content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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 G306 state 1 of 2.

label: Provenance

content: To 1888

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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: 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

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 14 x 22.2 cm (5 1/2 x 8 3/4 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Fleet: Monitors

title_sort: THE FLEET: MONITORS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Fleet: Monitors


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: late 17th century

label: Period

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: [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: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: horse

content: water

content: drinking

content: woman

content: work

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: princess

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

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.2 x 16.1 cm (8 3/4 x 6 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
Water
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Princess
Food habits
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Horses
Woman

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

type: Country

content: India

label: Title

content: A Group of Women at a Well

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: A GROUP OF WOMEN AT A WELL

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: A Group of Women at a Well


label: Date

content: Momoyama period

label: Artist

content: Soga Nichokuan

label: Label

content: An eagle perches on a gnarled branch, with the shape made by its curled claw echoing that of the setting sun hanging in the hazy, ink-streaked atmosphere. As there are no white predatory bird species native to Japan, the artist likely based this composition on a model from China. He has applied darker ink to the claws, beak, and eyes, as if the essence of the raptor’s instincts is distilled into these razor-sharp surfaces.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, S.I. 97, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: eagle

content: tree

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: plum blossom

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and gold on paper

content: H x W: 149.2 x 342.4 cm (58 3/4 x 134 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Trees
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
Eagles
Plum blossom

content: Japan

content: An eagle on a snow-laden blossoming plum tree

title_sort: AN EAGLE ON A SNOW-LADEN BLOSSOMING PLUM TREE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

room: Gallery 14

building: Freer

content: Korea

content: Tweezers

title_sort: TWEEZERS

title: Tweezers


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Reportedly excavated in Shensi province [1]

content: To 1917

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1325, pg. 303, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: bird

content: moon

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

content: sun

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 3.9 × 6.4 cm (1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in)

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

content: Diam (bottom opening): 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in)

content: H x W (inscription): 1.9 × 3.1 cm (3/4 × 1 1/4 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China
Sun

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Bracelet with incised glyphs

title_sort: BRACELET WITH INCISED GLYPHS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bracelet with incised glyphs


content: ca. 1250-ca. 1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

label: Description

content: Pendant, profile animal; long tail raised to loop; few carved details; pierced; opaque tans. (Calcified; brown substance on surface; deposits of cinnabar.)

label: Provenance

content: From at least 1930

content: Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941), New York and "The Chimneys," Sands Point, Port Washington, Long Island, New York, from at least 1930 [1]

content: To 1987

content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York.

content: From 1987

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Otto Kümmel, Jörg Trübner zum Gedächtnis: Ergebnisse seiner letzten chinesischen Reisen (Berlin, Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag, 1930), p. 60, pl. 30e.

content: [2] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

content: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

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

content: The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

content: In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941)

content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

label: Origin

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: tiger

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 4.5 × 9.4 × 0.6 cm (1 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 1/4 in)

name:
Holmes, Christian R.
Sackler, Arthur M.

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

content: Pendant in the form of a tiger

title_sort: PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A TIGER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Pendant in the form of a tiger


label: Date

content: 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

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

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: horse

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 5.7 x 25.4 x 3.5 cm (2 1/4 x 10 x 1 3/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Harness fitting: bit

title_sort: HARNESS FITTING: BIT

title: Harness fitting: bit


content: 1st century

label: Period

content: Roman period

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

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: W (overall): 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

label: Title

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Fragment


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, intermed. 1-2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G174 state 2 of 5.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1892

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1892 [2]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1892 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 14.8 x 22.3 cm (5 13/16 x 8 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hutchinson, Joshua Hutchinson
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Battersea Morn

title_sort: BATTERSEA MORN

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Battersea Morn


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

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

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, S.I. 36A, pg. 50, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 29.8 x 27.5 cm (11 3/4 x 10 13/16 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Walking with staves in the autumn hills

title_sort: WALKING WITH STAVES IN THE AUTUMN HILLS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Walking with staves in the autumn hills


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Wide, heavy ring with large perforation, possibly a bracelet; semi-translucent, mottled golden browns and yellow, with traces of pale translucent green; scattered cream-colored incipient disintegration, more pronounced on the inner surface. (Smoothed chipped area on each rim.)

content: To 1917

content: Tonying and Company, New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1072, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 3.5 x 9.1 cm (1 3/8 x 3 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tonying and Company

place:
Lake Tai region
China

content: China

label: Title

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bracelet


label: Date

content: 15th-16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

content: Formerly attributed to Huang Quan (903-968)

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1348, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: egret

content: willow tree

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 198.9 x 103.9 cm (78 5/16 x 40 7/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Birds, Willow Tree, and Flowers

title_sort: BIRDS, WILLOW TREE, AND FLOWERS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Birds, Willow Tree, and Flowers


content: ca. 1200-1100 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period

label: Description

content: Jar of the type "p'ou."

content: Surface: green and blue patina with brown discolorations; orange earth incrustations.

content: Decoration: in relief.

content: To 1909

content: Count Tanaka, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 89, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

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

content: wine

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x Diam: 16.9 × 24.2 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tanaka

content: China

content: Ritual wine container (pou)

title_sort: RITUAL WINE CONTAINER (POU)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ritual wine container (pou)


label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

content: Edo period

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 16, Original Miscellaneous List, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] After his death in 1903, a sale of Asian art belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February 1904 at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka and Co.) attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (which is now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record). Also, see note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: medicine

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Container

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Lacquer

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 7.4 x 5.5 x 2.1 cm (2 15/16 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in)

name:
Gillot, Charles
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Medicine case (inro)

title_sort: MEDICINE CASE (INRO)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Medicine case (inro)


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

content: Stand, in form of a large inverted stem cup, with large hollow foot. Central hollow projection rising out of foot and ending at top in an everted lip. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: soft, reddish pottery.

content: Glaze: light green lead glaze, silvery iridescence, partly disintegrated.

content: Decoration: animals moulded in relief on exterior of large hollow foot.

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

content: C.D. McGrath, New York, NY, to 1919 [1]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from C.D. McGrath, New York, in 1919 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2611, 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: C. D. McGrath (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Furniture and Furnishing

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 14.7 x 20 cm (5 13/16 x 7 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
McGrath, C. D.

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

content: China

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

content: Tomb stand

title_sort: TOMB STAND

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Tomb stand


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, double

title_sort: BEAD, DOUBLE

title: Bead, double


label: Date

content: 14th century

content: Kamakura period

label: Label

content: Represented here and in the painting The World of Devas (F1904.342), are parts of the Six Realms of Existence into which living beings may be reborn according to Buddhist beliefs. In this painting are the worlds of men and animals, which correspond closely to the natural world of human experience. Nonetheless, according to Buddhist ideas, that realm is governed by illusion, desire, and sorrow. Hunting and other acts that involve oppression and destruction of one living being by another are illustrated here. This painting, like F1904.342, was created to give tangible form to complex Buddhist ideas regarding illusion, attachment, and rebirth.

content: Mr. Kawahara, Osaka [1]

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [2]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to a note from the Original Kakemono List (see Curatorial Remark 3, in the object record).

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 492, pg. 137, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Real and Imagined Places in Japanese Art (March 4 to October 21, 2001)

content: Japanese Art (April 11, 1978 to March 6, 1981)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947)

content: Japanese Paintings Buddhist Etc. (January 5, 1928 to December 8, 1941)

content: Japanese Paintings and Sculpture (May 2, 1923 to January 5, 1928)

content: Mr. Kawahara

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 146.2 x 55.5 cm (57 9/16 x 21 7/8 in)

name:
Kawahara
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Japanese Art
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: The World of Men and Animals

title_sort: THE WORLD OF MEN AND ANIMALS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The World of Men and Animals


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Gilt bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 2.6 x 1.8 cm (1 x 11/16 in)

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Costume ornament: striding dragon

title_sort: COSTUME ORNAMENT: STRIDING DRAGON

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Costume ornament: striding dragon


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 51, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H x W: 1.2 x 0.9 cm (1/2 x 3/8 in)

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

content: Bead, cubical; large bore

title_sort: BEAD, CUBICAL; LARGE BORE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead, cubical; large bore


label: Date

content: late 13th century

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: rabbit

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted with luster

content: H x W x D: 3.5 x 11.5 x 11.8 cm (1 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 5/8 in)

topic:
Rabbits
Art
Animals
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragmentary base of a bowl with image of running rabbit

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY BASE OF A BOWL WITH IMAGE OF RUNNING RABBIT


label: Period

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1912

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [1]

content: From 1912 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 381, pg. 121, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: lion

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: shrine

content: bodhi tree

content: China

content: halo

content: monk

content: apsara

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: dhyana mudra

content: anjali mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 90 × 50.5 × 20.9 cm (35 7/16 × 19 7/8 × 8 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Cats
Art
Chinese Art
Abhaya mudra
Stone
Bodhisattva
Charles Lang Freer collection
Shrine
Animals
Bodhi tree
Varada mudra
Anjali mudra
Monk
Halo

culture: Buddhists Chinese Apsarases

content: China

content: Buddhist tablet: seated central figure flanked by monk and Bodhisattva on either hand; rectangular base, and figure of Buddha in sunken relief on reverse

title_sort: BUDDHIST TABLET: SEATED CENTRAL FIGURE FLANKED BY MONK AND BODHISATTVA ON EITHER HAND; RECTANGULAR BASE, AND FIGURE OF BUDDHA IN SUNKEN RELIEF ON REVERSE

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, almost cylindrical with straight sides tapering slightly inward and high, square-cut foot.

content: Name: Ochiba [Jpn].

content: Clay: gray stoneware, medium texture, fired reddish brown.

content: Glaze: yellowish buff and iron brown with rust-like patches and some greenish flow. Foot unglazed.

content: Decoration: glaze only.

label: Label

content: The potter applied three different glazes to achieve a patchwork effect popular on ceramics, textiles, and lacquered objects of the early seventeenth century. The bowl's name, Fallen Leaves, refers to this mottled coloration-or perhaps to the inspired addition of the "finger-painted" spots. Freer appreciated this "very beautiful specimen."

content: To 1897

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1897 [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, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

content: Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

content: Japanese Art (November 7, 1986 to July 19, 1988)

content: Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: possibly Shirahatayama kiln, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Takatori ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron, rice-straw-ash, and wood-ash glazes

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.1 × 10.9 cm (3 3/16 × 4 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Takatori ware

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Shirahatayama kiln
Japan

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl named Ochiba (Fallen Leaves), Takatori or Yatsushiro ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL NAMED OCHIBA (FALLEN LEAVES), TAKATORI OR YATSUSHIRO WARE


label: Date

content: ca. 1725

content: To 1924

content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston to 1924 [1]

content: From 1924

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Boston in 1924 [2]

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state, India

label: Topic

content: flower

content: music

content: shrine

content: ragamala

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

label: Related Online Resources

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

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 20 x 12.6 cm (7 7/8 x 4 15/16 in)

place:
Andhra Pradesh state
Hyderabad
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Shrine
Art
Music
Flowers
Ragamala

content: India

content: Bhairavi Ragini (a musical mode): three figures before a shrine

title_sort: BHAIRAVI RAGINI (A MUSICAL MODE): THREE FIGURES BEFORE A SHRINE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Label

content: The elaborate openwork design of a dragon in sweeping curves resembling clouds and a feline with a twisted body in profile suggests a narrative and setting that extend beyond pure decoration. Disks such as this, created from pale green nephrite of exceptional quality, are extremely rare and have been found only in royal tombs.

label: Provenance

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. 892, p. 196, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

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

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

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

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: dragon

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 22 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm (8 11/16 x 6 x 1/4 in)

content: Diam (hole): 2.6 cm (1 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Jade
Dragon

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with raised hexagons arranged in a grid, dragon, and feline

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED HEXAGONS ARRANGED IN A GRID, DRAGON, AND FELINE

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: Tang dynasty

label: Description

content: In relief, within a recess; lower part, from knees downward, missing, and minor injuries.

content: Limestone; gray, with gray-brown patina.

content: Esoteric (Vajrayana) Buddhism employs rituals and magic spells and many of the deities are depicted in a multiheaded and multiarmed guise. This form of Buddhism was popular in China during the Tang dynasty, when this image of Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, was made under imperial patronage. Eleven heads represent the stages of enlightenment.

content: The sensuous sculptural style reflects artistic exhange between China and India. This sculpture originally adorned the Seven Jewels Pagoda that was built in the Tang dynasty capital, Chang'an (modern day Xi'an). This sculpture is one of several similar images that adorned the Pagoda. Another related image from the Seven Jewels Pagoda is also in the Freer Gallery of Art (see F1909.98)

content: To 1914

content: Edgar Worch (1880-1972), New York to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edgar Worch in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 521, pg. 149, 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: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, 1944 (March 13, 1944 to November 14, 1944)

content: Stone Sculpture, Gallery 17, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to November 17, 1955)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Edgar Worch (1880-1972) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Qibaotai Pagoda, Guangzhai Temple, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Guanyin

content: willow tree

content: China

content: mandorla

content: Vajrayana Buddhism

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Limestone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 77.8 x 31.5 x 18.8 cm (30 5/8 x 12 3/8 x 7 3/8 in)

name:
Worch, Edgar
Freer, Charles Lang

place:
Guangzhai Temple
China
Shaanxi Province
Qibaotai Pagoda
Xi'an

topic:
Vajrayana Buddhism
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Willow tree
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Stone
Bodhisattva
Guanyin

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 17

content: China

label: Title

content: Fragment of Guanyin of Eleven Heads

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF GUANYIN OF ELEVEN HEADS

title: Fragment of Guanyin of Eleven Heads


content: 7th-8th century

label: Period

content: Tang dynasty

content: As early as 1929 to 1950

content: C. T. Loo & Company, Paris, France and New York, NY [1]

content: 1950 to 1953

content: C. T. Loo INC., New York, NY by transfer from C. T. Loo & Company [2]

content: 1953 to 1961

content: C. T. Loo Chinese Art, New York, NY by transfer from C. T. Loo, INC. [3]

content: 1961 to 1966

content: C. T. Loo & Cie, Paris, France by transfer from C. T. Loo Chinese Art [4]

content: 1966 to 1967

content: J. T. Tai & Company, New York, NY purchased from C. T. Loo & Cie, Paris France in New York on June 20, 1966 [5]

content: From 1968 to 1987

content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, purchased from T. J. Tai on December 31, 1968 in New York, NY [6]

content: From 1987

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [7]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object is published in Osvald Siren, A History of Early Chinese Art, Volume II. London: E. Benn, Ltd., 1929, plate 133. C. T. Loo & Company is cited as the owner.

content: [2] In 1950, C. T. Loo announced his retirement from C. T. Loo & Company, New York and Paris. Between 1950 and the summer of 1953, he continued to do business, however, he did so under the name C. T. Loo, INC. and organized exhibitions of his company’s stock using this new business name. C. T. Loo’s daughter, Janie Emanuel Loo operated the Paris branch of C. T. Loo & Company as C. T. Loo & Cie., Arts d’Asie. C. T. Loo, INC. was dissolved by the summer of 1953.

content: [3] The object is published in The Arts of the T’ang Dynasty: A loan exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, The Orient and Europe, January 8 – February 17, 1952, cat. 110 (ill.). “Mr. Frank Caro, C. T. Loo, New York” is cited as the owner; the business’s formal name, however, was C. T. Loo Chinese Art.

content: On September 1, 1952, C. T. Loo’s associate, Frank Caro (1904-1980) took over daily operations of the New York business. C. T. Loo, INC. was dissolved by the summer of 1953 and Caro operated as C. T. Loo Chinese Art. Loo continued to play a large role in the business, as he and Caro struck a deal in which profits made on Loo’s stock would be evenly divided and Loo would maintain the lease and rental payments on the company’s gallery space.

content: [4] In 1961, Loo and Caro’s agreement ended. C. T. Loo & Cie., Paris, France took control of C. T. Loo Chinese Art, New York stock, which C. T. Loo added to the inventory before his death in 1957. This object was part of that inventory.

content: [5] See J. T. Tai & Company stock record “A 418: Gilt Bronze Incense Burner, T’ang Dyn,” copy located in accession file. The seller is recorded as “C. T. Loo & Cie.”

content: [6] J. T. Tai & Company invoice addressed to Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, dated 10/19/1967, copy located in the object file and in the FǀS COM provenance files.

content: J. T. Tai & Company stock record A 418 reports that the sale was not finalized until December 31, 1968, copy in accession file.

content: [7] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

content: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

content: The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

content: Monsters, Myths and Minerals (September 28, 1987 to November 26, 1995)

content: Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution at the Royal Scottish Museum (August 11, 1984 to November 5, 1984)

content: Untitled Exhibition, China House Gallery, 1948 (1948)

content: Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst (January 12 to April 2, 1929)

content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

content: C. T. Loo, INC. (ca. 1948-no later than July 1953)

content: C. T. Loo Chinese Art (1953-1961)

content: C. T. Loo & Cie, Art Ancien de Chine (ca. 1950-2011)

content: J. T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)

content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: incense

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

label: Data Source

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

content: Vessel

content: Gilded bronze

content: H x W x D: 13.3 x 27.2 x 25.8 cm (5 1/4 x 10 11/16 x 10 3/16 in)

name:
Sackler, Arthur M.
C. T. Loo & Company
C. T. Loo, INC.
C. T. Loo & Cie, Art Ancien de Chine
J. T. Tai & Co.
C. T. Loo Chinese Art

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Incense
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Incense Burner

title_sort: INCENSE BURNER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Incense Burner


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 348, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: reading

content: Japan

content: smoking

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: pipe

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Full color on silk

content: H x W (image): 30.3 × 67 cm (11 15/16 × 26 3/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Yujo reclining and reading a musical score

title_sort: YUJO RECLINING AND READING A MUSICAL SCORE

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhang Zao (mid- to late 8th century)

content: To 1911

content: Sung, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 756, 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: Previous custodian or owner

content: Sung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 43 x 200 cm (16 15/16 x 78 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sung

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

content: China

content: Landscape with pines

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH PINES

title: Landscape with pines


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 G213 state 1 of 1.

content: From 1880 to 1904

content: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909), New York, acquired from the artist in 1880 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Otto H. Bacher in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According Curatorial Remark 2, an undated folder sheet note, in the object record: "Note on original list: One of five or six proofs of the plate. This particular impression was presented by Mr. Whistler to Otto F. Bacher, October, 1880." See also, Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: boat

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

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: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20 x 29.1 cm (7 7/8 x 11 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bacher, Otto H.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Architecture
American Art
Cities and towns
Drypoint

content: United States

label: Title

content: Venice

title_sort: VENICE

title: Venice


label: Date

content: late 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I. 138, pg. 37, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 95 x 274.5 cm (37 3/8 x 108 1/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Scene of a party in a brothel

title_sort: SCENE OF A PARTY IN A BROTHEL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Scene of a party in a brothel


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Ta Gwan Sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 245, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 20.6 x 5.3 cm (8 1/8 x 2 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Ta Guwan

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Chariot fitting: axle cap

title_sort: CHARIOT FITTING: AXLE CAP

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Chariot fitting: axle cap


content: Ming dynasty

content: Possibly excavated in Shansi [1]

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [2]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was "said to have been excavated in Shansi."

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1059, pg. 237, 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: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: tortoise

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

content: Jade

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 2.9 x 5.1 x 6.2 cm (1 1/8 x 2 x 2 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a tortoise shell

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A TORTOISE SHELL


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler exhibited this painting both as a “Harmony” and as a “Symphony” rather than as a Nocturne, but this view of Battersea at dawn shares the same features as many of the artist’s moonlit scenes of the Thames. Thinly painted, it conveys a sense of space and movement through the sweeping brushstrokes that move across the canvas from left to right. Whistler’s butterfly signature appears on a cartouche in the manner of Japanese printmakers.

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: William Marchant & Co., London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William Marchant & Co. 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 Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Purchased in April 1904.

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: A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)

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

content: Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (April 3, 2001 to January 24, 2008)

content: Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

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

content: Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (February 6, 1985 to March 4, 1986)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (January 17, 1985 to (end date unknown))

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Artist and Patron (May 11, 1984 to January 17, 1985)

content: Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)

content: American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (September 16, 1981 to March 26, 1984)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)

content: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)

content: Whistler Paintings (October 15, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

content: Whistler Paintings (September 8, 1961 to October 15, 1969)

content: American Paintings (June 9, 1960 to September 8, 1961)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1955 (December 16, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings (February 12, 1944 to May 10, 1945)

content: Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)

content: Whistler Landscapes, Oil (January 20, 1928 to May 1, 1933)

content: Whistler Oils Exhibition (January 8, 1925 to January 20, 1928)

content: American Paintings by J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 8, 1925)

content: American Paintings, J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to February 12, 1944)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: landscape

content: river

content: beach

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: Painting

content: Oil on canvas

content: H x W (frame): 100 × 79.7 cm (39 3/8 × 31 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
William Marchant & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
American Art
Rivers
Beaches

content: United States

label: Title

content: Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames

title_sort: SYMPHONY IN GREY: EARLY MORNING, THAMES

title: Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames


content: 13th-14th century

label: Period

content: Kamakura period

content: Wielding a vajra, an implement named for its diamond-like hardness, this deity presents a fearsome image intended to dispel evil thoughts and actions. It probably represents Zao Gongen, a deity especially revered by practitioners of Shugendo, a religious order that conducts ascetic practices in the mountains to attain magical powers, especially those for exorcism and healing. Known as yamabushi, practitioners of Shugendo combine practices of esoteric Buddhism with beliefs in mountains as sacred places, a native Japanese idea that preceded and coexisted with Buddhism.

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Panel List, pg. 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Buddhism

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: vajra

content: Japan

content: yaksa

content: Akshobhya Buddha

content: Vajrapani

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 106.5 x 51.1 cm (41 15/16 x 20 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Yaksa
Art
Vajra
Japanese Art
Akshobhya Buddha
Vajrapani
Kakemono

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Yaksa form of Vajrapani (Blue Fudo)

title_sort: YAKSA FORM OF VAJRAPANI (BLUE FUDO)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Yaksa form of Vajrapani (Blue Fudo)


content: late 15th-early 16th century

content: Muromachi period

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: prayer beads

content: Japan

content: Sui-ten

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: deva

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

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 89.8 x 34 cm (35 3/8 x 13 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: One of the twelve deva: Sui-ten (Varuna)

title_sort: ONE OF THE TWELVE DEVA: SUI-TEN (VARUNA)

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: ca. 2000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement; blade form of irregular, quadrilateral shape; short ends oblique; cutting edge sharp and slightly curved; three conical perforations near upper straight edge; black with traces of dark olive brown; profuse granular pittings; high luster. (Edge chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 641, pg. 157, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (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: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 26.7 × 8.5 × 0.6 cm (10 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 1/4 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

culture:
Longshan 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: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 8

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 G201 state 9 of 9.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: 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

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 29.4 x 20 cm (11 9/16 x 7 7/8 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: The Bridge, Santa Marta

title_sort: THE BRIDGE, SANTA MARTA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Bridge, Santa Marta


label: Date

content: 5th-4th century BCE

label: Period

content: Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1948

content: Jun Tsei Tai (1911-1992), Shanghai, to November 1948 [1]

content: From 1948 to 1949

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York, purchased from Jun Tsei Tai in November 1948 [2]

content: From 1949

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on November 7, 1949 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. 46141: "Gild bronze buckle, curved rounded body with dragon's head hook, entirely covered with floral motives in gold inlaid. Late Chou," C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file.

content: According to an annotation on the stockcard, Loo purchased the object from J. T. Tai in China. Jun Tsei Tai (more commonly known in the West as J. T. Tai), known also as Dai Fubao in Shanghai, was a successful art dealer who was initially based in Shanghai China. Tai became one of C. T. Loo's most prolific suppliers in the 1940s. In 1949, however, J. T. Tai fled with his family to Hong Kong, when Communist leaders came into power. In 1950, he immigrated to New York City, where he established J. T. Tai & Company, a successful company that specialized in the sale of Chinese arts.

content: [2] See C. T. Loo's stockcard cited in note 1. On February 21, 1949, the object was sent to the Freer Gallery for examination.

content: [3] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated November 7, 1949, copy in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Personal Luxuries in Early China (July 7, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

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

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

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

content: Jun Tsei Tai 戴潤齋 (1911-1992)

content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze inlaid with gold

content: H x W x D: 10.6 x 1.8 x 2.2 cm (4 3/16 x 11/16 x 7/8 in)

name:
C. T. Loo & Company
Tai, Jun Tsei

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou) with interlace

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU) WITH INTERLACE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Garment hook (daigou) with interlace


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 198, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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: 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

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 186 x 112.5 cm (73 1/4 x 44 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

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


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han 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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 629, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 5.6 x 3.3 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

content: early 17th-mid 18th century

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

content: Private collection, collected from Wihan Somdet Palace, Ayutthaya, Thailand between 1975 and 1976. [1]

content: From 1992

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

content: Possibly Netherlands

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H x W: 3.1 x 2.6 cm (1 1/4 x 1 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

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

title: Glass fragment


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Jar, ovoidal; flat recessed base; flat unglazed lip; neck broken and repaired.

content: Clay: coarse, fired reddish-brown.

content: Glaze: mottled gray, crackled, milky purplish overflow.

content: Decoration: none.

label: Provenance

content: To 1892

content: Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1892 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1892 [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. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze and trails of wood-ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 24.3 × 19.6 cm (9 9/16 × 7 11/16 in)

label: Style

content: Agano ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan

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

content: Japan

content: Jar

title_sort: JAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Jar


content: late 7th-early 8th century

content: Early or mid-Tang dynasty

content: Box in the form of a clam-shell; silver hinged. Surface: lustrous gray patina, somewhat worn; traces of earthy adhesions on the inside. Decoration: engraved; gold leaf applied to areas in the design.

content: Yamanaka and Company, Boston 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)

content: Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

content: Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

label: Origin

content: Probably Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China

content: repoussé

content: engraving (incising)

content: metal

content: silver

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Container

content: Silver

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 4.6 x 9.3 x 8.2 cm (1 13/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 1/4 in)

place:
Shaanxi province
Xi’an
China

topic:
Repoussé
Silver
Art
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Engraving (incising)
Metal-work

room: Gallery 16

content: China

label: Title

content: Hinged cosmetic box in the form of a clam’s shell with birds and floral scrolls

title_sort: HINGED COSMETIC BOX IN THE FORM OF A CLAM’S SHELL WITH BIRDS AND FLORAL SCROLLS


label: Date

content: ca. 1740s

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Shahji

label: School/Tradition

content: Mewar school

label: Label

content: An inscription in the upper margin in nagari identifies the subject as Rao Sri Ram Chand, ruler of the thikana of Bedla, which was part of the Mewar kingdom. On a canopied swing, the nobleman sits with his arm affectionately draped across his consorts shoulders and holding her hand. It is night, the jewelry and gold-embrodiered garments of Ramchand and his attendants gleam against the dark garden setting.

content: The painting is very much in the style of Amar Singh II (r. 1698-1710) painting, with whom Rao Ramchand was intimately connected as his daughter, Maharani Dev Kunwar, had married the Mewar ruler.

content: To 1969

content: Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi [1]

content: From 1969 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in November 1969 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

content: From 2018

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

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting from Indian Arts Palace, New Delhi in November 1969, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to Ralph Benkaim’s personal records, as relayed by Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

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

content: Indian Arts Palace

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Mewar, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: night

content: woman

content: man

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: attendant

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (painting): 32.4 × 22.3 cm (12 3/4 × 8 3/4 in)

name:
Indian Arts Palace
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Rajasthan state
Mewar
India

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

content: India

content: Rao Ram Chandra of Bedla on a swing

title_sort: RAO RAM CHANDRA OF BEDLA ON A SWING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Rao Ram Chandra of Bedla on a swing