content: ca. 1056

content: Northern Song dynasty

label: Sitter

content: Wang Huan

label: Label

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

label: Provenance

content: From at least 1862 to 1868

content: Di Xuegeng (1820-after 1897) [1]

content: From 1868 to not later than 1892

content: Wang, given by Di Xuegeng in 1868 [2]

content: From at least 1892

content: Shengyu (1850-1900), purchased from Wang prior to 1892 [3]

content: To about 1916

content: Wanyan Jingxian (ca. 1848-50 – ca. 1927-29) [4]

content: About 1916

content: Lai-yuan & Company, Shanghai [5]

content: From 1916 to 1948

content: Tonying and Company, New York [6]

content: From 1948

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company [7]

content: Notes:

content: [1] The painting was a part of an album of five portraits produced around the year 1056 and collectively known as Suiyang wulao tu (Five Elders of Suiyang). Two other portraits from the same set are in the collection of Yale University Art Gallery. The fifth portrait is in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The wooden covers of the album, the title page and a number of colophons relating to the portraits are also in the Metropolitan Museum. The information included in the colophons in the Metropolitan Museum collection along with those recorded in the catalogue Tiewang shanhu (1600), makes it possible to reconstruct the history of the painting. See Thomas Lawton, Chinese Figure Painting (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1973), p. 164-70 and “Song and Yuan Painting and Calligraphy,” http://www.asia.si.edu/songyuan/F1948.10/F1948-10.Documentation.pdf, accessed on November 20, 2012.

content: [2] Di Xuegeng was forced to give the painting to the official named Wang. See Lawton 1973, cited in note 1.

content: [3] See Lawton 1973, cited in note 1.

content: [4] The painting along with four other portraits from the set was reproduced in F. S. Kwen, A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient and Genuine Chinese Paintings (Guhua liuzhen) (Shanghai, Lai-yuan & Company, 1916), cat. no. 60: “The Five Old Men of Suiyang (Album containing five pictures).” The catalogue listed the set as owned by the Manchu collector, Wanyan Jingxian.

content: [5] See Kwen’s catalogue, cited in note 4. The catalogue illustrated sixty paintings from various collections in China which were delivered to Charles Lang Freer for his purchase consideration by Kwen’s associate, C. T. Loo in October 1916. Freer, however, did not make any purchases and shortly thereafter the album was broken up. See Freer’s letters to Agnes E. Meyer, dated to October 10, 1916 and October 24, 1916, Agnes E. Meyer Papers, Library of Congress.

content: [6] C. F. Yau (Yao Shulai) was a manager at the Tonying & Company’s branch in New York. According to Yau’s statement, the Tonying & Company was the original American dealer for the Suiyang wulao tu album, see Li Lin-ts’an, “The Five Old Men of Sui-yang,” National Palace Museum Bulletin 8, no. 5 (November -December 1973), p. 10 and 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), p. 26, 37, note 135.

content: [7] See A. G. Wenley’s letter to C. F. Yau, Tonying & Company, dated to July 12, 1948, copy in object file, and Tonying & Company’s invoice, listing two paintings, F1948.10 and F1948.11, dated to July 14, 1948, copy in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (IV) (June 12 to November 28, 2010)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)

content: Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

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

content: Chinese and Japanese Art--Lacquer and Paintings (August 18, 1967 to October 14, 1969)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 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 Exhibition, Chinese Art (April 20, 1954 to November 16, 1954)

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

content: Di Xuegeng (1820-1899)

content: Wang

content: Shengyu (1850-1900)

content: Wanyan Jingxian (ca. 1848-ca. 1927-29)

content: Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921)

content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

content: China

content: portrait

content: Song dynasty (960 - 1279)

content: Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 41.7 x 31.7 cm (16 7/16 x 12 1/2 in)

name:
Di, Xuegeng
Shengyu
Tonying and Company
Wang
Jingxian, Wanyan
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Art
Song dynasty (960 - 1279)
Chinese Art
Portraits
Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

content: China

label: Title

content: Portrait of Wang Huan 王渙像

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF WANG HUAN 王渙像

title: Portrait of Wang Huan 王渙像


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 305-30 BCE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

type: Country

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Double button bead

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: DOUBLE BUTTON BEAD

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Double button bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G142, state not provided.

label: Provenance

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 27.3 x 15.2 cm (10 3/4 x 6 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool

title_sort: SHIPBUILDER'S YARD, LIVERPOOL

title: Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: "Take the pastels. Whistler did not discover the medium, but he certainly found a fresh use for it. Instead of rubbing the colour all over the paper, and generally endeavouring to imitate the effect of an oil painting, Whistler made a more crayon-like use of his pastel stick. He drew rather than painted. His colour he used sparingly with dainty, incisive touches. The result was a poetic suggestiveness of form and gem-like brilliancy of colour never seen before nor equalled since."

content: Frank Rutter, Round the Galleries, Sunday Special & Times, March 26, 1905. Whistler Scrapbook 5, p. 42, Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art Archives.

content: From 1894 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist in 1894 [1]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler's Nudes (April 21, 2002 to January 5, 2003)

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

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

content: American Paintings (April 15, 1975 to December 5, 1975)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: flower

content: woman

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: Accession Number

content: Drawing

content: Chalk and pastel on grey paper

content: H x W: 27.6 x 18.1 cm (10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in)

name:
Whistler, James McNeill
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Flowers
Woman

content: United States

content: A Violet Note

title_sort: A VIOLET NOTE

title: A Violet Note


content: 4th-6th century

label: Period

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead, hexagonal

title_sort: BEAD, HEXAGONAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, hexagonal


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Vase: tall, on high base; flattened-ovoidal body with slightly expanding cylindrical neck. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: soft, dense, reddish.

content: Glaze: dark green mottled over with brown; large areas of silvery iridescent disintegration; crackled.

content: Decoration: corrugated encircling lines and two rudimentary head-and-ring handles, molded in relief. Cf. F1917.190.

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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. 2514, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 47.6 x 33.9 cm (18 3/4 x 13 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

title: Tomb jar


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 5

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G203 state 8 of 10.

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, 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: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (March 23, 1962 to July 4, 1962)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints (December 12, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings, Lithographs, and Drypoint (September 24, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

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

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

content: American Paintings, Etchings, and Lithographs. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: night

content: architecture

content: Italy

content: United States

content: American Art

content: nocturne

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.4 x 22.8 cm (6 1/16 x 9 in)

place:
United States
Italy

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Night
Architecture
American Art
Etching (printing process)
Nocturne

content: Italy

content: United States

content: Nocturne: Salute

title_sort: NOCTURNE: SALUTE

title: Nocturne: Salute


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 3, 3

content: Black Lion Wharf and The Lime-Burner are among the greatest of Whistler's early etchings. Both were completed in 1859. Additional impressions of both were pulled in 1871, when they were included in the portfolio Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames, commonly known as the "Thames Set." 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 G54 state 4 of 4.

content: To 1906

content: Colnaghi, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Colnaghi in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler's Greatest Etchings: 1889 Amsterdam Set (June 28, 2003 to February 1, 2004)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints, East Corridor (January 5, 1944 to January 8, 1947)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: man

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15.1 x 22.7 cm (5 15/16 x 8 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Colnaghi

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

content: United States

content: Black Lion Wharf

title_sort: BLACK LION WHARF

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Black Lion Wharf


content: early 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kuroda Toko 黒田稲皐 (1785-1846)

label: Signatures

content: Signature reads: "Painted by Toko".

label: Marks

content: Seal reads "Bun-sho".

label: Label

content: Kuroda Toko was a samurai from Tottori who moved to Edo after studying with the official painter to the daimyo of his native region. Toko's teacher, Hijikata Torei (1735-1807), had studied in Kyoto with Maruyama Okyo (1733-95), who had created an influential style of painting from his study of Chinese, Japanese, and European art. Torei had also studied the realistic painting of natural subjects by Ming- and Qing-dynasty Chinese artists. The realism of Toko's ink carp swimming underwater and viewed from above reflects this heritage from his teacher. Blue flowers emerging from the pool heighten the effect and are also decorative.

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

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

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 70, pg. 15, 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: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

content: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: carp

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 44.9 x 85.8 cm (17 11/16 x 33 3/4 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Carp 鯉図

title_sort: CARP 鯉図

title: Carp 鯉図


label: Date

content: mid-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 736, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with silver inlay

content: H x W x D: 24 x 3.3 x 2.9 cm (9 7/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 4

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 G233 state 6 of 9.

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Provenance Remark 1, Kenneth Myers, "Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings," 2001, in the object record: "Although Whistler pulled test impressions of his plates while in Venice, the prints he sent to the Fine Art Society for sale were produced in London, where he was assisted by a professional printer, Thomas Way, and several students. This superb impression was probably printed in London, since Whistler gave it to Way, whose name is inscribed on the back."

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings (July 1, 2001 to January 13, 2002)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints, East Corridor (January 5, 1944 to January 8, 1947)

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

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

content: American Paintings, Etchings, and Lithographs. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: Italy

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 and drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 24.2 x 30.3 cm (9 1/2 x 11 15/16 in)

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

content: Italy

content: United States

content: The Traghetto, No. 2

title_sort: THE TRAGHETTO, NO. 2

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Traghetto, No. 2


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, 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

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

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

content: 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: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on cream paper

content: H x W: 22.9 x 24.2 cm (9 x 9 1/2 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art

content: United States

label: Title

content: La Jeunesse a Coblentz

title_sort: LA JEUNESSE A COBLENTZ

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: La Jeunesse a Coblentz


content: ca. 1597

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar

content: Attributed here to Manohar (active 1582–ca. 1624)

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Label

content: This image is an unusually intimate portrait of royal lovers reclining in a garden setting. It portrays Prince Murad, the intellectually inclined second son of Mughal emperor Akbar, together with his beloved young wife, Mirza, daughter of Akbar's foster brother. Since Mughal artists aimed for verisimilitude, we may assume that Mirza was a dark-haired, slender figure with a sharp nose and pointed chin. However, the seclusion of women within the zenana (women's chambers) suggests that the artist may have based his portrait on verbal descriptions.

content: To 1929

content: Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]

content: From 1929

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1929 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)

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

content: Female Imagery in Indian Painting (February 9 to August 5, 1996)

content: South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

content: The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

content: The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

content: Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: lovers

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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: 17.2 x 9.8 cm (6 3/4 x 3 7/8 in)

topic:
Lovers
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Sultan Murad and a Consort

title_sort: SULTAN MURAD AND A CONSORT

title: Sultan Murad and a Consort


label: Date

content: 13th-14th century?

label: Description

content: Half cruciform tile. Broken and repaired.

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Glaze: deep lapis-lazuli blue, modified by silvery areas of incipient disintegration.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Vitali Madjar, Cairo, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vitali Madjar 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 Pottery List, L. 1970, 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: Vitali Madjar (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted with blue glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 19.9 x 10.2 cm (7 13/16 x 4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Vitali Madjar

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Tile

title_sort: TILE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tile


content: ca. 1250 - ca. 1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

content: To 1960

content: J. D. Chen (died April 20, 1968), Hong Kong, and Frank Caro, C. T. Loo & Co., New York, to 1960 [1]

content: From 1960 to 1979

content: Department of Treasury, U. S. Customs Service [2]

content: From 1979

content: Freer Gallery of Art, from October 23, 1979 [3]

content: [1] This object is one of a group of 88 objects (F80.104-F80.180, FSC-S-22-25 and FSC-O-11a-h) seized in 1960 by the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, from the dealer and collector J.D. Chen, Hong Kong and Frank Caro of C. T. Loo & Co., New York.

content: The objects were deemed to have been introduced into the commerce of the United States in violation of 19 U.S.C. 1592 (Trade with Communist China).

content: [2] See note 1. The object’s ownership title is based on the settlement agreement, dated November 1971, between the United States, Chen Tung Siang Wen, the executrix for J.D. Chen Estate, and Frank Caro, copy in object file.

content: See U.S. Customs Service Memorandum, April 23, 1979 and a letter from Thadeus Rojek, Chief Counsel, Department of the Treasury, U.S. Custom Service, to Marie C. Malaro, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution, dated November 29, 1979, copy in object file. The objects remained in the custody of the U.S. Customs Service office in New York until 1979.

content: [3] The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery of Art on October 23, 1979.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: U.S. Customs Service

content: Chen Rentao 陳仁濤 (1906-1968)

content: Frank Caro (1904-1980)

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

content: bone

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Transfer from the U.S. Customs Service

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bone

content: H x W x D (a): 6 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm (2 3/8 × 5/8 × 5/16 in)

content: H x W x D (b): 11 × 2 × 0.9 cm (4 5/16 × 13/16 × 3/8 in)

content: H x W x D (c (part 1)): 6.2 × 3 × 0.9 cm (2 7/16 × 1 3/16 × 3/8 in)

content: H x W x D (c (part 2)): 9.6 × 0.5 × 0.5 cm (3 3/4 × 3/16 × 3/16 in)

content: H x W x D (d): 2.5 × 1.5 × 0.6 cm (1 × 9/16 × 1/4 in)

content: H x W x D (e): 4.7 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm (1 7/8 × 5/8 × 3/16 in)

content: H x W x D (f): 7.8 × 2.2 × 0.6 cm (3 1/16 × 7/8 × 1/4 in)

content: H x W x D (g): 9.2 × 0.7 × 0.7 cm (3 5/8 × 1/4 × 1/4 in)

content: H x W x D (h): 5

name:
U.S. Customs Service
Caro, Frank
Chen, Rentao

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

label: Title

content: 8 Bone carvings

title_sort: 8 BONE CARVINGS

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: 8 Bone carvings


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: H: 1.9 cm (3/4 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 14th-15th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Cui Bai (active mid- to late 11th century)

label: Label

content: A magpie is perched atop a tree to which a few sparse autumn leaves still cling. Two songbirds sit on the thorns below. The composition of this unsigned painting is based on Song dynasty (906-1279) conventions, but on the whole it is too open and loosely organized to be an exact copy. The relatively tight, descriptive brushwork dates stylistically to the Yuan (1279-1368) or early Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1349, 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: Chinese Bird and Flower Painting (December 17, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: autumn

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: bird and flower

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 82.2 × 49.8 cm (32 3/8 × 19 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Bird and flower
Art
Animals
Autumn
Chinese Art
Birds
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Autumn foliage and birds

title_sort: AUTUMN FOLIAGE AND BIRDS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Autumn foliage and birds


content: 17th century

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Colonel Hanna's Pictures (August 21, 1999 to February 6, 2000)

content: South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)

content: Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)

content: India

content: emperor

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 4.4 x 3.9 cm (1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Portraits
Kings and rulers

content: India

label: Title

content: Jahangir

title_sort: JAHANGIR

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Jahangir


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Pierre Barboutau (1862-1916), France, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Pierre Barboutau sale, through Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, pg. 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 2, and undated folder sheet note, in the object record, which references the Barboutau Collection Catalogue, no. 83.

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: Pierre Barboutau (1862-1916) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: tree

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: snow

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 126.3 x 48.2 cm (49 3/4 x 19 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Barboutau, Pierre

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

content: Japan

content: Tree, autumn vine and snow

title_sort: TREE, AUTUMN VINE AND SNOW

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tree, autumn vine and snow


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhu Huaijin (active mid-13th century)

label: Description

content: Depicts a scholar seated beneath a pine tree on the banks of a river, fishing; to the left the river becomes a torrent, crashing down from a mountain.

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 Panel List, L. 130, 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

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

content: Special Exhibition, Chinese Art (April 20, 1954 to November 16, 1954)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: pine tree

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 25.5 x 24.2 cm (10 1/16 x 9 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

content: Fishing by a mountain torrent

title_sort: FISHING BY A MOUNTAIN TORRENT

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fishing by a mountain torrent


label: Date

content: ca. 1700

label: Court

content: Bilaspur Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Pahari school

content: To 1930

content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

content: [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: The Arts of South Asia (May 13, 1985 to December 2, 1985)

content: Hindu and Buddhist Art (April 1, 1982 to July 18, 1983)

content: Hindu and Buddhist Art (January 28, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

content: Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

label: Origin

content: Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh state, Punjab Hills, India

label: Topic

content: Krishna

content: India

content: fly whisk

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 17 x 29 cm (6 11/16 x 11 7/16 in)

place:
Punjab Hills
Bilaspur
Himachal Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Krishna
Fly whisk

content: India

label: Title

content: Krishna welcoming Sudama, from a Bhagavata Purna

title_sort: KRISHNA WELCOMING SUDAMA, FROM A BHAGAVATA PURNA

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: early 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, four spurmarks inside; gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: coarse gray stoneware

content: Glaze: clear ash glaze, fine crackle, bluish areas on inside; somewhat underfired on inside; somewhat underfired on outside. Deeply stained by tea on inside. Foot unglazed.

label: Label

content: When Charles Lang Freer acquired this tea bowl from a Japanese dealer, it was indentified as Korean. More recently some Japanese scholars have suggested that the bowl was made in Korean style at a Japanese kiln, possibly the Rakuzan kiln in Matsue city, Shimane prefecture, which specialized in Korean-style tea bowls. The bowl is housed in a wooden box with an inscription recording its receipt as a gift from the warrior-ruler of Matsue, Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818).

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 560, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Saga prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware clay with ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 5.8 × 18 cm (2 5/16 × 7 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Karatsu ware

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl, possibly Karatsu ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL, POSSIBLY KARATSU WARE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tea bowl, possibly Karatsu ware


label: Date

content: Momoyama period

content: Color and gold. Paper six-fold screen.

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, S.I. 99, pg. 22, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: music

content: shamisen

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

content: Painting

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 58.9 x 232.7 cm (23 3/16 x 91 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

content: Indoor occupations

title_sort: INDOOR OCCUPATIONS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Indoor occupations


content: 770-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1249, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 8.4 x 5 cm (3 5/16 x 1 15/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Fitting

title_sort: FITTING

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Fitting


content: ca. 1100 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty, Early Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel with cover, type fangyi. White bronze patinated with azurite (chiefly inside), malachite and cuprite. Two inscriptions in ancient seal script.

label: Inscriptions

content: 1. Two inscriptions in ancient seal script. See original folder sheet note 3 (A.G.W., 1944).

label: Label

content: Despite the beauty of its decoration, with elaborate taotie patterns and animal motifs rendered in different levels of relief, this vessel is most famous for its lengthy cast inscription of 187 characters. The text, one of the longest from the early Zhou period, is repeated inside the vessel and the lid. A court scribe named Ling might have composed the text himself; the cast inscription resembles the rhythm and flow of calligraphy. If so, he could have been following a family tradition: he was a younger relative of Da, who was responsible for the fangding (F1950.7) in the Freer collection.

content: The vessel commemorates three days of administrative meetings and ritual ceremonies held in Chengzhou during the reign of Zhao, the fourth Zhou monarch. Mingbao, the son of the Duke of Zhou and a nephew of the Taibao, led the events, which began with a massive gathering of court and regional officials and concluded with offerings of animal sacrifices. Afterwards, in appreciation of their efforts, Mingbao awarded ritual wine, “metal” (probably bronze), and oxen to Ling and his colleague Captain Kang, with the order that the gifts be used for ritual purposes.

label: Provenance

content: To 1930

content: Tonying and Company, New York, to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York, in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Clay and Metal: Ancient Chinese Ceramics and Metal (February 25, 1997 to August 9, 2011)

content: Chinese Metalwork (May 9, 1993 to March 21, 1997)

content: From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to December 13, 1944)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

content: Luoyang, probably Henan province, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

content: dragon

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

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

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: taotie

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 35.3 x 24.8 x 23.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 x 9 3/16 in)

place:
Luoyang
China
Henan province

content: China

content: Ritual wine container (fangyi) with masks(taotie), serpents, and birds

title_sort: RITUAL WINE CONTAINER (FANGYI) WITH MASKS(TAOTIE), SERPENTS, AND BIRDS

type: 3D Mesh

title: Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie serpents and birds (Low Resolution 3D Mesh, GLTF, scale in mm)

category: Low Resolution

UNITS: mm

FILE_TYPE: ZIP

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: GLTF

title: Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie serpents and birds (Low Resolution 3D Mesh, GLB, scale in m)

title: Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie serpents and birds (Full Resolution 3D Mesh, OBJ, scale in mm)

title: Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie serpents and birds (Low Resolution t3D Mesh, OBJ, scale in mm)

title: Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie serpents and birds (IOS AR Model 3D Mesh, USDZ, scale in mm)

title: Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie serpents and birds (Low Resolution 3D Mesh, GLB, scale in mm)

title: Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie serpents and birds (Low Resolution 3D Mesh, OBJ, scale in mm)


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

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 G176 state 1 of 2.

content: Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938), England [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, Voucher No. 11, December 1903, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938)

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: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

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: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 21.6 x 13.9 cm (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.
Menpes, Mortimer

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

content: United States

content: Wych Street, London

title_sort: WYCH STREET, LONDON

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wych Street, London


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: S. Abe, Kyoto, Japan to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Abe in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 216, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Resound: Ancient Bells of China (October 14, 2017 - July 5, 2021)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Musical Instrument

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 10.3 x 7.6 cm (4 1/16 x 3 in)

name:
Abe, S.
Freer, Charles Lang

content: China

label: Title

content: Bell (niu)

title_sort: BELL (NIU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bell (niu)


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 6, 3

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 G62 state 3 of 6.

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: 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25.5 x 19.3 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: J. Becquet, Sculptor

title_sort: J. BECQUET, SCULPTOR

title: J. Becquet, Sculptor


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: A view of the river Maas, with a windmill and red roofs in the distance, and a sailboat across the water; unsigned.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: On hot-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to a board. A printed label is attached to the verso of the board in the upper left corner and reads "Lechertier, Barbe & Co./60, Regent St."

content: To 1908

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

content: From 1908 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 8, Voucher No. 13, March 1908, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: raw sienna

content: raw umber

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: strontium chromate

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: red ocher

content: island

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 12.6 x 21.5 cm (4 15/16 x 8 7/16 in)

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

topic:
Art
Red ocher
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Cerulean blue
Vermilion
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Strontium chromate
Prussian blue
Islands
Raw umber

content: United States

content: A Little Red Note–Dordrecht

title_sort: A LITTLE RED NOTE–DORDRECHT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Little Red Note–Dordrecht


label: Date

content: late 15th-early 16th

label: Period

content: Muromachi period

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Hara Tomitaro, Yokohama, Japan, to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Hara Tomitaro in 1918 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 1379, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Luminous Shadows (April 1, 1982 to June 21, 1982)

content: Hara Tomitaro (1868-1939) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Jittoku

content: Daoist Immortals

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Shih-te

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 91.2 × 33 cm (35 15/16 × 13 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomitaro, Hara

topic:
Daoist Immortals
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japanese Art
Jittoku
Kakemono
Shih-te

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The Taoist Immortal Shih-te

title_sort: THE TAOIST IMMORTAL SHIH-TE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: The Taoist Immortal Shih-te


content: 6th-5th century BCE

content: Late Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 1.9 cm (3/4 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


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. 132, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: 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

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H: 431 cm (169 11/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Brocade, silk, a strip of

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK, A STRIP OF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Brocade, silk, a strip of


label: Date

content: 7th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 539, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For Yamanaka and Company location information, see Accession List.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: incising

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Container

content: Gilt bronze

content: H x Diam: 20.2 × 18.6 cm (7 15/16 × 7 5/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Reliquary with Stupa-Shaped Top

title_sort: RELIQUARY WITH STUPA-SHAPED TOP

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Reliquary with Stupa-Shaped Top


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.3 cm (1/8 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 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 G198 state 3 of 6.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: fishing

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15.5 x 23.3 cm (6 1/8 x 9 3/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Fishing Boat

title_sort: THE FISHING BOAT

title: The Fishing Boat


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Vase of the type "hu"; flat base on which are five long spurs, triangular in section.

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

content: Glaze: lead silicate; green now turned iridescent and partly worn off; some on base.

content: Decoration: horizontal rings in relief; two simulated mask and ring handles moulded in relief and applied.

content: One of a pair with F1902.200.

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1175, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 31.5 × 22.8 cm (12 3/8 × 9 in)

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

content: China

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Tomb jar


content: Edo period

content: To 1903

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Charles Gillot Collection, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, through Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company), in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, pg. 11, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] After his death in 1903, a sale of Asian art belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February 1904 at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company) attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (which is now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record). Also, 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: Charles Gillot (1853-1903) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: plant

content: flower

content: hibiscus

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color, ink, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 32.4 x 18.1 cm (12 3/4 x 7 1/8 in)

name:
Gillot, Charles
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Hibiscus flowers and leaves

title_sort: HIBISCUS FLOWERS AND LEAVES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Hibiscus flowers and leaves


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Tawaraya Sori III (fl. ca. late 18th-early 19th century)

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, S.I. 2A, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 22.6 x 46.2 cm (8 7/8 x 18 3/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: An old woman sitting on two overturned grave-posts

title_sort: AN OLD WOMAN SITTING ON TWO OVERTURNED GRAVE-POSTS


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Har So Fue, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Har So Fue, in China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, S.I. 30A, pg. 42, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Han So Fue (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image, each): 25.9 x 20.9 cm (10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Fue, Han So

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

content: China

content: Birds and flowers

title_sort: BIRDS AND FLOWERS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Birds and flowers


content: Period of Division, Eastern Wei dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung 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 Bronze List, S.I. 99, 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: 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: Ta Ge Chung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)

content: China

content: mandorla

content: lettering

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D: 12.6 × 4 × 3.3 cm (4 15/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Chung, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mandorla
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)
Bodhisattva
Lettering
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

label: Title

content: Standing Bodhisattva

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVA

label: Screen Image

title: Standing Bodhisattva


label: Date

content: 1st-2nd century

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 40, 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: 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)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 1.1 cm (7/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead