label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing and Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang 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. 223, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Ta Ge Shang (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: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 7 x 11.7 cm (2 3/4 x 4 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

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

content: China

content: Mask (fragment)

title_sort: MASK (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mask (fragment)


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: incising

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean 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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 1.9 x 0.8 cm (3/4 x 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

type: Country

content: Korea

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Ornament: gourd-shaped bottle

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: ORNAMENT: GOURD-SHAPED BOTTLE

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ornament: gourd-shaped bottle


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1905

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 260, pg. 142, 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: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: man

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: shore

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 50.9 x 115.7 cm (20 1/16 x 45 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

content: An amusement resort at the seashore

title_sort: AN AMUSEMENT RESORT AT THE SEASHORE

title: An amusement resort at the seashore


content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Boju (ca. 1120s-ca.1162)

label: Description

content: Small rocks, trees and tall pines rendered in ink and light color appear in the foreground. In the middle portion of the composition a scholar attended by a servant is seen leaning against a railing. Behind the scholar is a low couch with a small screen and a plain, concave ceramic (?) pillow at one end. Through the window at the right, another servant can be seen arranging objects on a table. Plants and ducks in the inner courtyards are visible through the open doorways. A narrow horizontal band of blue fabric hangs above the rolled spotted bamboo blinds. Tile roofs, wooden framework and pine trees form a dramatic pattern in the upper section of the painting.

label: Signatures

content: A four-character signature (Qianli Boju) purporting to be that of Zhao Boju (active 12th-century) appears on the lower right edge of the composition.

content: Above Pang Yuanji's seal there are three small oval holes in the silk that may have resulted when an earlier signature was removed and replaced by that purporting to be by Zhao Boju.

label: Marks

content: In the upper right corner of the painting is an impression of the small two-character seal Shaoxing - each character enclosed within a separate square. A seal with these two characters was used by Gaozong (reigned 1127-1162), the first Southern Song ruler; Shaoxing was the last of Gaozong's three reign-titles (1131-1162). All but one of the eight characters in a large rectangular at the lower left are decipherable: Wujiang Shi Minggu shending. Shi Minggu (Shi Jian 1434-1496) was a well-known Ming dynasty connoisseur who had a large number of early calligraphies and paintings in his collection. Another large rectangular seal, this one having six characters: Yangchaotang shuhua yin, affixed in the lower right corner of the painting provides a studio name; this seal also may belong to Shi Minggu.

content: A small rectangular six-character seal reading, Xuzhai shending mingji, affixed in the lower right corner of the painting provides the studio name Xuzhai, indicating that the scroll originally was in the collection of the Shanghai collector, Pang Yuanji (1864-1949).

label: Provenance

content: Shi Minggu (1434-1496), Wujiang, Jiangsu province. [1]

content: To 1916

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai. [2]

content: From 1916 to 1970

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, purchased from Pang Yuanji in 1916. [3]

content: From 1970 to 1998

content: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1914-2001), Armonk, NY, by descent from her mother Agnes E. Meyer.

content: From 1998

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz. [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] The Ming connoisseur Shi Minggu’s collector seal is located on the painting.

content: [2] The painting was published and illustrated in Pang Yuanji’s catalogue, Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P’ang Lai Ch’en, vol. 1 (Shanghai, Privately published by Pang Yuanji, 1916), no. 23: “Ts’ao Po Chü [Zhao Boju], Pines in the Court.” A seal with Pang Yuanji’s study name, Xuzhai, is located on the paining.

content: [3] In 1916 Pang Yuanji, with the assistance of Pang Zanchen and Seaouke Yue, sent a group of paintings illustrated in Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P’ang Lai Ch’en catalogue to New York and showed them to Charles Lang Freer. See Ingrid Larsen, “‘Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures’: Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum,” Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), p. 23. Freer made a selection of paintings for his collection and advised Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer as well as Louisine Havemeyer with their acquisitions. Freer’s copy of the 1916 Pang catalogue includes penciled annotations indicating that this painting was purchased by Agnes E. Meyer.

content: [4] See Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz’s Deed of Gift, dated February 5, 1998, copy in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Shi Minggu (1434-1496)

content: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)

content: China

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: wind

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Collection of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer. Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art

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

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 93.1 × 56.4 cm (36 11/16 × 22 3/16 in)

name:
Minggu, Shi
Lorentz, Elizabeth Meyer
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Pine tree
Wind
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Wind in the Courtyard Pines

title_sort: WIND IN THE COURTYARD PINES

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wind in the Courtyard Pines


content: Edo period

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

content: Contains signature.

content: Contains one seal.

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 List, L. 156, pg. 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: mountain

content: river

content: boat

content: Japan

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and tint on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 114.4 x 47 cm (45 1/16 x 18 1/2 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Trees
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Rivers
Kakemono

content: Japan

label: Title

content: River landscape

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE

title: River landscape


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 998, 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: Cranes and Clouds: The Korean Art of Ceramic Inlay (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

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: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: carp

content: lotus

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 2.4 x 1.8 cm (15/16 x 11/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Ornament: lotus and carp ((pair with F1916.754)

title_sort: ORNAMENT: LOTUS AND CARP ((PAIR WITH F1916.754)

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Boju (ca. 1120s-ca.1162)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 823, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 156 x 103.9 cm (61 7/16 x 40 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

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

content: China

content: River landscape: mountains, pine-trees, and buildings

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE: MOUNTAINS, PINE-TREES, AND BUILDINGS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, intermed. 3-4

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 G109 state 5 of 11.

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

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), probably purchased from the Deprez and Gutekunst Hutchinson Sale, London, March 5, 1892 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note in the Accession File, Collections Management office, for details on Charles Lang Freer's probable purchase of this object at the Deprez and Gutekunst Hutchinson Sale. See also, Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 20.8 x 13.2 cm (8 3/16 x 5 3/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Draped Model

title_sort: DRAPED MODEL

title: Draped Model


label: Date

label: Period

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: robe

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 49.8 x 73 cm (19 5/8 x 28 3/4 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Man wringing out his robe

title_sort: MAN WRINGING OUT HIS ROBE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Man wringing out his robe


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: insect

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bamboo

content: frog

content: garden

content: China

content: rock

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 27.7 x 61.7 cm (10 7/8 x 24 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Frogs
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Insects
Chinese Art
Rocks
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Gardens
Bamboo

content: China

content: Bamboo, frog, and insects

title_sort: BAMBOO, FROG, AND INSECTS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bamboo, frog, and insects


content: 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See item X81, pg. 56 in “Part IV, List 2: A Complete List of Objects in the Bishop Collection” from Sarah L. Newmeyer’s Interim Report (1976), copy in the Carl Whiting Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

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

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

content: [3] Curatorial Remark 2 and 4 in the object record. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection (Bishop Collection) to the permanent collection in August 8, 1974.

content: Also see note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 6 x 3.7 cm (2 3/8 x 1 7/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Two interlocked rings

title_sort: TWO INTERLOCKED RINGS

title: Two interlocked rings


label: Date

content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Li Demao (late 12th-early 13th century)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

label: Label

content: Two eagles, having both staked claims to the same sturdy tree branch, maintain unwavering stances, each appearing ready to confront the other, if provoked. Eagles became associated with noble characters during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). A complete rebus paired an eagle (ying) with a bear (xiong) to form the word for hero (yingxiong). However, many artists considered the eagle's natural characteristics sufficient for conveying a message of heroism.

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1212, 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: Beyond Brushwork: Symbolism in Chinese Painting (April 29 to November 26, 2006)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: eagle

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 109.6 x 87 cm (43 1/8 x 34 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Two Hawks on a Barren Bough

title_sort: TWO HAWKS ON A BARREN BOUGH

title: Two Hawks on a Barren Bough


content: 17th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

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: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink, slight color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 16.3 x 10.1 cm (6 7/16 x 4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: A Hindu and three Mahometans

title_sort: A HINDU AND THREE MAHOMETANS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Hindu and three Mahometans


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1896

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

content: From 1896 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Copper

content: H x W: 11.5 x 15.3 cm (4 1/2 x 6 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Etching plate: Early Morning, Battersea

title_sort: ETCHING PLATE: EARLY MORNING, BATTERSEA

title: Etching plate: Early Morning, Battersea


content: late 16th-early 17th century

label: Period

content: Momoyama period

content: Kano Mitsunobu (ca. 1565-1608)

label: School/Tradition

content: Kano

label: Label

content: The scenes on these screens are based on a Chinese poem, "Song of Everlasting Sorrow," by Bo Juyi (772-846). The poem, which tells the tragic story of Tang dynasty emperor Ming Huang (Xuanzong) and his love for his concubine Yang Guifei, was known in Japan since the tenth century. The story is told in episodes beginning in the lower right corner of the left screen and moving in a circular, counterclockwise direction. At the top of the left screen, a party is held as the An Lushan rebellion begins; Yang Guifei perished in the uprising. In the upper right of the right screen, the emperor is alone after the uprising ends.

label: Provenance

content: To 1901

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, S.I 42, L. 48, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Screens (February 6 to August 19, 2013)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: concubine

content: Japan

content: emperor

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 173.8 x 381.8 cm (68 7/16 x 150 5/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Concubine
Japanese Art
Kings and rulers

content: Japan

content: Scenes from the life of the Ming Huang Emperor and Yang Guifei (one of a pair with F1901.20)

title_sort: SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE MING HUANG EMPEROR AND YANG GUIFEI (ONE OF A PAIR WITH F1901.20)


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1064, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze with silver inlay

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

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Tally in the form of a tiger (fragment)

title_sort: TALLY IN THE FORM OF A TIGER (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tally in the form of a tiger (fragment)


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

content: Reportedly excavated in Korea [1]

content: To 1917

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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, Louise Cort, April 5, 2010, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in th eobject record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: glass

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H x W: 2.2 x 1.2 cm (7/8 x 1/2 in)

topic:
Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Korean Art

content: Korea

content: Bead in the shape of a gourd

title_sort: BEAD IN THE SHAPE OF A GOURD

title: Bead in the shape of a gourd


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: plant

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: butterfly

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (overall): 22.4 x 46.2 cm (8 13/16 x 18 3/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: A butterfly and a flowering plant

title_sort: A BUTTERFLY AND A FLOWERING PLANT

title: A butterfly and a flowering plant


label: Date

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: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

room: Gallery 20

building: Freer

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Eye-bead pendant

title_sort: EYE-BEAD PENDANT

title: Eye-bead pendant


content: 12th-13th century

label: Description

content: Fragment of a wall-tile (about one-third missing).

content: Clay: soft, grayish.

content: Glaze: silicious, colorless on relief portions, with silvery iridescence; dark-blue ground, crackled.

content: Decoration: modelled in relief; part of an inscription.

label: Inscriptions

content: Contains partial inscription.

content: To 1910

content: Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company, Aleppo, Syria, to 1910 [1]

content: From 1910 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company in 1910 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2065, as well as Voucher No. 44, May 1910, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Raqqa, Syria

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Architectural Element

content: Stone-paste moulded and decorated with glaze

content: H x W: 30.4 x 24.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Raqqa ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Marcopoli, Vincenzo

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Wall tile (fragment)

title_sort: WALL TILE (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wall tile (fragment)


label: Date

content: ca. 1300-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 882, pg. 192, 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: Ancient Chinese Jade (September 4, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Anyang, Probably Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 6.5 × 5.4 × 0.4 cm (2 9/16 × 2 1/8 × 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

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

content: China

content: Broad chisel (gui 圭) , fragment

title_sort: BROAD CHISEL (GUI 圭) , FRAGMENT

title: Broad chisel (gui 圭) , fragment


content: 5th-3rd century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Orvar Karlbeck (1879-1967)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

label: Type

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 41.2 x 41.2 cm (16 1/4 x 16 1/4 in)

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Sword

title_sort: SWORD

title: Sword


content: Momoyama period

label: Description

content: Deep cylindrical cup (mukozuke), low, square-cut, unglazed foot, lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: gray stoneware fired reddish brown where unglazed.

content: Glaze: gray, pitted, very slight crackle.

content: Decoration: grasses and birds painted in iron brown under glaze.

content: To 1898

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore 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. 397, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

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

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

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Taku kilns, Taku, Saga prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: wood-ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron decoration under wood-ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 9.9 × 7.7 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, E-Karatsu type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Taku
Taku kilns
Japan
Saga prefecture

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Lacquer repair
Karatsu ware, E-karatsu type
Stoneware
Wood-ash glaze
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Karatsu ware individual food-serving cup, E-Karatsu type

title_sort: KARATSU WARE INDIVIDUAL FOOD-SERVING CUP, E-KARATSU TYPE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

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 G215 state 1 of 2.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 22, January 1905, 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: Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

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

content: United States

content: Long Lagoon

title_sort: LONG LAGOON

title: Long Lagoon


label: Period

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

content: Studio of Hai Shan-sen [1]

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [2]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] An Envelope File note by Ma Su, dated 1917, states: "Label on cover of the album reads: 'Album of T'ang and Sung Painters. These pictures at one time belonged to the Studio of Hai Shan-sen, a well-known Ching Art Studio'" (see Curatorial Remark 5, H. E. Buckman, 1963, in the object record).

content: [2] See Original Album List, S.I. 36A, pg. 50, 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: Studio of Hai Shan-sen

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: slit tapestry

content: tapestry

content: silk (fiber)

content: peony

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: butterfly

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 24.7 x 27.7 cm (9 3/4 x 10 7/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang
Studio of Hai Shan-sen

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Peony
Animals
Silk (fiber)
Insects
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Slit tapestry
Butterflies

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Tapestry: a peony and butterfly

title_sort: TAPESTRY: A PEONY AND BUTTERFLY

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Tapestry: a peony and butterfly


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Off the Beaten Path: Early Works by James McNeill Whistler (September 28, 2013 to September 28, 2014)

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

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: portrait

content: washing

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on white paper

content: H x W: 15.1 x 9.8 cm (5 15/16 x 3 7/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Washing

content: United States

content: Blanchissage a Cologne

title_sort: BLANCHISSAGE A COLOGNE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Blanchissage a Cologne


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.4 cm (3/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 8

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G235 state 11 of 11.

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

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [2]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remarks 1 and 3 in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: work

content: Italy

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.4 x 14.9 cm (8 13/16 x 5 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hutchinson, Joshua Hutchinson

place:
United States
Italy

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

content: Italy

content: United States

content: Bead Stringers

title_sort: BEAD STRINGERS

title: Bead Stringers


label: Date

content: 9th century BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Lee Chiao San, Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 198, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Lee Chiao San (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Musical Instrument

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 24.8 x 13.5 cm (9 3/4 x 5 5/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
San, Lee Chiao
Freer, Charles Lang

content: China

label: Title

content: Bell (yong zhong)

title_sort: BELL (YONG ZHONG)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bell (yong zhong)


content: 2nd century?

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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Glass

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G78 state 4 of 5.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: 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: drypoint

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 10.1 x 12.5 cm (4 x 4 15/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Millbank

title_sort: MILLBANK

title: Millbank


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: 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

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Model for a rice pounder. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: soft, red, resonant.

content: Glaze: green, iridescent; largely disintegrated.

label: Provenance

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1534, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: rice

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Model

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 6.9 x 18.6 cm (2 11/16 x 7 5/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Tomb model of a foot-powered mill

title_sort: TOMB MODEL OF A FOOT-POWERED MILL

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tomb model of a foot-powered mill


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: A nocturnal view of Amsterdam in winter with figures skating in the center and foreground, and a building and trees indicated in distance; signed with the butterfly at lower right.

label: Signatures

content: Black butterfly in lower right quadrant

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board. Two sets of graphite sight marks in the upper corners. Single sight mark in the lower left corner.

content: To 1904

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936), to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 19, 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: Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

content: The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)

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

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

content: Whistler—Landscapes and Seascapes (October 14, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (Spring or Autumn of 1904)

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

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: crop marks

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: raw umber

content: iron oxide red

content: zinc white

content: chrome yellow

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: cadmium sulfide

content: winter

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 20.3 x 27.3 cm (8 x 10 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Cowan, John James

topic:
Crop marks
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Cadmium sulfide
Cerulean blue
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
Winter
American Art
Raw sienna
Chrome yellow
Prussian blue
Raw umber
Burnt sienna

content: United States

content: Nocturne: Amsterdam in Winter

title_sort: NOCTURNE: AMSTERDAM IN WINTER

title: Nocturne: Amsterdam in Winter


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Mori Sosen (1747-1821)

content: Contains signature.

label: Marks

content: Contains one seal.

label: Provenance

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 List, L. 124, pg. 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: peacock

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

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 99.6 × 39.7 cm (39 3/16 × 15 5/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Peacock

title_sort: PEACOCK

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Peacock


label: Date

content: Edo period

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 and Makimono List, L. 448, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: playing

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: makimono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 30.8 x 666.7 cm (12 1/8 x 262 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Outdoor pastimes

title_sort: OUTDOOR PASTIMES

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Outdoor pastimes


content: 11th-12th century

label: Description

content: Vessel, ovoidal, with a bell-shaped finial; two loop handles and short spout.

content: Clay: soft, buff-white.

content: Glaze: turquoise green, crackled and partly disintegrated; dull iridescence.

content: To 1905

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 49, March 1905, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Raqqa, Syria

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted with glaze

content: H x W: 22.9 x 22.9 cm (9 x 9 in)

label: Style

content: Raqqa ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

content: Vessel

title_sort: VESSEL

title: Vessel


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Signatures

content: Signed: Gakyo Rojin Manji hitsu Yowai hachi-ju (aged 80 years).

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

label: Label

content: Mount Fuji may be the most widely recognized symbol of Japan. The mountain and its name carry many meanings that are conveyed in Japanese by writing "Fuji" with different characters, such as a pair meaning "peerless." The highest mountain in Japan, Fuji's imminent power is contained in its seething volcanic core, hidden beneath its perennial cloak of snow. Regarded as sacred, Mount Fuji has been a site for religious pilgrimage, and ancient stories maintain that an elixir of immortality could be found at its peak. This painting frames the mountain in the bend of a willow that extends over a rushing stream. A young boy nestles in the tree, playing a flute while gazing at the mountain. This tranquil and engaging view of Fuji was one of hundreds produced by Hokusai during his lifetime. Here, at the age of nearly eighty, the artist gives visual form to his quest for long life by portraying a young boy in the thrall of the immortal mountain.

content: A prolific and technically proficient painter, Hokusai had a special sympathy for common people, whom he often depicted in his paintings, prints, and illustrations for printed books. Here he employs thin washes of color almost without outline to bring forth the familiar form of the great volcanic mountain.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), Japan, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa, through Edward S. Hull Jr., New York 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 List, L. 170, pg. 37, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Famous Places of Japan (October 17, 1985 to February 13, 1986)

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—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to September 20, 1971)

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

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

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Mount Fuji

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 07: Japanese Art from the 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

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 36.2 x 51.3 cm (14 1/4 x 20 3/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 07

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Boy Viewing Mount Fuji

title_sort: BOY VIEWING MOUNT FUJI

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Boy Viewing Mount Fuji


label: Date

content: ca. late 11th-early 10th century BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, 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. 193, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Writing, Carving and Rubbing: China’s Calligraphic Arts (April 4 to October 25, 2009)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 15.9 x 26.5 cm (6 1/4 x 10 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

content: China

content: Ritual grain server (gui) with masks

title_sort: RITUAL GRAIN SERVER (GUI) WITH MASKS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ritual grain server (gui) with masks


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G119 state 3 of 3.

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: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room (July 13, 2024 to January 21, 2027)

content: James McNeill Whistler (January 2, 1985 to June 23, 1986)

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: drypoint

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 16.4 x 12.1 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/4 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Little Velvet Dress

title_sort: THE LITTLE VELVET DRESS

title: The Little Velvet Dress


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: [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: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: goose

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: moon

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (album mount): 59 x 36.7 cm (23 1/4 x 14 7/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Goose
Moon
Outer space
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Goose flying in front of the moon

title_sort: GOOSE FLYING IN FRONT OF THE MOON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Goose flying in front of the moon


label: Date

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 135, pg. 52, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)

content: shrine

content: stupa

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 28.9 x 13.4 x 14 cm (11 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Shrine
Art
Chinese Art
Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
Stone
Stupa

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Small stupa

title_sort: SMALL STUPA

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Small stupa


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 3

label: Label

content: In his 1883 Arrangement in White and Yellow exhibition, Whistler positioned Regent’s Quadrant immediately following Little Court, powerfully contrasting the humble courtyard with an elegant commercial thoroughfare familiar to his wealthy clients. Regent’s Quadrant (1814–25) was one of the city’s first planned developments. The area’s cramped shops were eventually deemed restrictive to commerce, and by 1895, it was entirely redeveloped. None of the original buildings in Whistler’s etching survived.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G242 state 7 of 7.

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: commerce

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 16.3 x 12 cm (6 7/16 x 4 3/4 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Regent's Quadrant

title_sort: REGENT'S QUADRANT

title: Regent's Quadrant


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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead; scarab-like

title_sort: BEAD; SCARAB-LIKE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead; scarab-like


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

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: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 1645

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Shah Jahan

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Description

content: Portrait of a standing man, wearing white and holding a sword and shield, against a green background.

label: Inscriptions

content: Beside the figure is written: [Sanskrit] Asalat Khan

content: To 1929

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

content: From 1929

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

content: India

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)

content: India

content: shield

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 16.1 x 9.2 cm (6 5/16 x 3 5/8 in)

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Reign of Shah Jahan (1628 - 1658)
Art
Shield
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Portraits

content: India

label: Title

content: Portrait of Asalat Khan

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF ASALAT KHAN

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

title: Portrait of Asalat Khan