content: 4th century?

label: Period

content: Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment of inlay or plate.

content: Mosaic technique: rods in matrix. Yellow and white in sections of blue and red matrix backed with opaque green.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Fragment of inlay or plate

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY OR PLATE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment of inlay or plate


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Possibly Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 644, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Lead

content: H x W: 1.4 x 3.3 cm (9/16 x 1 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

type: Country

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Ornament possibly with a reclining animal

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: ORNAMENT POSSIBLY WITH A RECLINING ANIMAL

type: Images

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

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

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 27.3 x 40.3 cm (10 3/4 x 15 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

content: Landscape

title_sort: LANDSCAPE

title: Landscape


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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 4.8 cm (1 7/8 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)

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of a ball

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BALL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment of a ball


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Shen Zhou 沈周 (1427-1509)

content: To 1911

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Painting with Words: Gentlemen Artists of the Ming Dynasty (April 16 to July 24, 2016)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

content: pavilion

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 35.4 x 58.8 cm (13 15/16 x 23 1/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Walking by a mountain stream

title_sort: WALKING BY A MOUNTAIN STREAM

label: Screen Image

title: Walking by a mountain stream


label: Date

content: 1186-1155 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1837, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: ceramic

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

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: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glazed clay

content: H x W: 5.3 x 1 cm (2 1/16 x 3/8 in)

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Rosette Disc

title_sort: ROSETTE DISC

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Rosette Disc


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

content: Kano Eisen II 狩野栄川 (1730-1790)

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

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

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 1381, 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: Hara Tomitaro (1868-1939) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 102.9 × 38.3 cm (40 1/2 × 15 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomitaro, Hara

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A branch of loquats

title_sort: A BRANCH OF LOQUATS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: A branch of loquats


content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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. 217, 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: Japan

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: bird

content: peony

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Silk

content: H x W: 20 x 115 cm (7 7/8 x 45 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Peony
Silk (fiber)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Birds
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: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W: 21.6 x 22.3 cm (8 1/2 x 8 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Landscape: river and boat, tall trees and distant hills

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: RIVER AND BOAT, TALL TREES AND DISTANT HILLS


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Three men and luggage on a boat.

label: Paper/Support

content: Off-white wove paper.

label: Label

content: Whistler's descriptive powers are exhibited in this drawing of passengers on Rhine steamer. The wealth of detail seems to prefigure another passage from Flaubert's novel, "The Sentimental Education"

content: Apart from a few bourgeois traveling first class,

content: the passengers were laborers, or shopkeepers...In

content: those days it was the custom to dress shabbily for a

content: journey, so nearly all of them wore old skullcaps or

content: faded hats, cheap black suits rubbed threadbare against

content: desks, or frock-coats with their buttons splitting

content: open from heavy use at the store...Some chatted

content: together, standing or squatting on their luggage,

content: others slept in corners.

content: Whistler's precise notations extend to the relaxed pair of feet protruding into the picture space at the bottom right, and a tantalizing book strapped to a knapsack: La Poire aux Vanitee, perhaps a sardonic reference to the recently deposed Louis-Philippe. However, by about the time Flaubert's novel was published in 1869, Whistler was already moving beyond descriptive literalism in his painting and reaching toward abstraction that he believed was the territory of the painter and the musician, if not the writer.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: river

content: man

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on white paper

content: H x W: 15.4 x 17 cm (6 1/16 x 6 11/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Men
Rivers

content: United States

content: Le Rhin

title_sort: LE RHIN

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Le Rhin


content: ca. 1050-771 BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 592, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (overall): 3.6 x 5 x 1.7 cm (1 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 11/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament: grotesque animal mask

title_sort: ORNAMENT: GROTESQUE ANIMAL MASK

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Ornament: grotesque animal mask


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: James Staats Forbes (1823-1904), London [1]

content: To 1905

content: William Marchant & Co., London, to 1905 [2]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William Marchant & Co. in 1905 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record states: "Label on backing of frame states that this drawing was loaned by the Forbes collection to the Proposed City of Dublin Gallery and exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy, 1904-5, numbered 252, titled: 'Female Figure Seated.'"

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Drawings, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: The Lost Symphony: Whistler & the Perfection of Art (January 16 to May 30, 2016)

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

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

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

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

content: James Staats Forbes (1823-1904)

content: William Marchant & Co. (flourished 1907-1925) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Drawing

content: Black and white chalk on brown paper

content: H x W: 27.5 x 18 cm (10 13/16 x 7 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Forbes, James Staats
William Marchant & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Woman

content: United States

content: Female Figure, Seated

title_sort: FEMALE FIGURE, SEATED

label: Screen Image

title: Female Figure, Seated


content: frog, ca.1814-15; scholar, ca. 1801-03; landscape, ca. 1825-30; boat, ca.1841

label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 94, pg. 26, 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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

content: Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

content: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

content: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 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 Fans (April 6, 1984 to October 18, 1984)

content: Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

content: The Exhibition of Paintings of Hokusai (January 13, 1900 to January 30, 1900)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: fan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (overall): 61.4 x 165.7 cm (24 3/16 x 65 1/4 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Four fan paintings mounted on a screen; "Frog on Lotus Leaf", "Scholar in a House", "Landscape", and "Boat and Rock"

title_sort: FOUR FAN PAINTINGS MOUNTED ON A SCREEN; "FROG ON LOTUS LEAF", "SCHOLAR IN A HOUSE", "LANDSCAPE", AND "BOAT AND ROCK"

label: Thumbnail Image


content: ca. 2000-ca. 1600 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Tablet, in long narrow trapezoidal form, a fragment of a larger original. Single bevel on one face; double bevel on the other. Type hu. Two perforations. (Color: dull olive green, slightly mottled, and with grayish areas of incipient disintegration. Decoration incised. Textile impression on both sides.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated at Anxi, in Chekiang [1]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [2]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Said to have been excavated at Anxi, in Chekiang."

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1440, pg. 347, 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: Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: probably Henan province, 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: Erlitou culture, ca. 2000-1600 BCE

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 8.8 × 33.3 × 0.8 cm (3 7/16 × 13 1/8 × 5/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

place:
China
Henan province

culture:
Erlitou culture
Chinese

content: China

label: Title

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏), FRAGMENT

title: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment


label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1918

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

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1382, 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: An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)

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: wood

content: lacquer

content: bird

content: hibiscus

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Architectural Element

content: Wood with lacquer, gold, and mineral pigments

content: H x W: 99.4 x 11.7 cm (39 1/8 x 4 5/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Carved openwork panel with hibiscus and long-tailed bird

title_sort: CARVED OPENWORK PANEL WITH HIBISCUS AND LONG-TAILED BIRD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 228, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 150 x 67.7 cm (59 1/16 x 26 5/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Brocade, silk

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Brocade, silk


content: Edo period

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, pg. 7, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: tree

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: man

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color and ink on silk panel

content: H x W: 39.7 x 51.4 cm (15 5/8 x 20 1/4 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Two girls and a man under a cherry tree

title_sort: TWO GIRLS AND A MAN UNDER A CHERRY TREE

title: Two girls and a man under a cherry tree


label: Date

content: 11th century BCE

label: Period

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 26.9 x 29 cm (10 9/16 x 11 7/16 in)

content: China

label: Title

content: Vessel (fangtsun)

title_sort: VESSEL (FANGTSUN)

title: Vessel (fangtsun)


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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. 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk and gilt paper

content: H x W: 163 x 32.5 cm (64 3/16 x 12 13/16 in)

content: Japan

content: Length of lined textile, fragment from an obi

title_sort: LENGTH OF LINED TEXTILE, FRAGMENT FROM AN OBI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G184 state 4 of 4.

label: Provenance

content: To 1889

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1889 [1]

content: From 1889 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1889 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Objects Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This image was purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. on September 7, 1889, but kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the main collection and given a registration number for that year.

content: The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase. Also, this impression is stamped by The Printsellers' Association - (JR) in margin (see Curatorial Remarks in object record).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 13.8 x 20.1 cm (5 7/16 x 7 15/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Hurlingham

title_sort: HURLINGHAM

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Hurlingham


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming -Qing dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 794, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Ancient Chinese Paintings, Sculptures, and Jade Objects from the Collection formed by Charles Lang Freer (November 15 to December 08, 1917)

content: A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: still life

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: festival

content: China

content: food

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: zongzi

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 85 × 61.7 cm (33 7/16 × 24 5/16 in)

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

content: China

object_type:
Paintings
Still lifes

content: Duanwu Festival painting of flowers and zongzi dumplings

title_sort: DUANWU FESTIVAL PAINTING OF FLOWERS AND ZONGZI DUMPLINGS


content: ca. 3300-ca. 2350 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk; some translucent spots, obverse: mottled fawn and dull olive green with whitish areas of incipient disintegration; reverse: fawn colored with traces only of olive green; surface contour uneven; some roughened areas. (Rim chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated in An-hsi, Chekiang [1]

content: Wu Dacheng (1835-1902) [2]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [3]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [4]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Formerly in the collection of Wu Ta-ch'eng, of Kiangsu, and said to have been excavated at An-hsi, Chekiang."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1413, pg. 333, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

content: [5] 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: Wu Dacheng 吳大澂 (1835-1902)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: (purportedly found at) Anxi, Zhejiang province, Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 11.6 × 0.7 cm (4 9/16 × 1/4 in)

content: Diam (hole): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Wu, Dacheng

place:
Anxi
Lake Tai region
China
Zhejiang province

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 13th-14th century?

content: Half cruciform tile. Broken and repaired.

content: Clay: soft, buff.

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1970, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Vitali Madjar (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Architectural Element

content: Stone-paste painted with blue glaze

content: H x W: 20 x 10.5 cm (7 7/8 x 4 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Vitali Madjar

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

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Tile

title_sort: TILE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tile


content: 15th-early 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Li Congxun (active early 12th century)

label: Label

content: Accompanied by animals that symbolize longevity, the five elderly gentlemen depicted in this painting may represent China's Five Sacred Mountains, the Five Elements of the Cosmos, or the Five Oldsters of Suiyang, high-ranking ministers of the eleventh century who were admired for serving in office past age eighty. The spirit of the Five Sacred Mountains are associated with the immortals. Originally, the painting was larger. Mounted in a wooden frame, it may have been used as a screen placed behind an honored person's chair.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1174, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)

content: Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: crane

content: deer

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: tortoise

content: sage

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 163.7 x 221.5 cm (64 7/16 x 87 3/16 in)

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

content: China

content: The Five Ancients

title_sort: THE FIVE ANCIENTS

title: The Five Ancients


content: ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

content: From 1936 to 1991

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, Nevada, purchased in Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan province, China. [1]

content: From 1991

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1. See also the "List of Objects Offered to the Freer Gallery of Art" and Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: bone

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

label: Accession Number

content: Unclassified

content: Bone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 4.3 × 2.7 × 1 cm (1 11/16 × 1 1/16 × 3/8 in)

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Bone

content: China

label: Title

content: Oracle bone, inscribed

title_sort: ORACLE BONE, INSCRIBED

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Oracle bone, inscribed


label: Date

content: dated 511

label: Period

content: Northern Wei dynasty

content: The small votive stela has lost its upper section, which probably came to a flame-shaped point. The main figure on the front is a Buddha, and on the rear appears a seated bodhisattva (enlightened being) with crossed ankles. The style of the sculpture resembles early-sixth-century stelae from northern Henan Province.

content: The work was in the United States before 1916, and doubts have arisen about its authenticity. On the front of the stela, the fussy drapery that cascades over the base is unusual. On the back, the Buddha niches cut off at the stone's edge are inexplicable-there is no reason for carving incomplete arches and figures.

content: The inscription dated 511 on the stela's front is also atypical. The two characters in the second line from the right appear to have been squeezed in as an afterthought. Anomalies such as these are serious but cannot prove the sculpture to be fake. Some unusual sculptures have been discovered in China, suggesting that despite its peculiarities, this stela could be genuine.

label: Provenance

content: From at least 1916 to 1968

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, NY, Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1916 [1]

content: From 1968

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer, 1968 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer lent the stele to the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition in 1916, see S. C Bosch Reitz, Catalogue of An Exhibition of Early Chinese Pottery and Sculpture, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916), cat. 323 (ill.).

content: [2] The object is included in Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, listed as no. 37 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: A Brief History of Chinese Writing (April 26, 2000 to February 9, 2002)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition (September 25, 1971 to October 2, 1972)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Probably Henan province, China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: dragon

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: lion

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: China

content: lettering

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

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

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Limestone

content: H x W x D: 30.4 x 18.6 x 10.6 cm (11 15/16 x 7 5/16 x 4 3/16 in)

name:
buddha
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

topic:
Cats
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Abhaya mudra
Stone
Bodhisattva
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
Lettering
Dragon

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Buddhist stele

title_sort: BUDDHIST STELE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Buddhist stele


content: ca. 1250-ca. 1050 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

label: Description

content: Handle; dagger shaped; semitranslucent, cream white with gray areas on one side; slight earth incrustations; decoration: incised lines. (End broken and cracked.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1915

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), Shanghai, China, London, England, Montreal, Canada, New York, New York, and Ridgefield, Connecticut to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 761, pg. 168, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 18 × 2.3 × 0.8 cm (7 1/16 × 7/8 × 5/16 in)

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

content: Tablet

title_sort: TABLET

title: Tablet


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Style of Lü Ji (ca. 1420-ca. 1505)

content: Formerly attributed to Bian Luan (active late 8th-early 9th century)

label: Provenance

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 New York in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 994, 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: Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: duck

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

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

content: H x W (image): 158.2 x 100.3 cm (62 5/16 x 39 1/2 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Ducks, Torrent, and Overhanging Rocks

title_sort: DUCKS, TORRENT, AND OVERHANGING ROCKS

label: Screen Image

title: Ducks, Torrent, and Overhanging Rocks


content: 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See item X87, pg. 56 in “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

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

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

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

content: Also see note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 10.5 x 5 x 5.5 cm (4 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 2 3/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Canopy fitting or finial

title_sort: CANOPY FITTING OR FINIAL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Canopy fitting or finial


content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: 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

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 10th century BCE

label: Period

content: Early Western Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920), Paris, France [1]

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY purchased on behalf of Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) from Marcel Bing through C. T. Loo of Lai Yuan &Co., New York in early December 1915 [2]

content: 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Eugene Meyer on December 14, 1915 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Bing’s ownership is documented in several locations. See, for example: November 11, 1915 letter from Marcel Bing to Charles Lang Freer; letters from December 10 and 15 from Eugene Meyer to Charles Lang Freer; telegrams exchanged between Marcel Bing, Charles Lang Freer, and Eugene Meyer dating from November 15 to December 5, 1915; and February 2, 1916 letter from Charles Lang Freer to Marcel Bing. Copies of aforementioned documents in object file.

content: [2] Eugene Meyer, Agnes E. Meyer, and Charles Lang Freer negotiated with Marcel Bing to arrange a joint purchase of Bing’s collection of 11 Chinese bronzes and 1 jade. See correspondence cited in note 1. The Meyers and Freer decided to divide the collection - Meyers acquiring 5 bronzes and Freer acquiring 6 bronzes in addition to the jade – and the price, calculating each party’s payment was based on the appraisal values assigned to each piece. The Meyers ultimately sent the entire payment to C. T. Loo, Lai Yuan & Company (sometimes spelled Lai-Yuan), who in turn wired money to Bing. Meyers made the payment in early December 1915, with Freer paying the Meyers for the objects destined for his collection on December 14, 1915.

content: See also: Freer Gallery of Art, Original Bronze List, S. I. 670; invoices from Lai Yuan & Company addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Meyer and Mr. Charles L. Freer; and Dorota Chudzicka, “’In Love at First Sight Completely, Hopelessly, and Forever with Chinse Art’: The Eugene and Agnes Meyer Collection of Chinese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art” in Collections Vol. 10, No. 3 (Summer 2014), p. 334-335, copies in object file. All the objects included in this large sale, which were originally divided between the Meyers and Freer, are now in the museum’s collection ( F1915.102; F1915.03a-b; F1915.104; F1915.105; F1915.106a-f; F1915.107; F1915.108; F1961.30a-b; F1961.32a-b; F1968.28; F1968.29).

content: [3] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 670, copy in object file. See also note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 (1880-1957)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 13.8 x 26.5 cm (5 7/16 x 10 7/16 in)

name:
Loo, C. T.
Freer, Charles Lang
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.
Lai-Yuan & Company
Bing, Marcel

room: Gallery 09

content: China

content: Grain server (gui) with foot rim broken and repaired

title_sort: GRAIN SERVER (GUI) WITH FOOT RIM BROKEN AND REPAIRED

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: 18th century

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Metal List, R. 5206, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, there is no record of purchase for this object, other than value.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: chasing

content: repoussé

content: hammering

content: engraving (incising)

content: punching

content: metal

content: silver

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Silver

content: H x W: 7.5 x 8.5 cm (2 15/16 x 3 3/8 in)

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Repoussé
Hammering
Silver
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Punching
Chasing
Engraving (incising)
Metal-work

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Pot (lota)

title_sort: POT (LOTA)

label: Screen Image

title: Pot (lota)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G18 state 1 of 4.

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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: child

content: woman

content: work

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 15.7 x 22.4 cm (6 3/16 x 8 13/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Unsafe Tenement. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature. (The French Set)

title_sort: THE UNSAFE TENEMENT. ONE OF THE TWELVE ETCHINGS FROM NATURE. (THE FRENCH SET)

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 4, 3

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 G221 state 5 of 13.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.2 x 29.2 cm (7 15/16 x 11 1/2 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Two Doorways

title_sort: THE TWO DOORWAYS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Two Doorways


content: 15th-16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Mi Fu (傳)米芾 (1052-1107)

content: To 1911

content: Unidentified owner, Honan-fu, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner at Honan-fu in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 818, 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: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

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

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

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

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

content: Unknown

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 166.5 x 84 cm (65 9/16 x 33 1/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Landscape: mountains, a river, and buildings

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: MOUNTAINS, A RIVER, AND BUILDINGS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 204, 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)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

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

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Silk

content: H x W: 204.5 x 114 cm (80 1/2 x 44 7/8 in)

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

content: Japan

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

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

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

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

content: From 1896 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Copper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 7.6 x 20.4 cm (3 x 8 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

label: Title

content: Etching plate: Old Westminster Bridge

title_sort: ETCHING PLATE: OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

title: Etching plate: Old Westminster Bridge


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Riu Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 301, 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: Riu Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: incising

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 2.8 x 7.7 x 2.6 cm (1 1/8 x 3 1/16 x 1 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Riu Gu

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

content: China

content: Tally in the form of a tiger

title_sort: TALLY IN THE FORM OF A TIGER

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tally in the form of a tiger


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 664, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: fish

content: dragon

content: tiger

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: tortoise

content: ocean

content: monkey

content: Arhat

content: prayer beads

content: China

content: shrimp

content: wave

content: chakra

content: fly whisk

content: scepter

content: khakkhara

content: kalasa

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 27.8 x 362.6 cm (10 15/16 x 142 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Prayer beads
Khakkhara
Art
Baimiao style
Fly whisk
Chakra
Chinese Art
Monkeys
Dragon
Tiger
Wave
Charles Lang Freer collection
Animals
Fishes
Ocean
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Tortoise
Kalasa
Shrimp
Scepter

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Luohans and animals crossing the sea

title_sort: LUOHANS AND ANIMALS CROSSING THE SEA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Luohans and animals crossing the sea


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: early to late 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Style of Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (1753-1806)

label: Signatures

content: Contains signature.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Registration List and Original Oriental Painting List, L. 87, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered (April 8 to July 9, 2017)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: snow

content: Japan

content: umbrella

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: girl

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 94.7 × 39.1 cm (37 5/16 × 15 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Two girls under umbrella in snowstorm

title_sort: TWO GIRLS UNDER UMBRELLA IN SNOWSTORM

title: Two girls under umbrella in snowstorm


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G309 state 3c of 3.

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 10, March 1903, 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: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: woman

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 13.1 x 9.4 cm (5 3/16 x 3 11/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Landing Stage, Cows

title_sort: THE LANDING STAGE, COWS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Landing Stage, Cows


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H: 28.6 cm (11 1/4 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Chopsticks

title_sort: CHOPSTICKS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Chopsticks


content: early 19th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: horse

content: man

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Painting

content: Tracing and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25 x 14.2 cm (9 13/16 x 5 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

content: India

label: Title

content: A group of men and horses

title_sort: A GROUP OF MEN AND HORSES

title: A group of men and horses


content: Period of Division

content: To 1911

content: Yamanaka & Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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. 294, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Shakyamuni

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 25.9 x 7.4 cm (10 3/16 x 2 15/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Sakyamuni

title_sort: SAKYAMUNI

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Sakyamuni


label: Date

content: 16th century?

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

content: C.K. Wong, Shanghai, China, to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from C.K. Wong in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1142, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: C. K. Wong (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: dragon

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Gold on blue paper

content: H x W (image): 31.7 x 364.2 cm (12 1/2 x 143 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Wong, C. K.

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

content: China

content: Eighteen Luohans

title_sort: EIGHTEEN LUOHANS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Eighteen Luohans


content: ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Portion of a chang; long thin chisel shaped object of the type kuei; diagonal sharp blade, and slightly flaring corners at opposite end; circular perforation; brownish black with shadows under surface spots and streaks on each surface; satin smooth.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 881, pg. 192, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 17.8 × 5.9 × 0.4 cm (7 × 2 5/16 × 3/16 in)

date:
BCE 3000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

content: China

content: Forked blade (zhang 璋), fragment

title_sort: FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋), FRAGMENT

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Forked blade (zhang 璋), fragment


content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kuniyuki Utagawa

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 183, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: plum blossom

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 89.8 × 32.7 cm (35 3/8 × 12 7/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: An Oiran standing by a plum tree

title_sort: AN OIRAN STANDING BY A PLUM TREE

title: An Oiran standing by a plum tree


label: Date

content: 5th-4th century BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See item X83, pg. 56 in “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

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

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

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

content: Also see note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 9.5 x 1.2 x 3.1 cm (3 3/4 x 1/2 x 1 1/4 in)

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

content: China

content: Canopy fitting or finial

title_sort: CANOPY FITTING OR FINIAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Canopy fitting or finial