label: Date

content: 1864-1870; additions 1870-1879

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Four women on a balcony overlooking the river.

content: Signature at lower left.

label: Signatures

content: Signature - the Butterfly, at lower left.

label: Label

content: A pivotal work in Whistler's oeuvre, this painting stands between his fanciful costume works such as Caprice in Purple and Gold and the more fully realized synthesis of Japanese art evident in the Nocturnes of the 1870s. English models dressed in kimonos pose on a balcony overlooking the river Thames and the industrial neighbourhood of Battersea on the opposite shore. The factory smokestacks are veiled in atmospheric mist, and the adjacent slag heap (a monument of industrial waste) evokes images of Mount Fuji by Japanese artists Utagawa Hiroshige and Katsushika Hokusai. Butterflies, a symbol of metamorphosis, link the foreground fantasy to the real world beyond the balcony. Beginning with this painting, Whistler signed his work with a butterfly instead of his name, thereby linking himself and Victorian London to imaginative visions of Japan.

label: Provenance

content: G.G. Cavafy, purchased from the artist, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) [1]

content: To 1892

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1892 [2]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1892 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remarks 3 and 4, S. Hobbs, 1977, in the object record.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

content: Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)

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

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

content: American Art - James McNeill Whistler (May 9, 1993 to June 30, 1997)

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Portraits and Figure Painting by James McNeill Whistler (October 2, 1972 to May 2, 1973)

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

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

content: American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Watercolors, Oil Paintings, and Pastels (January 20, 1944 to October 13, 1947)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, University of Michigan Club, Detroit, 1914 (1914)

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: Ausstellung Amerikanischer Kunst (March 17 to April 17, 1910)

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

content: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Society of American Artists, 1903 (1903)

content: Autumn Exhibition (October 28 to November 18, 1902)

content: Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901)

content: Second Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute (November 4, 1897 to January 1, 1898)

content: Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces (March through April, 1892)

content: Retrospective Exhibition (December 5 to 25, 1892)

content: Exposition Universelle (May 6 to October 31, 1889)

content: Grosvenor Gallery Summer Exhibition (Summer 1878)

content: The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts: The One Hundred and Second (1870)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: G. G. Cavafy

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: shamisen

content: United States

content: ukiyo-e

content: American Art

content: model

content: balcony

content: kimono

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 11: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Oil on wood panel

content: H x W (painting): 61.4 × 48.5 cm (24 3/16 × 19 1/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Shamisen
American Art
Balconies
Models (representations)
Kimono
Ukiyo-e

content: United States

content: Variations in Flesh Colour and Green - The Balcony

title_sort: VARIATIONS IN FLESH COLOUR AND GREEN - THE BALCONY

label: High-resolution TIFF


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: 16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1098, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: demon

content: Zhong Kui

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: ceremony

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 190.8 x 104.1 cm (75 1/8 x 41 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Rites and ceremonies
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Zhong Kui
Chinese Art
Demon
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

room: Gallery 13

building: Freer

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Expelling Demons from the House

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: EXPELLING DEMONS FROM THE HOUSE

type: Images

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Expelling Demons from the House


label: Date

content: 19th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhou Wenju (傳)周文矩 (active mid-10th century)

label: Label

content: In primordial times, the legendary hunter Yi once received the elixir of immortality from the great goddess, the Queen Mother of the West. Before he could consume the elixir, however, Yi's wife Chang'e (or Heng'e) stole the concoction and ingested it herself, thereby becoming an immortal. Fearing her husband's wrath, Chang'e fled to the moon, where she dwells for eternity in the Palace of Boundless Cold. Among the many denizens of the moon, the white rabbit, seen beside her on the terrace, is generally shown preparing the elixir of immortality with a mortar and pestle.

content: This fan painting bears a spurious signature of the tenth-century court painter, Zhou Wenju, who was famous for his depictions of elegant palace ladies. Despite this general thematic relationship to Zhou's work, the fan is a much later painting by a talented artist of the late-Ming dynasty (1368-1644).

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 29, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Tales of the Brush: Chinese Painting with Literary Themes (February 9 to July 27, 2008)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: rabbit

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: woman

content: cloud

content: palace

content: Chang'e

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 29.5 x 29.1 cm (11 5/8 x 11 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Chang'e
Rabbits
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Palace
Chinese Art
Cloud
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Woman

exhibitionTitle: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 13: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China

content: China

content: The Goddess Chang'e in the Lunar Palace

title_sort: THE GODDESS CHANG'E IN THE LUNAR PALACE

title: The Goddess Chang'e in the Lunar Palace


content: ca. 1680-1690

content: Attributed to the Master of Style II of the ‘Shangri’ Ramayana

label: School/Tradition

content: Kulu school

label: Description

content: The scene takes place outside Ayodhya, in the uncultivated forest zone where ascetics dwell. The boys raise their hands respectfully as they listen to the divine sage Vishvamitra, who has brought them to the forest zone in order to kill the demons who disturb holy men. Vishvamitra wears an animal skin over one shoulder and carries a water pot (kundika). With their bows and arrows slung across their bodies, the brothers have long wavy sideburns, large lotus-shaped eyes, and richly colored jamas. All three figures bear red Vaishnava tilaks (forehead marks). The landscape is a glowing field of golden yellow, sandwiched between a thin strip of cloudy sky and a narrow band of tufted grass. A deep maroon river borders the foreground. With its shaggy tufts of dark green, the tree is made marvelous by a vine of absolutely massive fig leaves.

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscribed on the reverse in Nagari: Bala; and the numeral 47 in nagari and takri script.

content: Raja Raghbir Singh, Shangri, Kullu Valley, India.

content: To 1964

content: Ray E. Lewis (1923-2005), San Francisco, California. [1]

content: From 1964 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Ray E. Lewis. [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [3]

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [4]

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in December 1964 from R.E. Lewis Gallery of San Francisco, eight years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government. This according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Raja Raghbir Singh

content: R. E. Lewis, Inc. (active 1952-1999)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Bahu or Jammu, Himachal Pradesh state, India

label: Topic

content: Ramayana

content: Rama

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Vishvamitra

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W (painting): 19 × 29.2 cm (7 1/2 × 11 1/2 in)

content: H x W (overall): 22.2 × 32.4 cm (8 3/4 × 12 3/4 in)

name:
Singh, Raghbir
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Lewis, Raymond E.

place:
Bahu
Himachal Pradesh state
Jammu
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Ramayana
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Vishvamitra

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Rama and Lakshman with the sage Vishvamitra, from a Ramayana

title_sort: RAMA AND LAKSHMAN WITH THE SAGE VISHVAMITRA, FROM A RAMAYANA

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G238 state 1 of 2.

content: To 1892

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

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Max Williams Co. in 1892 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Purchase voucher is dated September 2, 1892 (see Accession File, Collections Management Office).

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 18.3 x 26.5 cm (7 3/16 x 10 7/16 in)

name:
Williams
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Little Venice

title_sort: THE LITTLE VENICE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Little Venice


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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.8 cm (5/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 17th century?

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1109, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: eagle

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk panel

content: H x W: 103.6 x 61 cm (40 13/16 x 24 in)

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

content: China

content: A White eagle on a pine branch

title_sort: A WHITE EAGLE ON A PINE BRANCH

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: A White eagle on a pine branch


content: 5th-4th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

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

content: To 1924

content: Orvar Karlbeck. [2]

content: From 1924

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 46.8 x 46.8 cm (18 7/16 x 18 7/16 in)

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Sword

title_sort: SWORD

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Sword


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Drawings, pg. 2, 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: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: butterfly

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Pencil and Chinese white on cardboard

content: H x W: 16.8 x 11.4 cm (6 5/8 x 4 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Insects
American Art
Butterflies

content: United States

content: Whistler's Butterfly

title_sort: WHISTLER'S BUTTERFLY

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Whistler's Butterfly


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 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 G214 state 4 of 5.

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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: American Paintings, Etchings, and Lithographs. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: water

content: boat

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: Data Source

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.8 x 30.3 cm (8 3/16 x 11 15/16 in)

place:
United States
Italy

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

content: Italy

content: United States

content: San Giorgio

title_sort: SAN GIORGIO

title: San Giorgio


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

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

content: To 1918

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

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 1380, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Hara Tomitaro (1868-1939) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 68.8 x 30 cm (27 1/16 x 11 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomitaro, Hara

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

content: China

content: A Branch of loquats

title_sort: A BRANCH OF LOQUATS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: A Branch of loquats


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 585, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 19.9 x 4.9 cm (7 13/16 x 1 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Chariot fitting: axle cap

title_sort: CHARIOT FITTING: AXLE CAP

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Chariot fitting: axle cap


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Clay: hard, dense. Dark gray on surface, lighter gray on worn areas around edge of base.

content: Glaze: black and very dark greenish-brown, splashed with yellow. Interior glazed.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 727, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Heiji kiln, Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: ivory

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron glaze; ivory lid

content: H x Diam: 7.3 × 6.5 cm (2 7/8 × 2 9/16 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Seto
Heiji kiln

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ivory
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Brown and black glaze
Ceramics
Seto ware

content: Japan

content: Tea caddy, katatsuki type

title_sort: TEA CADDY, KATATSUKI TYPE

title: Tea caddy, katatsuki type


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ogawa Ritsuo (1663-1747)

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Ukanshi Ritsuo hitsu.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Ritsuo.

content: To 1896

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screens and Panels List, S.I. 98, pg. 1, 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: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 57.5 x 166.5 cm (22 5/8 x 65 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

content: Low screen with design of textile fragments

title_sort: LOW SCREEN WITH DESIGN OF TEXTILE FRAGMENTS


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-19 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: fish

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of an inlay with fish design

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY WITH FISH DESIGN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of an inlay with fish design


content: 15th-16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

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

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 Reserved Panel List, R. 1220, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: mountain

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 140.1 x 75.8 cm (55 3/16 x 29 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Landscape: a mountain gorge, a stream, buildings and people

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: A MOUNTAIN GORGE, A STREAM, BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE


content: 1st century or later

content: Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment. Mosaic technique: columnar rods. Yellowish-buff in translucent green matrix.

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: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

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: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3 cm (1 3/16 in)

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 35, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

room: Gallery 20

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Button bead


content: 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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: pilgrimage

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (sheet & image): 26.7 × 37.3 cm (10 1/2 × 14 11/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Studies of lame pilgrims

title_sort: STUDIES OF LAME PILGRIMS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Studies of lame pilgrims


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated at Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do province, 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, and Louise Cort, July 23, 2010, in the object record).

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

content: glass

content: fish

content: flower

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Lead-silicate glass

content: H x W (overall): 1.9 x 2.5 cm (3/4 x 1 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Ornament: fish and water plants (fragment with F1917.480, pair with F1917.479)

title_sort: ORNAMENT: FISH AND WATER PLANTS (FRAGMENT WITH F1917.480, PAIR WITH F1917.479)


label: Period

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Tokyo, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: turtle

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 73.2 x 49.8 cm (28 13/16 x 19 5/8 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Swimming turtle amongst sea-weeds

title_sort: SWIMMING TURTLE AMONGST SEA-WEEDS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Swimming turtle amongst sea-weeds


content: 6th-5th century BCE

content: Late Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 1.1 cm (7/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, cylindrical

title_sort: BEAD, CYLINDRICAL

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead, cylindrical


label: Date

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.8 cm (5/16 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

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1251, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bull

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 5.4 x 7.2 cm (2 1/8 x 2 13/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a standing bull

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A STANDING BULL

title: Ornament in the form of a standing bull


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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Dong Yuan (傳)董源 (died 962)

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1152, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: boat

content: travel

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 157.6 x 89.5 cm (62 1/16 x 35 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Description and travel
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Boats and boating
Art
Winter
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Winter landscape: travelers at a ferry

title_sort: WINTER LANDSCAPE: TRAVELERS AT A FERRY

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Winter landscape: travelers at a ferry


label: Date

content: 13th-14th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 997, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

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: 3.1 x 2.2 cm (1 1/4 x 7/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Belt ornament (part of a group of ten: F1916.428-429, 726-730, 740, 743-744)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 182, pg. 142, 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: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: girl

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 93.7 × 34.9 cm (36 7/8 × 13 3/4 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Two peasant girls beating cloth outside a house

title_sort: TWO PEASANT GIRLS BEATING CLOTH OUTSIDE A HOUSE


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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 0.8 cm (5/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead, melon-shaped

title_sort: BEAD, MELON-SHAPED

title: Bead, melon-shaped


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Bowl with low foot and straight vertical lip. Lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: hard pinkish stoneware, fired red on surface.

content: Glaze: brownish light gray, crackled.

content: Decoration: underglaze sketching in crude cobalt: landscape motifs.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 523, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Japanese Art: Paintings and Pottery (July 1, 1966 to May 2, 1973)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Sasebo, Kihara or Hasami, Saga or Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: landscape

content: Kihara ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: porcelain

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Hasami ware

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

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Coarse porcelain with cobalt decoration under translucent glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 7.1 × 10.8 cm (2 13/16 × 4 1/4 in)

label: Style

content: Kihara or Hasami ware

place:
Sasebo
Nagasaki prefecture
Japan
Kihara or Hasami
Saga

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Kihara ware
Porcelain
Art
Lacquer repair
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics
Hasami ware

room: Gallery 07

content: Japan

content: Bowl, Kihara or Hasami ware

title_sort: BOWL, KIHARA OR HASAMI WARE

title: Bowl, Kihara or Hasami ware


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Provenance

content: Excavated in Hsia-hsi, Chekiang [1]

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 8, J. Murray, 1982, "A review of the Original Miscellaneous list shows this object was excavated in Hsiaki, Chekiang."

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1045, pg. 233, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 6.5 x 9.5 x 9.4 cm (2 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 3 11/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

content: Two-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks

title_sort: TWO-TIER TUBE (CONG 琮) WITH MASKS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Two-tier tube (cong 琮) with masks


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G117 state 1 of 7.

content: To 1889

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1889 [1]

content: From 1889 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1889 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Purchased on December 30, 1889 (see Accession File, Collections Management Office).

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

content: Peacock Room REMIX: Darren Waterston's "Filthy Lucre" (May 16, 2015 to June 4, 2017)

content: Whistler and the Leylands (July 3, 1998 to June 6, 1999)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 11: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 27.9 x 20.3 cm (11 x 8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint
Woman

room: Gallery 11

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Velvet Dress (Mrs. Leyland)

title_sort: THE VELVET DRESS (MRS. LEYLAND)

title: The Velvet Dress (Mrs. Leyland)


content: ca. 1605-1610

label: School/Tradition

content: perhaps Marwar school

label: Inscriptions

content: Recto inscription in devanagari script: Praful sapt chad malya dhari … yuva ch gauro salochan sri. vinihi sratra vasre grahat pragyati. vilasivesho lalit pradishtah. Lalit Ragini

content: The hero holds a a garland of seven blooming flowers (saptchad). He is young and fair with beautiful eyes. He leaves the house early morning in a (self-indulgent) state (remnant of the passionate night) and looks extremely beautiful. Lalit Ragini

content: A lady sleeps in a bedchamber while her lover, holding a garland in each hand, steals away, glancing back longingly.

content: Raga (Sanskrit, color or passion) is the term for a classical music mode, a set framework for improvisation. Having originated in the first millennium, ragas were systematized and classified during the thirteenth through sixteenth century, they were classified into ragamalas, meaning garlands of musical modes. A common system recognized six raga husbands, each "married" to five ragini wives for a total of thirty-six "families." Families of musical modes sometimes included sons or ragaputras as well. By the fifteenth century, ragas had become associated with specific moods, times, seasons, affective properties, deities, lovers, and heroes. Around 1590-1620, illustrated ragamala series became a favorite subject for Rajput patrons, as well as for some Mughals, such as Abd-ur Rahim, patron of the Freer Ramayana and the Laud Ragamala. Specific iconographies were developed for depicting each mode. These formulae lent themselves to variations, which were sometimes dependent on region.

content: Illustrated ragas evoke mood and engender feeling, as do musical compositions. But the connection seems to be indirect. Although some connoisseurs of music may have internally "heard" a composition when viewing its image, ragamalas were probably more broadly valued for their poetic and pictorial pleasures. The commission of a ragamala series would also have been understood as a sign of a patron's cultivated sensibility.

label: Provenance

content: To 1969

content: Sundaram, New Delhi [1]

content: From 1969 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased from Sundaram, New Delhi in November in 1969 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information from Catherin Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Sundaram (India, active 1960's)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: perhaps Marwar, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: flower

content: woman

content: man

content: ragamala

content: pavilion

content: garden

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (painting): 17.2 × 12.4 cm (6 3/4 × 4 7/8 in)

content: H x W (overall): 21.3 × 15 cm (8 3/8 × 5 15/16 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Sundaram

place:
perhaps Marwar
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
Pavilion
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Flowers
Ragamala
Gardens
Woman

content: India

content: Lalit Ragini, folio from a Ragamala

title_sort: LALIT RAGINI, FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA

title: Lalit Ragini, folio from a Ragamala


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

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

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: ca. 1600-1400 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period or early Shang dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement of the type kuei [gui] 圭; long, wide form with bevelled end and perforation above handle; mottled pale cream and dark reddish brown with traces of black; smooth surface. (Slightly chipped, gouge at end of handle.)

content: To 1915

content: Huang Zhonghui (circa 1870- after 1923), to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 657, pg. 157, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remarks.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Huang Zhonghui 黃中慧 (ca. 1870-after 1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Erligang period, Early Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1400 BCE)

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 33.5 x 7.1 x 1.3 cm (13 3/16 x 2 13/16 x 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Huang, Zhonghui

content: China

content: Forked blade (zhang 璋)

title_sort: FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋)

title: Forked blade (zhang 璋)


content: ca. 1200-1050 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty, middle to late Anyang period

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "fang-i," with cover. Part of the foot rim missing. A tiny hole in one side.

content: Carved wood stand.

content: Surface: rich malachite green patina over brown. One area of blue.

content: Decoration: in low and high relief and engraved. An engraved two-character inscription inside the bottom, with the same occurring in the cover in relief.

label: Inscriptions

content: 2-character inscription.

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 689, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: dragon

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

content: wine

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 21.8 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tonying and Company

content: China

label: Title

content: Square lidded ritual wine container with lid (fangyi)

title_sort: SQUARE LIDDED RITUAL WINE CONTAINER WITH LID (FANGYI)


label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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: Syria

content: mosaic glass

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

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass

content: Bead, cylindrical

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, cylindrical


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 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 G216 state 3 of 4.

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: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: Italy

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.7 x 15.3 cm (8 15/16 x 6 in)

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

content: Italy

content: United States

content: The Little Lagoon

title_sort: THE LITTLE LAGOON

title: The Little Lagoon


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

label: Topic

content: marbling

content: wine

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: princess

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 14.7 x 9.8 cm (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

topic:
Wine and wine making
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Princess
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Marbling

content: India

content: Princess with wine cup

title_sort: PRINCESS WITH WINE CUP

title: Princess with wine cup


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 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 G73, state not provided.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 22.6 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Potrait of a man

title_sort: POTRAIT OF A MAN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Potrait of a man


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 107, pg. 32, 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: 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: flower

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color, ink, and silver on paper

content: H x W: 84.2 x 191.7 cm (33 1/8 x 75 1/2 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Running water, autumn grasses and flowers

title_sort: RUNNING WATER, AUTUMN GRASSES AND FLOWERS


label: Date

content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1293, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 18.5 x 1.2 cm (7 5/16 x 1/2 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.3 cm (1 11/16 in)

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Yong 趙雍 (1291-1361)

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 29, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: bird

content: pine tree

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bamboo

content: mountain

content: river

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: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Color on silk

content: H x W (overall): 39.5 x 64.8 cm (15 9/16 x 25 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Pine tree
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Birds
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers
Bamboo

content: China

label: Title

content: Landscape: a mountain brook, a pine, bamboo and blue-jays

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: A MOUNTAIN BROOK, A PINE, BAMBOO AND BLUE-JAYS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: ca. 5000-1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Narrow ring with wide perforation and flat sides, possibly a bracelet; mottled yellow, orange, and reddish brown; proportions irregular; some areas of gray incipient disintegration. (Rim slightly chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in Shensi [1]

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]

content: To 1917

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [3]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [4]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states: "Said to have been excavated in Shensi, and to have belonged to the Viceroy Tuan Fang."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1327, pg. 304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

content: [5] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x Diam: 1.6 x 8.6 cm (5/8 x 3 3/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in)

date:
BCE 5000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

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

content: China

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bracelet


label: Date

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: [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: 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: water

content: river

content: boat

content: United States

content: American 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: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Pencil on white paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15.5 x 17 cm (6 1/8 x 6 11/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Près de Mayence

title_sort: PRÈS DE MAYENCE

title: Près de Mayence


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)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Jar, globular; large, deep fool. Black lacquer cover.

content: Clay: hard, fine.

content: Glaze: white darkening to deep cream, crackled in brown.

content: Decoration: in blue, under glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1897

content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897), New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at auction, the Dana Collection Sale, American Art Galleries, New York February 24-26, 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 133, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1. This object was probably No. 27 in the Dana Collection sale catalogue (see Curatorial Remark 10, Louise Cort, July 18, 2005, in the object record).

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles A. Dana (1819-1897)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Saga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Arita ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: porcelain

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Porcelain with cobalt decoration under clear colorless glaze

content: H x Diam: 11.3 × 15.2 cm (4 7/16 × 6 in)

label: Style

content: Arita ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Dana, Charles A.

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Porcelain
Art
Arita ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Jar with "octopus vinescroll" decoration

title_sort: JAR WITH "OCTOPUS VINESCROLL" DECORATION


label: Date

content: 404-399 BCE

content: Late Period

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1871, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian 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: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glazed clay

content: H x W: 6.9 x 3.6 cm (2 11/16 x 1 7/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Egg-shaped ornament

title_sort: EGG-SHAPED ORNAMENT

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Egg-shaped ornament