hsiang saving his father from a tiger

title_sort: FILIAL PIETY: YANG HSIANG SAVING HIS FATHER FROM A TIGER

label: Thumbnail Image