content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

content: To 1913

content: William K. Bixby (1857-1931), St. Louis, MO, to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William K. Bixby in 1913 [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 List of Whistler Purchases since making up the Smithsonian Inventory, 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: Whistler Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)

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

content: William K. Bixby (1857-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: landscape

content: ocean

content: island

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Copper

content: H x W: 14.9 x 26.3 cm (5 7/8 x 10 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bixby, William K.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
American Art
Ocean
Islands
Metal-work

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: The Coast Survey Plate

title_sort: THE COAST SURVEY PLATE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Coast Survey Plate


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty

label: Description

content: A Maitreya triad.

content: Surface: gilded; grayish incrustation and spots of green patina.

content: Decoration: details of ornamentation engraved. Inscription.

label: Inscriptions

content: Translation: "In the 5th year of T'ien Pao Buddhist Liu Li Yu had this image of Kuan-yin made in memory of his deceased parents and brothers."

content: The inscription reads: "Ta Ch'i T'ien-pao wu-nien nien-san-jihh Liu Chi-yu wai ch'i shih hsien wang fu wai wang fu mu hsiung tsao Kuan-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u yuan wang fu mu t'uo-sheng hsien fang ti-tzu so-yuan ju-shih"[Chn].

label: Provenance

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 277, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Sung (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: lion

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: lotus

content: incense

content: Guanyin

content: Maitreya Buddha

content: China

content: mandorla

content: abhaya mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 11.6 × 5.3 × 4.5 cm (4 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sung

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

culture: Buddhists Chinese

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Possibly Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) with attendants

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: POSSIBLY BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN) WITH ATTENDANTS

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 6, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G238 state not provided.

content: To 1892

content: Max Williams Co., New York to 1892 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer, 1854-1919, given by Max Williams Co. in 1892 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file.

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: Max Williams Co. (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 18.5 x 26.3 cm (7 5/16 x 10 3/8 in)

name:
Williams
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: The Little Venice

title_sort: THE LITTLE VENICE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Little Venice


content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Yuan dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Wu Daozi (傳)吳道子 (active ca. 710-760)

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, through Pang Zanchen (1881-1951) and Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), in New York, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1120, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en, no. 2. 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] According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.

content: Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1120, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)

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

content: In Human Form: Images of the Secular and Divine in Chinese Painting (January 31, 1996 to January 7, 1997)

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: fly whisk

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 148.4 x 76.6 cm (58 7/16 x 30 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Fly whisk
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Attendant

culture: Buddhists Chinese Arhats

content: China

content: Luohan Holding a Fly Whisk, with Attendant 拂塵羅漢像

title_sort: LUOHAN HOLDING A FLY WHISK, WITH ATTENDANT 拂塵羅漢像


label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: A yujo sitting outside a brothel and looking at a blank paper. Full color. Signature and seal.

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Kiyonobu no zu.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Kiyonobu.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 188, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Full color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 73 x 32.3 cm (28 3/4 x 12 11/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

title_sort: A YUJO SITTING OUTSIDE A BROTHEL AND LOOKING AT A BLANK PAPER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G19 state 2 of 2.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: dog

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 7.1 x 9 cm (2 13/16 x 3 9/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: The Dog on the Kennel

title_sort: THE DOG ON THE KENNEL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Dog on the Kennel


label: Date

label: Period

content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014), Fustat, Egypt [2]

content: From ? to 1992

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992), possibly purchased from George Scanlon [3]

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

content: Mary Slusser (1918-2017), Washington, DC, by inheritance from the estate of her sister Dorothy Shepherd Payer [4]

content: From 1993

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary Slusser, Washington, DC [5]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] Dr. George Scanlon visited Egypt beginning in 1950. He conducted archaeological excavations in Fustat between 1964 and 1980 through nine seasons. It is possible that he acquired the Fustat sherds during this time period. The card found with the collection states, “ex-collection of George Scanlon 1968, $125 acq'd in Cairo." It is unclear whether George Scanlon acquired these sherds in 1968 or whether the 1968 year refers to when Dorothy Shepherd Payer bought them.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [5] See note 4.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Mary Slusser in memory of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 7.6 x 5.4 cm (3 x 2 1/8 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

name:
Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
Payer, Dorothy Shepherd
Scanlon, George
Slusser, Mary Shepherd

topic:
Sgraffito ware
Art
Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)
Pottery
Arts of the Islamic World
Ceramics

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: sherd, red body, white slip, yellow glaze

title_sort: SHERD, RED BODY, WHITE SLIP, YELLOW GLAZE


content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Yang Riyan (late 11th-early 12th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 31, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

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: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 32.6 x 26.7 cm (12 13/16 x 10 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Resting under willows

title_sort: RESTING UNDER WILLOWS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Resting under willows


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; pale greenish white with specklings and delicate veins of darker green; gouges from circular saw on both sides; surfaces satin smooth but uneven in contours and thickness. (One chip on rim.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1356, pg. 313, 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: 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: Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 17.2 x 1 cm (6 3/4 x 3/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 13th-14th centuries

label: Period

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, and Louise Cort, July 21, 2010, and July 23, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Gilt bronze

content: H x W x D: 6.8 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm (2 11/16 × 7/8 × 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

room: Gallery 14

content: Korea

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Belt ornament

title_sort: BELT ORNAMENT

title: Belt ornament


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Gong Kai 龔開 (1222-1307)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: To 1916

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, through Pang Zanchen (1881-1951) and Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), in New York, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1137, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en, no. 58. 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] According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.

content: Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1137, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1955 (November 17, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: drinking

content: man

content: sleeping

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 104 x 55.1 cm (40 15/16 x 21 11/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Baimiao style
Sleeping
Chinese Art
Food habits
Men
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Napping under Water Reeds

title_sort: NAPPING UNDER WATER REEDS

title: Napping under Water Reeds


label: Date

content: 4th-6th century

label: Period

content: Roman period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

content: Katsukawa Shunko 勝川春好 (1743-1812)

label: Label

content: The kabuki play Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy (Sugawara denju tenarai kagami) relates the story of Sugawara no Michizane (845-903), a courtier and calligrapher who died in exile due to maneuvers by his enemies at court. Here the actor Ichikawa Ebizo III (formerly Ichikawa Danjuro IV, 1712-1778) plays Matsuomaru, a samurai attendant to Fujiwara no Tokijira (871-909), one of the courtiers who plotted against Michizane. With his features fixed in a menacing stare, the actor strikes a pose in a scene of confrontation. The actor wears a courtier's hat and carries a tall umbrella covered with a white case.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 186, pg. 41, as well as Voucher No. 38, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Paintings and Prints (December 8, 2002 to May 26, 2003)

content: Japanese Theatre in the Edo Period (July 22, 1985 to October 15, 1985)

content: Japanese Prints (December 1, 1978 to April 12, 1979)

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: theater

content: Japan

content: actor

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color, lacquer black, and slight gold on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 58.7 x 26.8 cm (23 1/8 x 10 9/16 in)

topic:
Theater
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Actors and actresses
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ukiyo-e
Kakemono

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo III as Matsuomaru in the play Sugawara and the Secrets of Calligraphy

title_sort: THE ACTOR ICHIKAWA EBIZO III AS MATSUOMARU IN THE PLAY SUGAWARA AND THE SECRETS OF CALLIGRAPHY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 2

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G75 state 2 of 2.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 6.8 x 11.4 cm (2 11/16 x 4 1/2 in)

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

content: United States

content: Vauxhall Bridge

title_sort: VAUXHALL BRIDGE

title: Vauxhall Bridge


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: To 1906

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: metal

content: copper

content: woman

content: reading

content: United States

content: American Art

content: lamp

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 16.1 x 12 cm (6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Reading
Art
American Art
Lamps
Woman
Metal-work

content: United States

content: Reading by Lamplight

title_sort: READING BY LAMPLIGHT

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Reading by Lamplight


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G58, state not provided.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Fumette's Bent Head

title_sort: FUMETTE'S BENT HEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fumette's Bent Head


label: Date

content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Bronze List, R. 5184, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 19 x 4.8 cm (7 1/2 x 1 7/8 in)

name:
Abe, S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


content: mid 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Edward S. Hull Jr., New York to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 200, pg. 44, as well as Voucher No. 9, May 1899, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: commerce

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 54.8 x 33.9 cm (21 9/16 x 13 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: River-landscape: lumber yards and rafts

title_sort: RIVER-LANDSCAPE: LUMBER YARDS AND RAFTS

title: River-landscape: lumber yards and rafts


content: 19th century

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 73.2 x 49.9 cm (28 13/16 x 19 5/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Long-armed man stretching

title_sort: LONG-ARMED MAN STRETCHING

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Long-armed man stretching


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 0.9 cm (3/8 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

label: Label

content: The "Three Dusks" or "Three Evening Poems" is a famous group of three poems by three different authors. The poems are recorded in the imperial poetry anthology Shin kokinshu, compiled in the early thirteenth century. The poem below, composed by the Buddhist monk Saigyo (1118-1190), is inscribed on this painting by Kano Tan'yu, one of the leading artists of the seventeenth century.

content: While denying his heart,

content: Even a priest must feel his body knows

content: The depth of a sad beauty:

content: From a marsh at autumn twilight

content: Snipes that rise and wing away.

content: Using only the palest tones of ink and tints of translucent color, Tan'yu has created a subtle and indefinite pictorial image that echoes the mood of the poem. The refined and elegant calligraphy of the inscription is attributed to Imperial Prince Ryosho (1622-1693), who became a Buddhist monk in 1634.

content: Translation by Robert H. Brower and Earl Miner, Japanese Court Poetry (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1961)

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 397, pg. 10, 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: More Than Flowers: Sources of Tradition in Japanese Painting (September 2, 2001 to November 24, 2002)

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

content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to August 1, 1994)

content: Autumn Colors (October 19 to December 20, 1984)

content: Japanese Ceramics from Past to Present (February 18, 1983 to February 16, 1984)

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

content: Japanese Art—Autumn Voices (October 14, 1981 to December 16, 1981)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: snipe

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 30.5 × 44.9 cm (12 × 17 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Snipe Over a Marsh from the Three Dusks

title_sort: SNIPE OVER A MARSH FROM THE THREE DUSKS

title: Snipe Over a Marsh from the Three Dusks


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Recto: a group of Figures around a brazier. Verso: figures in a Chariot.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: Off-white wove paper.

content: In an unidentified street scene drawn from life, Whistler applied his pencil in broad, rapid strokes to capture a glimpse of modern life. A crowd presses around a brazier while a bonneted woman at the left stirs something that is heating. Typically, Whistler suppresses enough detail to make the scene ambiguous, but we may speculate that the woman is a chestnut seller. Whistler created several images of street vendors in various media. His etching of La Mere Gerard depicts an old woman who sold flowers outside the Bal Bullier in Paris (F1898.223). However, unlike the woman at the brazier, the flower seller is isolated, removed from any contextual reference point. Comparison of the two objects illustrates Whistler's budding tendency to simplify his studio work.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

label: Topic

content: commerce

content: woman

content: eating

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 16.5 x 10 cm (6 1/2 x 3 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Food habits
Woman
Business

content: United States

content: A Group of Figures around a Brazier

title_sort: A GROUP OF FIGURES AROUND A BRAZIER

title: A Group of Figures around a Brazier


label: Date

content: 13th century

label: Period

content: Kamakura period

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1107, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 12.3 x 1 cm (4 13/16 x 3/8 in)

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Sculpture
Japanese Art
Metal-work

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mirror


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Water-jar, ovoid. Black lacquer cover.

content: Clay: dense, gray-white.

content: Glaze: brilliant cream, finely crackled in dark brown.

content: Decoration: in black, under glaze.

label: Label

content: The motif of blossoming plum branches on this jar was executed by a painter trained in the style practiced by the Kano workshops of professional painters. Kilns sponsored by warrior domains to produce elite wares for use in obligatory gift exchanges favored the Kano-style designs. The iron pigment on pale clay evokes the Chinese-style ink painting on paper, a specialty of Kano artists.

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: 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: The Arts of Japan (July 14, 2012 to January 13, 2013)

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

content: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

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

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Nakazato kiln, Karatsu, Saga prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Karatsu ware, Kenjo Karatsu type

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron pigment under transparent colorless glaze; lacquered wooden lid

content: H x Diam: 15.4 × 18.2 cm (6 1/16 × 7 3/16 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, Kenjo Karatsu type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

place:
Nakazato kiln
Japan
Saga prefecture
Karatsu

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

content: Japan

content: Tea-ceremony water jar (mizusashi) with design of plum branches, Karatsu ware

title_sort: TEA-CEREMONY WATER JAR (MIZUSASHI) WITH DESIGN OF PLUM BRANCHES, KARATSU WARE


label: Date

content: 17th-18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Deep ovoidal; heavy foot. Repairs of gold lacquer. Also repair on foot--soft material.

content: Clay: coarse, sonorous.

content: Glaze: gray of greenish cast, broadly flushed with pink on exterior; crackled. Pitted and blistered.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 564, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Rakuzan kiln, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Shodai ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Rakuzan ware

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip brushed under wood-ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.6 × 15.3 cm (3 3/8 × 6 in)

content: Possibly Rakuzan or Shodai ware

place:
Japan
Rakuzan kiln

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

content: Japan

content: Tea bowl, possibly Rakuzan ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL, POSSIBLY RAKUZAN WARE

title: Tea bowl, possibly Rakuzan ware


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: A broad sand beach, and water beyond; figures and bathing machines in shallow water; unsigned.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board.

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1886)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: cobalt blue

content: Prussian blue

content: Antwerp blue

content: raw sienna

content: raw umber

content: emerald green

content: zinc white

content: strontium chromate

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: Leitch's blue

content: cadmium sulfide

content: bathing

content: ocean

content: boat

content: beach

content: United States

content: American Art

content: seascape

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 25.3 x 17.7 cm (9 15/16 x 6 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Boats and boating
Art
Antwerp blue
Leitch's blue
Bone black
Zinc white
Beaches
Cadmium sulfide
Cerulean blue
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Seascape
Strontium chromate
Ocean
Prussian blue
Bathing
Cobalt blue
Emerald green
Raw umber

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Bathers

title_sort: THE BATHERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Bathers


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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Anonymous

label: Origin

content: Possibly Netherlands

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H x W: 2.7 x 2.5 cm (1 1/16 x 1 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

title: Glass fragment


content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Yuchi Yiseng (mid-7th–early 8th century)

content: To 1914

content: Dr. John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945), Newton, MA, to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. John Calvin Ferguson 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 937, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama (September 21, 2024 to January 12, 2025)

content: Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)

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

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

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

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

content: John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: worship

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: dancing

content: pipa

content: stupa

content: biwa

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: dancer

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 106.7 x 36.3 cm (42 x 14 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ferguson, John Calvin

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Dancer
Stupa
Biwa
Pipa
Musical instruments
Charles Lang Freer collection
Worship
Dance
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Attendant

content: China

content: Vaisravana, Guardian King of the North

title_sort: VAISRAVANA, GUARDIAN KING OF THE NORTH

title: Vaisravana, Guardian King of the North


content: 1550-1197 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company, in Kyoto, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 893, 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: Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Arhat

content: China

content: halo

content: Chinese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and strong color on silk panel

content: H x W: 140.8 x 78.8 cm (55 7/16 x 31 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Fujita

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

content: China

content: A luohan and an attendant

title_sort: A LUOHAN AND AN ATTENDANT

title: A luohan and an attendant


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea caddy (chaire), elongated pear-shape. Ivory cover.

content: Clay: hard, vibrant, grayish-white.

content: Glaze: gray-white and dark yellow under glaze; heavy overflow of yellow-olive and seal-brown, flecked with white and blue. Red-brown wash on lower body.

content: Weighed by Matsumura Makiko: 110.49 grams.

content: Brown, white, and black glazes applied in layers. Interior glazed. String-cut base (wheel revolving counter-clockwise).

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 733, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

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

content: Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tateno kiln group, Uto or Osato kiln, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: ivory

content: Satsuma ware, Old Chosa type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: iron wash

content: rice-straw-ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with iron wash, rice-straw-ash and iron glazes; ivory lid

content: H x Diam: 8.5 × 5.9 cm (3 3/8 × 2 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, Old Chosa type

place:
Uto
Osato kiln
Tateno kiln group
Japan
Kagoshima prefecture

topic:
Tea
Rice-straw-ash glaze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Satsuma ware, Old Chosa type
Ivory
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Iron wash

content: Japan

content: Satsuma ware tea caddy

title_sort: SATSUMA WARE TEA CADDY

title: Satsuma ware tea caddy


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides and slightly oblique; mottled shades of cream, tan, yellow, and cloudy black; three shallow saw marks on one surface and some strata cracks; cream-white areas of incipient disintegration. (Rim has several old smoothed chipped areas.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1354, pg. 313, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 14 x 1.5 cm (5 1/2 x 9/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4 cm (1 9/16 in)

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 11th-12th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See S.I. 1264, Appendix VIII, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Korean Art, 1958 (July 10, 1958 to April 15, 1959)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: landscape

content: building

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: figure

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 21.5 x 1 cm (8 7/16 x 3/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Mirror with dragon, cassia tree, and pavilion design

title_sort: MIRROR WITH DRAGON, CASSIA TREE, AND PAVILION DESIGN

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Early Tang dynasty

label: Description

content: Standing Bodhisattva Guanyin (Sanskrit Avalokitesvara)

content: Detachable shield.

content: Surface: Gilded; areas of green patina and grayish earth incrustation. Inscription.

label: Provenance

content: To 1913

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 410, 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: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Special Exhibit for King and Queen of Nepal (April 26, 1960 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Art (July 19, 1958 to April 26, 1960)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Guanyin

content: China

content: kundika

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D: 24.9 x 8.8 x 5.9 cm (9 13/16 x 3 7/16 x 2 5/16 in)

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Kundika
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Bodhisattva
Metal-work
Guanyin

room: Gallery 17

content: China

content: Standing Bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara)

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVA GUANYIN (AVALOKITESHVARA)


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

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

label: Label

content: This handscroll presents a virtual anthology of the typical images and stock characters found on a Chinese river. At right, a woman and young lad pole along the gentle current behind a scholar-fisherman and his serving boy who are angling in midriver. On the far bank, a herdboy rides a water buffalo followed by a calf, and a wood gatherer rests by the stream as a woman appears around the hill carrying another load. At left, four small boats filled with fishermen and young boys have drawn together to take refreshment while one of them plays a bamboo flute. From the left, another scholar-fisherman approaches in his boat. Reeds and drying fishing nets line the foreground, where an open, thatch-roofed pavilion occupies a small promontory. The air is clear and fresh and vegetation lush and full, and everyone seems healthy and content.

content: Near center, beneath the trunk of a large, green-leafed tree, the spurious signature of the Southern Song dynasty painter Ma Yuan (late 12th-early 13th century) appears.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 698, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: water buffalo

content: fishing

content: music

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: river

content: boat

content: flute

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.6 x 173.9 cm (7 5/16 x 68 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Music
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Rivers
Fishing
Flute
Water buffalo

content: China

label: Title

content: Life on the river

title_sort: LIFE ON THE RIVER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Life on the river


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G237 state 1 of 17.

label: Provenance

content: To 1908

content: E. Gottschalk, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from E. Gottschalk in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 7, 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: E. Gottschalk (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: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.9 x 30.2 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Gottschalk, E.

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

content: United States

content: San Biagio

title_sort: SAN BIAGIO

label: Thumbnail Image

title: San Biagio


label: Date

content: ca. 12th-11th century BCE

label: Period

content: Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Fragment of a "kuei."

content: Surface: mingled dark and lighter green.

content: Decoration: in low and high relief, and engraved.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1182, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x Diam: 14.4 × 5.2 cm (5 11/16 × 2 1/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Fragment of a wine vessel (ku)

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A WINE VESSEL (KU)

title: Fragment of a wine vessel (ku)


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Roughly cylindrical bead form with longitudinal perforation irregularly and conically bored from both sides leaving slight median ridge; broadly mottled brown, golden tan, and greenish gray; surface smooth except for small pits. (Old smoothed break on rim.) One of a set of nine; see F1916.384 and F1916.759 to F1916.766.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1026 C, pg. 223, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is one of a group of nine beads that were purchased together (F1916.384 and F1916.759- .766).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: 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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Cylindrical bead

title_sort: CYLINDRICAL BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Cylindrical bead


content: Ming dynasty

label: Label

content: After the blending of the Three Philosophies--Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism--was initiated in the tenth century, the interpretation of this unity became an increasing popular theme in painting during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). In this work, Confucius approaches from the right, folding his hands in a bow to Shakyamuni Buddha, who wears a red robe and can be easily identified by his ushinisha, a cranial protuberance symbolizing wisdom. Holding a roll of his Daodejing (The Classic of the Way and Virtue), Laozi stands behind Shakyamuni with a warm smile across his face. The depiction of the three founders in such harmony conveys a thought prevalent during the mid-Ming period, when this painting was created.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1281, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 79.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Daoism

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Confucius

content: Laozi

content: China

content: Shakyamuni

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 61.5 x 59.9 cm (24 3/16 x 23 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Confucius
Shakyamuni
Daoism
Laozi
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Sakyamuni, Lao Tzu, and Confucius

title_sort: SAKYAMUNI, LAO TZU, AND CONFUCIUS

title: Sakyamuni, Lao Tzu, and Confucius


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: From 1876 to 1892

content: Frederick Richards Leyland (1831-1892), London, from 1876 [1]

content: From 1892 to 1894

content: Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland, London, from 1892 [2]

content: From 1894 to 1904

content: Mrs. James Watney (Blanche Marie Georgiana Burrell Watney), London, purchased from the Estate of Frederick Richards Leyland in 1894 [3]

content: Obach & Co., London, purchased from Mrs. James Watney, through Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, London, in 1904 [4]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [5]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [6]

content: Notes:

content: [1] These panels were removed from a staircase in Frederick Richard Leyland's house, 49 Prince's Gate, London (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record). When Frederick Richard Leyland died in 1892, 49 Prince's Gate - and its contents - was offered for sale.

content: Leyland's porcelains and other treasures were sold. The house - which still contained these stair panels, as well as the famous Peacock Room - did not bring a high enough offer and it was withdrawn from sale. It was finally purchased in 1894 by Mrs. James (Blanche) Watney. Upon discovering that the Peacock Room could be taken apart and reassembled, Mrs. Watney decided to sell the room. In 1903, Mrs. Watney engaged Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries in Leicester Square as agents. Unable to purchase, dismantle, and reassemble the room on their own, Ernest Brown, one of principals, enlisted the cooperation of Obach & Co., a larger gallery on New Bond Street. In 1904, Charles Lang Freer purchased the Peacock Room from Obach & Co., and soon thereafter purchased these stair panels (see Curatorial Remark 5, David Park Curry, 1984, in the object record). See also, F1904.61, Curatorial Remarks and Provenance, for more information.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See note 1. Also, the exact nature of the transactions between Mrs. Watney, Messrs. Brown and Phillips of the Leicester Galleries, and Obach & Co. is somewhat unclear. Messrs. Brown and Phillips appear to have acted simply as agents for Mrs. Watney, facilitating the sale of architectural fragments of 49 Prince's Gate, from Mrs. Watney to Obach & Co.

content: Obach & Co. appear to have been full owners of these pieces, having purchased them from Mrs. Watney before selling them to Freer.

content: [5] See notes 1 and 4.

content: [6] 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: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Decorator (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: morning glory

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Oil paint and metal leaf on wood

content: H x W: 58.5 x 42.6 cm (23 1/16 x 16 3/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Morning glory

content: United States

content: Staircase panel

title_sort: STAIRCASE PANEL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Staircase panel


content: 6th-5th century BCE

label: Period

content: Late Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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 40, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: 17th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 19.7 x 12.3 cm (7 3/4 x 4 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Portrait of an officer

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER

title: Portrait of an officer


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 17th-18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Gu Fuzhen (1634-ca. 1716)

content: To 1915

content: Lee Kee Son, San Francisco, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lee Kee Son in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 971, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Lee Kee Son (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: autumn

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 78.1 x 42 cm (30 3/4 x 16 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Son, Lee Kee

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Autumn
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

label: Title

content: Parting from a Friend under Autumn Trees

title_sort: PARTING FROM A FRIEND UNDER AUTUMN TREES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG