content: early 17th-mid 18th century

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

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

content: From 1992

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Anonymous

content: Possibly Netherlands

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

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

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H x W: 4.1 x 2.2 cm (1 5/8 x 7/8 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

title: Glass fragment


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 14, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: bird

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: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam (overall): 0.7 cm (1/4 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

type: Country

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of a rod for slicing

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A ROD FOR SLICING

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a rod for slicing


content: 4th century?

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: Diam: 2.2 cm (7/8 in)

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead, spherical, with inwardly rounded bore

title_sort: BEAD, SPHERICAL, WITH INWARDLY ROUNDED BORE


label: Date

content: possibly modern; or 5th-4th century BCE

label: Period

content: Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1933

content: Wells, Inc., New York to 1933 [1]

content: From 1933

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Wells, Inc., New York in 1933 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Wells, Inc.

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: chasing

content: repoussé

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: iron

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Iron, gold, inlaid with jade

content: H x W: 6.9 x 6.4 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: "Sleeve-weight" in the form of a plaque

title_sort: "SLEEVE-WEIGHT" IN THE FORM OF A PLAQUE

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

title: "Sleeve-weight" in the form of a plaque


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Like the prints in Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, this painting records a scene from everyday life in a modern city. Perhaps inspired by the vantage point of his second-story window, Whistler adopted the bird's-eye perspective typical of Hiroshige prints, in which distant objects appear high in the composition. The artist's view in 1872 would have encompassed the construction of the Chelsea Embankment, an enormous enterprise to reclaim acres of mud from the river and build massive, granite-faced walls and landing stages along the Thames; Whistler incorporated the construction fence and a newly planted sapling in his composition.

content: To 1902

content: John James Cowan (1846-1936), Edinburgh, Scotland, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan in December 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Beyond the Legacy--Anniversary Acquisitions of the Freer Gallery of Art (October 11, 1998 to April 11, 1999)

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 1834-1903 (February 6, 1985 to March 4, 1986)

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

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

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, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing, A.H. Thayer, D.W. Tryon, J.A.McNeill Whistler (February 10 to 26, 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: Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces (March through April, 1892)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: water

content: river

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Oil on canvas

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (frame): 82 × 62.7 cm (32 5/16 × 24 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Cowan, John James

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Store front
Rivers

content: United States

content: Variations in Pink and Grey: Chelsea

title_sort: VARIATIONS IN PINK AND GREY: CHELSEA

title: Variations in Pink and Grey: Chelsea


content: late12th-early 13th century

label: Description

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Glaze: turquoise-green, crackled, almost completely covered by an iridescent patina of partial disintegration.

content: To 1908

content: Aziez Khayat, New York to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Aziez Khayat in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 33, October 1908, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1857, 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: Aziez Khayat (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Raqqa, Syria

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x W x D: 34.8 x 34.5 x 4.7 cm (13 11/16 x 13 9/16 x 1 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Raqqa ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Khayat, Aziez

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

culture: Muslims Syrians

label: Title

content: Tile, large, square; one corner restored with plaster

title_sort: TILE, LARGE, SQUARE; ONE CORNER RESTORED WITH PLASTER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

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: 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. 973, 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: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with silver inlay

content: H x W: 4.6 x 6.7 cm (1 13/16 x 2 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

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

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

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


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 G353 state 1 of 1.

content: From at least 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), from at least 1906 [1]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, pg. 97, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also, according to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "No further details of purchase having been recorded, the etching was given a registration number for the year 1906, when the Smithsonian Inventory was printed."

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: playing

content: child

content: woman

content: beach

content: umbrella

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.1 x 18.2 cm (3 3/16 x 7 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Playing
American Art
Umbrellas
Children
Beaches
Woman
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Beach, Ostend

title_sort: THE BEACH, OSTEND

title: The Beach, Ostend


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. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: cooking

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 on white paper

content: H x W: 19.3 x 14.2 cm (7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Cooking
American Art

content: United States

label: Title

content: A Kitchen at Lutzelbourg

title_sort: A KITCHEN AT LUTZELBOURG

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: A Kitchen at Lutzelbourg


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Recto: A young woman sitting on a sofa, smoking a cigarette. Verso: head.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: Off-white wove paper.

content: The model in this facile drawing wears a stylish dress with frogging and slashed sleeves. Her cigarettes, as well as her hairstyle and her evident youth, recall Whistler's drawing of Nelly Ionides, although she may also be Fumette or some other model. Whistler's early interest in fashion and the relaxed conventions of studio life are evident.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: woman

content: smoking

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 15.5 x 9.9 cm (6 1/8 x 3 7/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Woman
Smoking

content: United States

content: Seated woman, smoking

title_sort: SEATED WOMAN, SMOKING

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Seated woman, smoking


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, intermed. 2-3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G116 state 3 of 5.

content: To 1893

content: Max Williams Co., New York to 1893 [1]

content: From 1893 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Max Williams Co. in 1893 [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.

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: Max Williams Co. (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: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 13.9 x 10.1 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in)

name:
Williams
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint

content: United States

content: The Letter (Maud, seated)

title_sort: THE LETTER (MAUD, SEATED)

title: The Letter (Maud, seated)


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

content: To 1905

content: H.R. Yamamoto, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H.R. Yamamoto in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 517, pg. 143, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: H. R. Yamamoto (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: wolf

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: demon

content: tantra

content: Japan

content: priest

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W: 152.5 x 251.4 cm (60 1/16 x 99 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamamoto, H. R.

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A Priest (Kōbō Daishi) practicing the Tantra, a demon before him, and a wolf behind

title_sort: A PRIEST (KŌBŌ DAISHI) PRACTICING THE TANTRA, A DEMON BEFORE HIM, AND A WOLF BEHIND

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: Possibly Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Jiang Shen (ca. 1090-1138)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: ox

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: cart

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 20.7 x 27.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 13/16 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Winter landscape: ox-carts on the road

title_sort: WINTER LANDSCAPE: OX-CARTS ON THE ROAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Winter landscape: ox-carts on the road


content: 4th-6th 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: glass

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H: 1.2 cm (1/2 in)

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G189 state 2 of 3.

content: Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge (circa 1845 - 1924), Glasgow, Scotland [1]

content: To 1903

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in 1903 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] An undated folder sheet note in the object file states "MacGeorge Collection Stamp (B.M. enclosed in an oblong) on the back" (see Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record). Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge's Whistler collection "was sold in 1902 to H. Wunderlich and Co." (according to The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, University of Glasgow).

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, pg. 101, Voucher No. 3, March 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Bertrand Buchanan MacGeorge (ca. 1845-1924)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

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

name:
MacGeorge, Bertrand Buchanan
Freer, Charles Lang
H. Wunderlich & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Architecture
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

label: Title

content: Venetian Court

title_sort: VENETIAN COURT

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Venetian Court


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 6, 1

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K52; first state of four.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G62 state 1 of 6.

label: Provenance

content: Sir William Drake (1817 - 1890), London [1]

content: Seymour Haden (1818 - 1910), London [2]

content: Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (circa 1829 - 1891), London [3]

content: To 1892

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., New York to 1892 [4]

content: From 1892 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co., New York, in 1892 [5]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] A note in the Accession List states: "From F. Keppel Co., N.Y., Hutchinson Coll. (2 imp.)" (see Accession List, Collections Managament Office).

content: [4] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, note 3.

content: [5] See note 4.

content: [6] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 17 x 13.7 cm (6 11/16 x 5 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

content: J. Becquet, Sculptor

title_sort: J. BECQUET, SCULPTOR

label: Screen Image

title: J. Becquet, Sculptor


content: early 13th century

label: Period

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

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 Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware painted under glaze

content: H x W x D: 2.2 x 7 x 7 cm (7/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in)

topic:
Art
Pottery
Arts of the Islamic World
Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragment with a winged quadruped

title_sort: FRAGMENT WITH A WINGED QUADRUPED

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment with a winged quadruped


label: Date

content: 17th century

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

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. 30, S.I. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: mountain

content: palace

content: lake

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 29 x 25.7 cm (11 7/16 x 10 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Mountains
Blue-and-green style
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Palace
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Lakes
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Landscape: a palace between lake and mountains

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: A PALACE BETWEEN LAKE AND MOUNTAINS


content: first half 17th century

content: Edo period

label: Label

content: This pair of six-panel folding screens depicts assorted women's garments draped over two folding screens. The stylish kosode, forerunners of the kimono, were sewn from black silk with stenciled gold-leaf decoration. Red silk linings show at the robes' edges.

content: The scene probably represents luxurious goods belonging to a fashionable female entertainer in Kyoto. The garments show the efflorescence of textile decoration that paralleled the popularity of decorated Shino and Oribe wares from Mino. A screen like this one would have been displayed in a house of entertainment or in the home of a warrior or wealthy merchant, where Mino ceramics would also have been used to serve meals and tea.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906), Washington, DC, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Waggaman Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 25-February 3, 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, pg. 29, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016)

content: Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)

content: Kyoto Ceramics (November 9, 1984 to April 25, 1985)

content: Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)

content: American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: geisha

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Gold and color on paper

content: H x W (.17): 158.9 x 353.2 cm (62 9/16 x 139 1/16 in)

content: H x W (.18): 150.6 x 353.1 cm (59 5/16 x 139 in)

name:
Waggaman, Thomas E.
American Art Association
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Garments hung on screens

title_sort: GARMENTS HUNG ON SCREENS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Garments hung on screens


content: 12th century

label: Period

content: Heian period

content: To 1909

content: Y. Fujita and Company, Kyoto, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Y. Fujita and Company 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 Bronze List, S.I. 170, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Y. Fujita and Company (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Heian period (794 - 1185)

content: lotus

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

label: Medium

content: Wood

content: H (overall): 87.2 cm (34 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Fujita

topic:
Heian period (794 - 1185)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Wood
Japanese Art
Lotus

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Buddhist sculpture

title_sort: BUDDHIST SCULPTURE

label: Screen Image

title: Buddhist sculpture


label: Date

content: ca. 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 920, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)

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: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 14.1 x 2.3 cm (5 9/16 x 7/8 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Fitting (fragment)

title_sort: FITTING (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fitting (fragment)


content: late 3rd century BCE-early 3rd century CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: A fragmentary model (positive) for casting a pear-shaped ornament in metal.

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Unglazed.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2461, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Model

content: Unglazed earthenware

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 2.5 x 6.5 cm (1 x 2 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Fragmentary model (positive) for casting a pear-shaped ornament in metal

title_sort: FRAGMENTARY MODEL (POSITIVE) FOR CASTING A PEAR-SHAPED ORNAMENT IN METAL


content: 30 BCE-395 CE

label: Period

content: Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, hexagonal

title_sort: BEAD, HEXAGONAL

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead, hexagonal


label: Date

content: 15th century?

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Hu Shunchen (12th century)

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 998, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: mountain

content: river

content: boat

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 134.6 x 81 cm (53 x 31 7/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Mountains and Streams after Clearing Snow, in the style of Guo Xi

title_sort: MOUNTAINS AND STREAMS AFTER CLEARING SNOW, IN THE STYLE OF GUO XI

label: Screen Image


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Mme. Florine Langweil (1861-1958), Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mme. Florine Langweil in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 936, pg. 13, 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: Mme. Florine Langweil (1861-1958) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Amitabha Buddha

content: shrine

content: Japan

content: mandorla

content: Pure Land Buddhism

content: varada mudra

content: anjali mudra

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Wood

content: H x W x D (open): 72.7 x 53.5 x 23.5 cm (28 5/8 x 21 1/16 x 9 1/4 in)

name:
Langweil, Florine
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Shrine
Art
Mandorla
Wood
Pure Land Buddhism
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Amitabha Buddha
Japanese Art
Varada mudra
Anjali mudra

content: Japan

content: Amitabha (Amida), contained within a closed shrine

title_sort: AMITABHA (AMIDA), CONTAINED WITHIN A CLOSED SHRINE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Period

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 351, pg. 87, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japan Fine Arts Association, 1900 (1900)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: peony

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 127.3 × 54.5 cm (50 1/8 × 21 7/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A Seated Man Looking at Potted Peonies

title_sort: A SEATED MAN LOOKING AT POTTED PEONIES

title: A Seated Man Looking at Potted Peonies


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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: Edo 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 in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 194, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: floral patterns

content: painting (image-making)

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: chrysanthemum

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

label: Medium

content: Silk

content: H x W: 20 x 110 cm (7 7/8 x 43 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk's robe, patched. Kesa

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

label: Screen Image


label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 282, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: China

content: Shakyamuni

content: Prabhutaratna Buddha

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 12.2 × 6.3 × 3.1 cm (4 13/16 × 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Shakyamuni
Chinese Art
Prabhutaratna Buddha
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: The Buddhas Duobao (Sanskrit Prabhutaratna) and Sakyamuni

title_sort: THE BUDDHAS DUOBAO (SANSKRIT PRABHUTARATNA) AND SAKYAMUNI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 10th century BCE

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "chih."

content: Surface: green patina and brownish earth incrustation.

content: Decoration: in low relief and engraved. Inscription of eight characters inside bottom.

label: Inscriptions

content: 8-character inscription.

content: To 1919

content: Tonying and Company, New York to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1387, 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: 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

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

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

content: wine

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 12.1 x 11 cm (4 3/4 x 4 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tonying and Company

content: China

label: Title

content: Ritual wine cup (zhi) with birds

title_sort: RITUAL WINE CUP (ZHI) WITH BIRDS

title: Ritual wine cup (zhi) with birds


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 G301 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

content: Samuda Collection [1]

content: To 1902

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1902 [2]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1902 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Samuda collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: child

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 6.7 x 9.9 cm (2 5/8 x 3 7/8 in)

name:
Samuda collection
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

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

content: United States

content: Children, Portsmouth

title_sort: CHILDREN, PORTSMOUTH

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Children, Portsmouth


content: ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides leaving slight median ridge; finely mottled reddish browns with one greenish streak of much harder material (jade [?]); satin smooth surface, irregular proportions in diameter and thickness. (Rim chipped.)

content: Possibly excavated in Lo-yang, Honan [1]

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), 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: Notes:

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

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1055, pg. 235, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 13.1 × 0.8 cm (5 3/16 × 5/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 2nd century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G24 state 3 of 4.

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

content: To 1890

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1890 [2]

content: From 1890 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1890 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See List of Whistler Objects Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This image was purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in January 1890, but kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the main collection and given a registration number for that year.

content: The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 12.8 x 9 cm (5 1/16 x 3 9/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: La Mère Gérard

title_sort: LA MÈRE GÉRARD

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: La Mère Gérard


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: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: mid 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Description

content: Signature and kakihan.

label: Signatures

content: Contains signature.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 130, pg. 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: winter

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: snow

content: Japan

content: umbrella

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: girl

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color, ink, and gold on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 92.7 x 30 cm (36 1/2 x 11 13/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A Girl and a man walking in the snow

title_sort: A GIRL AND A MAN WALKING IN THE SNOW

title: A Girl and a man walking in the snow


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1930

content: C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo and Company, New York, NY, in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated Folder Sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

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

label: Origin

content: Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 6.6 x 5.6 x 0.6 cm (2 5/8 x 2 3/16 x 1/4 in)

place:
China
Jincun
Henan province

topic:
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Carving
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Incising
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Head ornament with geometric decoration

title_sort: HEAD ORNAMENT WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Head ornament with geometric decoration


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: From 1876 to 1892

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

content: From 1892 to 1894

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

content: From 1894 to 1904

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

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

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

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

content: [5] See notes 1 and 4.

content: [6] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: flower

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: Painting

label: Medium

content: Oil paint and metal leaf on wood

content: H x W: 49.7 x 32.8 cm (19 9/16 x 12 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Flowers

content: United States

content: Staircase panel

title_sort: STAIRCASE PANEL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Staircase panel


label: Period

content: Edo 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 in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 187, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 157.7 x 31.2 cm (62 1/16 x 12 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK

title: Brocade, silk


content: circa 900-1400

content: To 1981

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981). [1]

content: From 1981 to 1988

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, bequeathed by Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981) in 1981. [2]

content: From 1988 to 1995

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection, transferred from Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1988. [3]

content: From 1995

content: Freer Gallery of Art, transferred from Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection to the Freer Study Collection in 1995. [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

content: [4] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

label: Origin

content: Syria?

label: Topic

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Transfer from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Bequest of Joseph H. Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian Institution, 1981

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Blown and enameled glass

content: H x W x D (overall): 3.8 x 2.8 x 0.7 cm (1 1/2 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in)

name:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Enamel and enameling
Blow molding
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
Glassblowing

content: Islamic Glass Fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 18.7 x 5.7 x 1 cm (7 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 3/8 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Scissors

title_sort: SCISSORS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Scissors


content: ca. 1100-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

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

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 247, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: 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 Diam: 20.8 × 5.1 cm (8 3/16 × 2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Riu Gu

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

content: Axle cap with dragons, one of a pair

title_sort: AXLE CAP WITH DRAGONS, ONE OF A PAIR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Axle cap with dragons, one of a pair


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1896

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

content: From 1896 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Copper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 15.4 x 22.9 cm (6 1/16 x 9 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

label: Title

content: Etching plate: Black Lion Wharf

title_sort: ETCHING PLATE: BLACK LION WHARF

title: Etching plate: Black Lion Wharf


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G236 state 1 of 2.

content: Colnaghi, London, purchased at a sale at Hotel Drouot, Paris, June 7, 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colnaghi in the summer of 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record, a note in Mr. Freer's handwriting, in pencil on the back of the object, states: "From the sale at the Hotel Drouot, June 7/05.

content: Deprez bo't for me." See also, List of Whistler Reserved Objects Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object was kept in the Reserved section until January of 1921, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and given a registration number for that year. Later, the registration number was changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Colnaghi (established 1760) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: woman

content: architecture

content: turkey

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.5 x 13 cm (8 1/16 x 5 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Colnaghi

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

culture: Americans Turks

content: United States

content: Turkeys

title_sort: TURKEYS

title: Turkeys


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Lin (active early to mid-13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1285, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: snow

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 151.4 x 68.9 cm (59 5/8 x 27 1/8 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

content: Birds and plum-blossoms in the snow

title_sort: BIRDS AND PLUM-BLOSSOMS IN THE SNOW

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Birds and plum-blossoms in the snow


label: Date

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1272, 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: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: slit tapestry

content: painting (image-making)

content: tapestry

content: silk (fiber)

content: bird

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bamboo

content: bathing

content: dove

content: China

content: rock

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Hanging scroll; color on silk panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 79.8 × 43.5 cm (31 7/16 × 17 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Birds
Painting (image-making)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Animals
Rocks
Dove
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Bathing
Bamboo
Slit tapestry

content: China

label: Title

content: Tapestry: doves bathing in a bowl; rocks and bamboos

title_sort: TAPESTRY: DOVES BATHING IN A BOWL; ROCKS AND BAMBOOS


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)

label: Label

content: While scenes of everyday family life are rare in Chinese painting, the families of ordinary fishermen are frequently shown both at work and leisure. Generally depicted leading a healthy, carefree existence with the bounty of nature at their feet, fishing families came to symbolize the welfare enjoyed by society under the aegis of an enlightened ruler. Starting in the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279), such depictions became a subgenre of their own, known as "the joys of fishermen." In this typical example, several families moor closely together by a riverbank behind a screen of drying nets. With the day's work done, the men are drinking and relaxing. One man conceals something behind his back, as the fellow opposite stretches out his hand, wishing to see it. Three of the women attend young children, while a fourth washes a cup over the side of a boat. Nearby, two older children take fish from a large bamboo basket and drop them into a pot.

content: The five paintings seen here illustrating activities on the rivers of China were created by and for members of the educated elite. From their perspective, the common fisherman, surrounded by and working in harmony with his family and friends, led an enviably simple existence untroubled by outside issues and events. Accordingly, fishermen frequently appear in settings that emphasize the cooperative and communal nature of their livelihood.

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1158, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: woman

content: boat

content: eating

content: family

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 101.9 x 47.6 cm (40 1/8 x 18 3/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Food habits
Family
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Fishing
Woman

content: China

content: Fisher folk moored under trees

title_sort: FISHER FOLK MOORED UNDER TREES

title: Fisher folk moored under trees


content: 475-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: From 1991

content: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of John Hadley Cox [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See “Listing of Objects offered to the FGA by Mr. John Hadley Cox,” September 12, 1991, copy in object file.

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005) was an educator and a collector of Chinese archaeological ceramic, pottery, and bronze vessels, predominantly from the Changsha region of Hunan Province in South Central China. Upon graduating from Yale University in 1935 (B.A.), he spent two years teaching at Yale University's Yale-in-China program in Changsha. Whilst in China, he amassed his collection of ceramics and other materials from active archaeological sites in the region. During World War II, Cox served as an officer in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (now the CIA), and he was sent to Shanghai in 1945 to collect counterintelligence. Cox was also a fellow of the Harvard-Yenching Institute of Far Eastern Studies, an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Michigan, and a linguistics professor at Georgetown University. In 1991, Cox donated 106 potsherds of Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese, and Chinese origin to the Freer Gallery Study Collection. Cox also left numerous items of his collection to the art gallery of his alma mater.

content: [2] See Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, December 19, 1991, copy in object file. This work is part of the museum’s Freer Study Collection.

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: casting

content: metal

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

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

label: Type

content: Mirror

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Diam (approx.): 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in)

topic:
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Mirror


label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Pa Ku Cha, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 362, pg. 99, 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: Pa Ku Cha (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: carving

content: jade

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: rat

content: mouse

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Jade (serpentine)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 2.2 x 4.8 x 1.1 cm (7/8 x 1 7/8 x 7/16 in)

name:
Pa Ku Cha
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mouse
Carving
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Rats
Jade

content: China

content: Ornament: mouse

title_sort: ORNAMENT: MOUSE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament: mouse


content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Yamanaka &Company, Kyoto, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 167, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Furniture and Furnishing

content: Lacquered wood, mother of pearl

content: H x W: 95.6 x 379.1 cm (37 5/8 x 149 1/4 in)

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

content: China

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

label: Title

content: Table

title_sort: TABLE

title: Table


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See also, Reserved Textile List, R. 85, 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: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: twill

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: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Brocade (jin): woven silk and metal-wrapped threads

content: H x W: 168.5 x 52.5 cm (66 5/16 x 20 11/16 in)

topic:
Twill
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Brocading
Weft patterning

content: China

content: Brocade panel

title_sort: BROCADE PANEL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Brocade panel


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead