content: 9th-8th century BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "kuei;" wood stand and cover.

content: Surface: deep reddish brown patina, incrusted with green inside, and with small areas of green outside.

content: Decoration: in low and high relief, and horizontal flutings. Inscription inside.

label: Inscriptions

content: "Translation by D.K. Liu: Inscription on bottom of inside reads: 'Ping (?) Chung (name of maker) makes this valuable "tun." Sons and grandsons preserve and use this for ten thousand years."

content: To 1911

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing 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. 209, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: forgery

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 17.8 x 36.2 cm (7 x 14 1/4 in)

content: China

label: Title

content: Ritual grain server (gui)

title_sort: RITUAL GRAIN SERVER (GUI)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ritual grain server (gui)


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Watanabe Shiko 渡辺始興 (1683-1755)

label: School/Tradition

content: Rinpa

content: A two-fold paper screen depicting flowers and plants of spring and autumn against a gold ground. In the right panel, from upper right, are: white wisteria blossoms (shiro-fuji), the nadeshiko (dianthus japonicus), a wild chrysanthemum (nogiku), red and white poppies (keshi) and hollyhocks (tachi'aoi).

content: In the left panel above the lilies (yuri) and white shrub bushclovers (shirahagi) and below, morning glories (asagao) and the miscanthus reeds (kaya plants) linking the two panels. Further below are Chinese bellflowers (kikyo) and melon (uri). On the lower left of the left panel is a signature, followed by a square intaglio seal.

label: Signatures

content: On the lower left of the left panel is a signature reading "Watanabe Shiko."

label: Marks

content: Adjacent to the signature on the lower left is a square intaglio seal "Shiko no in: Seal of Shiko."

label: Label

content: The brilliant colors and simplified composition of this screen recall the style of the Rimpa school, which flourished from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.

content: The artist shows his concern for naturalistic placement of the flowers as though they were growing in a field. Portrayed in realistic detail are white wisteria, pinks, wild chrysanthemums, red and white poppies, hollyhocks, lilies, white bush clover, morning glories, reeds, Chinese bellflowers, and melon flowers. Associated with the seasons of spring and autumn, many of these flowers were also themes of Japanese poetry.

content: Watanabe Shiko was born to a samurai family and is said to have studied with both a Kano-school painter and later with the Rimpa-school artist Ogata Korin (1658-1716), although there is no specific record of their association. Both aspects of Shiko's training are apparent in this screen, in which he sensitively combines the Kano-school concern for realistic detail and spatial illusion with the bold approach to design characteristic of the Rimpa-school painting.

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Kakemono Reserved List, pg. 22, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

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

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

content: Japanese Screens (May 9, 1993 to November 13, 1995)

content: Japanese Screens (February 11, 1983 to July 19, 1988)

content: Rimpa Screens (October 9, 1980 to December 21, 1981)

content: Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)

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

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

content: Japanese Art—Painted Screens (August 18, 1967 to May 2, 1973)

content: Special Exhibition—Japanese Art (October 16, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

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

label: Topic

content: flower

content: wisteria

content: hollyhock

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: chrysanthemum

content: lily

content: morning glory

content: Japan

content: poppy

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 192.1 x 206.8 cm (75 5/8 x 81 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Poppy
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chrysanthemum
Morning glory
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Hollyhock
Flowers
Wisteria
Lily

type: Country

content: Japan

content: Flowers 花木図屏風

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: FLOWERS 花木図屏風

type: Images

title: Flowers 花木図屏風


label: Date

label: Period

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Jiang Shen (ca. 1090-1138)

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1107, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: goose

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 34.3 x 34.2 cm (13 1/2 x 13 7/16 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Water
Eight Views of Xiao-Xiang
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Goose
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Wild Geese Descending to a Sandbar

title_sort: WILD GEESE DESCENDING TO A SANDBAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wild Geese Descending to a Sandbar


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a ball

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BALL

title: Fragment of a ball


label: Date

content: Late 17th-early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Tamura Suio (active 1680-1730)

label: Description

content: Interior: a man coming to visit a woman lying on her bed. Ink, full color and gold powder. Signature and seal.

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Sui-o [Jap] shi no hitsu.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Sesshin [Jap].

content: To 1900

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 226, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books (April 6 to August 11, 2013)

content: Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: peony

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: man

content: screen

content: sword

content: lantern

content: book

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: pipe

content: kimono

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 52.3 x 80.6 cm (20 9/16 x 31 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Lantern
Art
Books and reading
Screen
Ukiyo-e
Pipe
Charles Lang Freer collection
Peony
Swords
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Kimono
Woman

content: Japan

content: Beauty reclining as visitors approach

title_sort: BEAUTY RECLINING AS VISITORS APPROACH

title: Beauty reclining as visitors approach


content: late 17th century

content: Edo period

content: Jar. Gold lacquer repairs. Black lacquer cover.

content: Clay: hard, sonorous, beige. Stained where exposed at base.

content: Glaze: translucent fish-roe crackle.

content: Decoration: in green, blue and red enamels, and gold, over glaze. Gold lost in areas. Pair of phoenixes, five paulownia crests, kashiwa leaves and grasses, and vinescroll motif.

content: Seal and inscription.

content: Seal: kiyo [JPN].

content: Seal: kiyo [JPN].

label: Inscriptions

content: The inscription on the base, written in ink, shows the jar's original use:

content: tsubu to [JPN] jar capacity (literally to, equal to 4.8 gallons)

content: tsuke me [JPN] quantity of me (=.1325 oz.)

content: ni hyaku nanaju ho [JPN] 275 [me] (=36.4 oz or 2.2 lbs.)

content: (The three-character inscription in the center of the base probably gives the owner's name)

content: The inscription indicates that the jar was found to hold 275 me of tea leaves. (Compare a similar inscription on a Chinese tea jar, F1899.47.) The tea involved could well have been sencha, the Ming Chinese style of processed tea that became popular in the 18th century in Japan

label: Label

content: The term "Old Kiyomizu ware" is sometimes given only to pottery decorated in the distinctive color scheme of green, blue, and gold enamels, sometimes to all Kyoto pottery that predates the beginning of porcelain production in the late 18th century. The decoration on this jar also incorporates red enamel. The jar may once have had a double lid of the sort used to give a tight seal for tea-leaf storage. Later it was fitted with a lacquered wooden lid for use as a freshwater jar in the tea ceremony. An inscription on the base records the jar's price.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [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. 87, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1946 (May 3, 1946 to October 6, 1947)

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: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: bird

content: plant

content: phoenix

content: Kyoto ware

content: Old Kiyomizu 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: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with enamels over clear glaze; gold lacquer repair; lacquered wooden lid

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 21.9 × 18.1 cm (8 5/8 × 7 1/8 in)

label: Style

content: Kyoto ware

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

topic:
Art
Lacquer repair
Stoneware
Birds
Ceramics
Plants
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Animals
Old Kiyomizu ware
Kyoto ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Phoenix

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Kyoto ware jar with design of phoenixes and paulownia crests

title_sort: KYOTO WARE JAR WITH DESIGN OF PHOENIXES AND PAULOWNIA CRESTS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 14th century or likely much later

label: Period

content: Yuan to modern

label: Artist

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

content: Zhao Mengfu, a descendant of the Song (960-1279) royal family, was a multitalented artist who lived during the early Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) and is regarded as the leading painter and calligrapher of his time. He was skillful in a wide range of subject matter, such as landscape, figure, horse, and bird-and-flower painting. According to his own statement, Zhao learned to draw horses at a relatively young age and believed that his paintings were able to capture the true inner nature of a horse.

content: In this short handscroll, Zhao depicts three grooms and fifteen horses in various postures crossing a river. By combining the colorful realism of the Tang dynasty (618-907) with the ink line drawing of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) literati tradition, Zhao Mengfu established a new direction for his fellow painters during the transitional years of the late thirteenth century. While the painting does not exhibit the superb skill and fluency of the artist's genuine works, it is probably a close copy of an original composition by Zhao and may have been executed by one of his more accomplished followers.

content: Fukushima Company, New York 1931 [1]

content: From 1931

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Fukushima Company, New York in 1931 [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: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy (November 22, 2014 to May 31, 2015)

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

content: Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Fukushima Company

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: horse

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 16.8 x 87 cm (6 5/8 x 34 1/4 in)

topic:
Water
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Horses
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

content: Horses and Grooms Crossing a River

title_sort: HORSES AND GROOMS CROSSING A RIVER

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Horses and Grooms Crossing a River


content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

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

label: Label

content: This long handscroll is a copy of a famous work attributed to the Song dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan (active early 12th century), which shows the imperial capital Bianliang (modern Kaifeng, Henan Province) during the annual spring festival. Many copies of Zhang's painting are attributed to Qiu Ying, including this scroll, which bears his forged signature. These later copies often contain scenes that are absent from Zhang's original composition, such as the section shown here, which depicts the palaces on Golden Shining Pond, an imperial park located just outside the western city wall.

content: The emperors of the Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) used the pond both for naval exercises and festive regattas, especially on the occasion of the spring festival. Such an event is pictured here. A group of palace women punt their phoenix-headed craft under a rainbow bridge surmounted by a small kiosk, while a line of four other boats rowed by eunuchs proceeds in the opposite direction, urged on by flag-waving figures standing atop their dragon-headed prows. The pavilions are populated by beautifully attired palace ladies and their attendants engaged in various leisure activities.

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

content: Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944), Peking, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edmund Backhouse through T.J. Larkin, London, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 934, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

content: Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)

content: Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: spring

content: water

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: festival

content: river

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 33.8 x 794.8 cm (13 5/16 x 312 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Backhouse, Edmund

topic:
Water
Festivals
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Rivers
Spring

content: China

content: Spring Festival on the River

title_sort: SPRING FESTIVAL ON THE RIVER

title: Spring Festival on the River


label: Date

content: Mid-eighteenth century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Original folder sheet note.

content: Also see Original Album List, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 1 (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)

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

content: Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

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

content: Japanese Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: wave

content: gafu

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall, album closed): 27.8 x 16.8 x 3.8 cm (10 15/16 x 6 5/8 x 1 1/2 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Album: Miscellaneous Sketches

title_sort: ALBUM: MISCELLANEOUS SKETCHES

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Album: Miscellaneous Sketches


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 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 G66 state 2 of 4.

label: Provenance

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

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the Deprez and Gutekunst Hutchinson Sale, London, 1892 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Hutchinson Collection stamp in margin (see Curatorial Remarks in the object record).

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Deprez and Gutekunst (active 1889-1894) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 22.7 x 15.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Deprez and Gutekunst
Hutchinson, Joshua Hutchinson

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Arthur Haden

title_sort: ARTHUR HADEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Arthur Haden


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: A woman reading in bed, a fireplace in the background decorated with bric-a-brac, including folding fans; unsigned.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: On hot-pressed, wove paper.

content: To 1907

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession File, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: raw sienna

content: burnt umber

content: raw umber

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: zinc white

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 17 x 24 cm (6 11/16 x 9 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Cerulean blue
Burnt umber
Vermilion
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Prussian blue
Woman
Raw umber

content: United States

label: Title

content: Resting in Bed

title_sort: RESTING IN BED

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Resting in Bed


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 10, pg. 22, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: The Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

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

content: Special Exhibition—Japanese Art (October 16, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

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

label: Topic

content: inlay (process)

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Container

content: Lacquered wood with inlaid mother of pearl and gold paint

content: H x W x D: 12.3 x 19.9 x 11.4 cm (4 13/16 x 7 13/16 x 4 1/2 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Box with lid

title_sort: BOX WITH LID

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Box with lid


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Hishikawa Morofusa 菱川師房 (fl. 1685-1703)

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 Panel List, L.11, 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: [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: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 87.8 x 28.9 cm (34 9/16 x 11 3/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Standing figure of a woman

title_sort: STANDING FIGURE OF A WOMAN

title: Standing figure of a woman


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K27, second state; one of three impressions. See also F1888.21 and F1898.258.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G38 state 2 of 2.

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.

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

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: wine

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.2 x 5.7 cm (3 1/4 x 2 1/4 in)

name:
Way, Thomas
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Wine Glass

title_sort: THE WINE GLASS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Wine Glass


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: To 1909

content: Pao Ming Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 33, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Pao Ming Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: hunting

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: dog

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: equestrian

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 40.2 x 36.2 cm (15 13/16 x 14 1/4 in)

name:
Ming Sai, Pao
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Hunting
Animals
Horsemen and horsewomen
Chinese Art
Dogs
Horses
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Mounted huntsman leading a dog

title_sort: MOUNTED HUNTSMAN LEADING A DOG

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Mounted huntsman leading a dog


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Thick perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored obliquely from both sides; mottled pale, bluish-green, olive green, and dull, dark brown, entire surface speckled and roughened with small dark particles that protrude even through the grayish areas of incipient disintegration. (Rim chipped and broken in several places.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1292, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 19 x 1.7 cm (7 7/16 x 11/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 5th-4th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Probably unearthed near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). [1]

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Bishop’s unpublished report, Archaeological Research in China, 1924-34, Mr. Karlbeck had acquired nearly all the objects near the site of the ancient city of Shouchun (in the modern province of Anhui). See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

content: For further information also refer to “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 4.2 x 22.8 x 2.9 cm (1 5/8 x 9 x 1 1/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Harness fitting

title_sort: HARNESS FITTING

title: Harness fitting


label: Date

content: ca. 8th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period

content: To 1911

content: Pong, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pong 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. 190, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Pong (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: water

content: Spring and Autumn period (770 - 476 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 11.3 x 42.3 cm (4 7/16 x 16 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pong

content: China

content: Ritual water basin (pan)

title_sort: RITUAL WATER BASIN (PAN)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ritual water basin (pan)


content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Dai Jin (1388-1462)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: Yamanaka and Company, New York 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (III) (May 29, 1999 to January 30, 2000)

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

content: Chinese Painting: Che and Wu Schools (Mainstreams of Landscape Painting in the Ming Dynasty) (October 15, 1982 to March 17, 1983)

content: Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

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

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

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

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

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

content: China

content: landscape

content: autumn

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: child

content: river

content: woman

content: boat

content: cormorant

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 46 x 741.7 cm (18 1/8 x 292 in)

topic:
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Autumn
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Children
Rivers
Fishing
Woman
Cormorant

content: China

label: Title

content: Fishermen on an Autumn River 明（傳）戴進秋江漁樂圖卷

title_sort: FISHERMEN ON AN AUTUMN RIVER 明（傳）戴進秋江漁樂圖卷

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

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 16th century?

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Yen Ching Tong, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yen Ching Tong 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 Reserved Makimono List, R. 717, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object was kept in the Reserved Section until 1921, when it was given a general registration number.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Yen Ching Tong (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: celebration

content: garden

content: China

content: musician

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 25.6 x 338.7 cm (10 1/16 x 133 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yen, Ching Tong

topic:
Rites and ceremonies
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Gardens
Musicians

content: China

content: A garden party

title_sort: A GARDEN PARTY

title: A garden party


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: 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: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Ball

title_sort: BALL

title: Ball


content: 18th-19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period or Meiji era

label: Description

content: Vase, elongated ovoid; flat recessed foot.

content: Clay: white stoneware.

content: Glaze: brilliant cream, speckled with light gray-brown; minute, composite crackle. Iridescent.

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L.162, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Naeshirogawa kilns, Miyama (Naeshirogawa), Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 09: Freer’s Global Network

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with clear, colorless glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 20.3 × 9.6 cm (8 × 3 3/4 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

place:
Japan
Kagoshima prefecture
Naeshirogawa kilns
Miyama Naeshirogawa

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Iridescence
Ceramics
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

room: Gallery 09

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Satsuma ware vase

title_sort: SATSUMA WARE VASE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Satsuma ware vase


label: Date

label: Artist

content: Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925)

content: A yellow moonrise over farm-buildings; a haystack in the foreground.

label: Signatures

content: Signed and dated, lower right: D.W. Tryon 1887

label: Provenance

content: To 1891

content: George Ingraham Seney (1826-1893), New York to 1891 [1]

content: From 1891 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the George I. Seney Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, February 17, 1891, no. 115 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher for February 17, 1891, in Voucher File, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 6, Linda Merrill, May 1989, in the object record.

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

content: American Paintings, Dwight W. Tryon (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)

content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition (February 20 to December 4, 1915)

content: Untitled Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon, 1903 (March 1903)

content: Exhibition of Paintings by D.W. Tryon (February 1 to 22, 1900)

content: Mr. George I. Seney's Important Collection of Modern Paintings (1891)

content: 1887 American Art Association (1887)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: George Ingraham Seney (1826-1893) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: moon

content: night

content: United States

content: American Art

content: nocturne

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 10: Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Oil on canvas mounted on wood panel

content: H x W (overall): 49.8 x 73.3 cm (19 5/8 x 28 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Seney, George Ingraham

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Night
Moon
American Art
Outer space
Nocturne

room: Gallery 10

content: United States

content: Moonlight

title_sort: MOONLIGHT

title: Moonlight


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Safavid period

label: Description

content: Bottle of squat-ovoidal form; lip cracked.

content: Clay: hard, translucent, white.

content: Glaze: luminous lettuce-white.

content: Decoration: incised in the paste under glaze.

content: To 1903

content: Henry G. Marquand (1819-1902), New York, NY, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, Henry G. Marquand Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, in New York, January 23, 1903, no. 1004 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List,

content: No. 1219, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Visual Poetry: Paintings and Drawings from Iran (December 16, 2001 to May 5, 2004)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

content: Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819-1902)

content: American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 10.8 × 11.6 cm (4 1/4 × 4 9/16 in)

name:
American Art Association
Freer, Charles Lang
Marquand, Henry Gurdon

topic:
S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Bottle

title_sort: BOTTLE

title: Bottle


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 2.2 cm (7/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Ball

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ball


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Yi Yuanji (active mid- to late 11th century)

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1373, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: tree

content: goat

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: plum tree

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 148.5 x 74 cm (58 7/16 x 29 1/8 in)

topic:
Trees
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Goat
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Plum tree

content: China

content: Three goats under a flowering plum tree

title_sort: THREE GOATS UNDER A FLOWERING PLUM TREE

title: Three goats under a flowering plum tree


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 966, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: deer

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D: 3.5 x 9.4 x 6.5 cm (1 3/8 x 3 11/16 x 2 9/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Deer-shaped ornament (fragment)

title_sort: DEER-SHAPED ORNAMENT (FRAGMENT)

title: Deer-shaped ornament (fragment)


label: Date

content: late 14th century

content: Saljuq period

label: Provenance

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

content: Vessel

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

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 4 x 12 x 10.5 cm (1 9/16 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in)

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

label: Title

content: Fragment of a bowl

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BOWL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment of a bowl


content: Edo period

content: To 1916

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 199, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: A Journey of Taste: Freer and Japanese Scroll Mounting (April 15, 2023 to March 3, 2024)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 20 x 117.5 cm (7 7/8 x 46 1/4 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk's robe, patched; kesa

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. A BUDDHIST MONK'S ROBE, PATCHED; KESA

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: ca. 1806-1808

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1907

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 603, pg. 159, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond (November 17, 2018 to October 20, 2019)

content: Arts of Japan: Edo Aviary and Poetic License (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

content: Poetic License: Making Old Worlds New (February 2 to August 4, 2013)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poet

content: Daoist Immortals

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 131.1 × 55.2 cm (51 5/8 × 21 3/4 in)

topic:
Daoist Immortals
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e
Poets

content: Japan

content: Six Immortals of Poetry: Ariwara no Narihira

title_sort: SIX IMMORTALS OF POETRY: ARIWARA NO NARIHIRA


label: Date

content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

content: Probably Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Small perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; semitranslucent, mottled greenish and brownish yellow; a beveled area on rim, one long crack.

content: (Jenny F. So, Jade Project Database) Evenly round and quite evenly thick. Mottled greenish brownish material; see F1917.81. Conical hole (?), drilled off center, now polished smooth and straight.

label: Provenance

content: To 1912

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1912 [1]

content: From 1912 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1912 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 362, pg. 106, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 7.9 x 0.8 cm (3 1/8 x 5/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 2.3 cm (7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Jade

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: mid-late 14th century

content: Late Goryeo period

content: Buddha and eight disciples. The Buddha is seated on a lotus throne aloft, in the attitude of teaching. His throne rests upon an alter decorated in lotus motive, and before this and at his sides are eight Bodhisattvas, the "Beings of Enlightenment", depicted in beauty and brilliantly garbed. Each, like the Buddha himself, has a nimbus. The Bodhisattvas are standing, in groups of four. Silk a deep dark brown, considerably worn and showing some cracks. Vestiges of seal marks at lower left, unreadable.

label: Marks

content: Vestiges of seal marks at lower left, unreadable. One seal, undecipherable.

label: Label

content: Amitabha, known in Korean as Amita-bul, the Buddha who promises salvation to all believers, is seated in the center of a goup of eight bodhisattvas (enlightened beings). The Buddha wears a red robe embelished with gold patterns, while all but one of the bodhisattvas wear jeweled crowns and fine, translucent garments. Only one, Kshitigarbha, who has the power to save even those who have been reborn in Hell, wears a simpler, hooded garment. Under court patronage Korean Buddhist art of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) developed an extraordinarily refined style.

content: To 1906

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 537, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Goryeo Buddhist Paintings: A Closer Look (February 25 to May 28, 2012)

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

content: Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)

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

content: Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

content: Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

content: Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)

content: Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)

content: Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)

content: Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)

content: Korean Art (November 2, 1959 to November 22, 1971)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Manjushri

content: Samantabhadra

content: lotus

content: Amitabha Buddha

content: Maitreya Buddha

content: Korea

content: halo

content: throne

content: Ksitigarbha

content: preaching

content: Mahasthamaprapta

content: dharmachakra mudra

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 160.3 x 86 cm (63 1/8 x 33 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Art
Dharmacakra
Korean Art
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Manjushri
Lotus
Ksitigarbha
Bodhisattva
Throne
Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Maitreya Buddha
Amitabha Buddha
Preaching
Samantabhadra
Mahasthamaprapta
Halo

culture: Buddhists Koreans

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Buddha Amitabha (Amita) and the Eight Great Bodhisattvas

title_sort: BUDDHA AMITABHA (AMITA) AND THE EIGHT GREAT BODHISATTVAS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

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 G42 state 1 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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: child

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 9.7 x 13.2 cm (3 13/16 x 5 3/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Nursemaid and Child

title_sort: NURSEMAID AND CHILD

title: Nursemaid and Child


content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Traditionally attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

content: To 1915

content: Tonying and Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 48, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: pavilion

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 25.1 x 26.5 cm (9 7/8 x 10 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tonying and Company

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Pavilion on the Hillside

title_sort: PAVILION ON THE HILLSIDE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Pavilion on the Hillside


label: Date

content: early 13th century

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: flower

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

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

content: H x W x D: 4.8 x 5.4 x 0.9 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/8 in)

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

content: Fragment of a vessel with floral design

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A VESSEL WITH FLORAL DESIGN

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a vessel with floral design


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 523, pg. 150, 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: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: horse

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: funerary

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 54 × 148.8 × 12.6 cm (21 1/4 × 58 9/16 × 4 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Men
Horses
Funerary
Stone
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Han slab in low relief from mortuary chamber; design in two registers, of men, horses, and carts

title_sort: HAN SLAB IN LOW RELIEF FROM MORTUARY CHAMBER; DESIGN IN TWO REGISTERS, OF MEN, HORSES, AND CARTS


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead; double disk

title_sort: BEAD; DOUBLE DISK

title: Bead; double disk


label: Date

content: 6th-5th century BCE

content: Late Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 1.3 cm (1/2 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Button bead. Columnar rod mosaic. Yellow inlay in a green matrix, translucent on the edges.

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Button bead


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Depicts herons among various water plants, including lily pads and lotus plants, on the shore of a body of water. No seals, inscriptions or labels. Stained ivory roller knobs.

label: Label

content: Decorative yet realistic paintings of bird-and-flower subjects enjoyed enormous popularity at the Ming court and among privileged members of society. This style suited the contemporary taste and resembled a school of imperially sponsored painting that had been popular during the Song dynasty (960-1279), a period of great cultural blossoming. The Ming emperors intentionally recalled the Song to bolster their position as sophisticated Chinese rulers aware of and equal to the past heritage.

content: The style of this work compresses space so that the picture reads as a harmonious decorative pattern, yet it also offers a view of natural pond life. This style that combines ornament and naturalism is associated with the court artist Lü Ji (ca.1420-ca.1505) and his circle. The theme of egrets relies on visual punning, or a rebus, and takes into account that the Chinese word for egret sounds like another word that means wealth through official position.

label: Provenance

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Kakemono Reserved, No. 21, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: heron

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: lotus

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 99 x 43.2 cm (39 x 17 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

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

content: China

content: Herons and water plants

title_sort: HERONS AND WATER PLANTS

title: Herons and water plants


label: Date

content: ca. 1710-ca. 1715

label: Artist

content: Attributed to the workshop of Golu, son of Devidasa

label: Court

content: Nurpur school

content: This lotus-eyed woman with henna-tipped fingers is one of the 384 types of female lover described in the Rasamanjari (Bouquet of Rasa), a poetic classification of lovers (nayakas and nayikas) and love situations. Composed c. 1500 by Maithili Brahmin Bhanadutta, probably in Ahmednagar, Deccan, its Sanskrit verses had a huge impact on Hindu court painting and the development of the Hindi literary tradition (ritikal).

content: She appears to be an experienced nayika (heroine) waiting for her lover because she is fully adorned in jewelry, and sits topless by a bed. Bhanadutta describes such a nayika:

content: She put on all her jewelry,

content: Perfumed her thick head of hair,

content: And at her bedside had them place areca nut and betel leaf.

content: And the bedroom, when the woman

content: entered, her body all aglow,

content: was a darkened overcast day

content: set ablaze by golden ketaki flowers.

content: Ownership Information Unknown

content: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877 1947),

content: method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: Rama Coomaraswamy (1929 2006), Greenwich, Connecticut, ownership transferred after the death of his father, Ananda Coomaraswamy. [2]

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914 2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Rama Coomaraswamy in May 1972. [3]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [4]

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See notes from Catherine Glynn Benkaim, April 27, 2015, copy in the object file. Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and moved to England for his education in 1879. He attended university in London, graduating with degrees in geology and botany in 1900. He then returned to Ceylon and pursued a career in mineralogy, earning a doctorate in 1906. He was active from 1907 until his death in 1947 in Needham, Massachusetts. In 1910, however, his interests shifted to Indian and Sri Lankan culture, and he moved to America to serve as curator of Indian art and as a researcher of Indian and Middle Eastern art for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Glynn Benkaim were collectors of Indian painting. Mr. Benkaim was an entertainment lawyer from Los Angeles who started collecting Indian painting in 1961 and Dr. Benkaim is a scholar in the field of Indian painting. Mr. and Ms. Benkaim met in the 1970s when Ms. Benkaim was the curator of Indian painting at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The

content: couple were married 1979 and together they created a fine collection of Indian paintings, which included examples from all genres. The collected object for their collection through dealers and auctions. Objects from their collection may also be found in the Cleveland Museum of Art,Williams College Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others.

content: [4] See notes 1 and 2.

content: [5] See “Appendix B Bill of Sale” and “Appendix C Donor Substantiation Letter,” dated January 2, 2018, copy in object file. From 2018-2023, the object the object was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.

content: Research updated April 3, 2025

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Masters of Indian Painting (April 28, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

content: A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections (April 12, 1973 to November 11, 1973)

content: Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections (March 4 to March 31, 1968)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Rama Coomaraswamy (1929-2006)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India

label: Topic

content: woman

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 16.9 × 12.1 cm (6 5/8 × 4 3/4 in)

name:
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Coomaraswamy, Rama

place:
Nurpur
Himachal Pradesh state
India

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: A forlorn lover, fragment from a Rasamanjari

title_sort: A FORLORN LOVER, FRAGMENT FROM A RASAMANJARI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG