content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead, cylindrical

title_sort: BEAD, CYLINDRICAL

title: Bead, cylindrical


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Sheng Shiyan (13th century)

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1350, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: woman

content: reading

content: poetry

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 134.6 × 86.4 cm (53 × 34 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Young woman reading a book of poems

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: YOUNG WOMAN READING A BOOK OF POEMS

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Young woman reading a book of poems


label: Date

content: 100 BCE-100 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

label: Description

content: Fragment of a patella rim. Mosaic technique: columnar rods and plates. White, red and yellow in opaque violet-brown matrix.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Fragment of a cup rim

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A CUP RIM

title: Fragment of a cup rim


label: Period

content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 12.5 x 11.9 cm (4 15/16 x 4 11/16 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

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

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


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

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 31, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 1.5 cm (9/16 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Fragment of inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF INLAY

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment of inlay


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 614, pg. 143, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Ordos region, inner Mongolia, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: boar

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3.1 x 6.1 cm (1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

place:
Ordos region
inner Mongolia
China

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a boar

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A BOAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament in the form of a boar


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Vase: large ovoidal, on high base. Repairs.

content: Clay: soft, reddish.

content: Glaze: lead silicate, rich green, with silvery and golden iridescence; partly disintegrated.

content: Decoration: band of animal forms molded in relief; rudimentary ring-handles.

content: To 1900

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1900 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 43.2 × 35 cm (17 × 13 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

title: Tomb jar


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: Ting [Ch] with a deep cauldron covered by a domed lid surmounted by three bird-like forms. The three legs on the body of the vessel are modelled in the form of bears. The two handles are shaped as rectangular loops bent outward. An abstract, swirling pattern is painted on the cover and on the upper section of the body of the vessel above the narrow flange which divides the body of the vessel horizontally.

content: To 1916

content: C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co., New York, to April 1, 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1968

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, purchased from C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co. on April 1, 1916 [2]

content: From 1968

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co.’s invoice issued to Mrs. Eugene Meyer and dated February 29, 1916, where the bronze is listed as “Tripot incense burner with cover, painted floral design,” copy in object file.

content: A stamped note on the invoice states that the payment for the bronze was received by Loo on April 1, 1916.

content: The invoice includes three other bronzes (see records for F1968. 32a-b, F1968.33, and F1968.35a-b) which with F1968.34a-b form a group probably made as a set to be used as mingqi (funerary objects).

content: The four vessels reportedly came from Changsha, Hunan province, however, there is no certainty of their provenance, see Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition exh. cat. (Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1971), pp. 28-29 (ill.) and Diane M. Nelson, “Bronze ‘Ming-ch’i’ Vessels with Painted Decoration: A Regional Study in Han Pictorialism,” Artibus Asiae 42, 2/3 (1980), pp. 147-8.

content: [2] See C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co.’s invoice, cited in note 1.

content: [3] See Agnes E. Meyer’s Deed of Gift, where the object is listed as no. 20 in the document’s Annex, dated July 24, 1967, copy in object file. The object was accessioned to the Freer Gallery’s collection in 1968.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition (September 25, 1971 to October 2, 1972)

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

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)

content: China

content: casting

content: painting (image-making)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: food

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 18: Art and Industry: China's Ancient Houma Foundry

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 13.5 x 16.9 cm (5 5/16 x 6 5/8 in)

name:
C. T. Loo & Company
Meyer, Agnes E.
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.

topic:
Bronze
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Painting (image-making)
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)
Food

room: Gallery 18

building: Freer

content: China

label: Title

content: Lidded food cauldron (ding) with painted decoration

title_sort: LIDDED FOOD CAULDRON (DING) WITH PAINTED DECORATION

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 19th century

content: Edo period

label: School/Tradition

content: Rinpa

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 31, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: chrysanthemum

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 05: Japanese Art from the Collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W (.69): 174 x 377.3 cm (68 1/2 x 148 9/16 in)

content: H x W (.70): 173.9 x 377.1 cm (68 7/16 x 148 7/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 05

content: Japan

content: Chrysanthemums beside a stream

title_sort: CHRYSANTHEMUMS BESIDE A STREAM

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Chrysanthemums beside a stream


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Safavid period

label: Description

content: Bowl, deep ovoidal; bold foot pierced with one hole. Rim damaged; cracked.

content: Clay: hard, gray.

content: Glaze: white on the body; greenish-white under the foot.

content: Decoration: painted in red lustre with metallic reflections, and yellow over glaze.

content: To 1903

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1259, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: lustre

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted in lustre over glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 9.5 × 18.5 cm (3 3/4 × 7 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

topic:
S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Lustre
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Bowl

title_sort: BOWL

title: Bowl


label: Date

content: late 17th-18th century

content: Edo period

content: Tea bowl. Rounded foot, lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: coarse stoneware worn smooth.

content: Glaze: dirty cream white, uneven.

content: Decoration: incised, partly filled with white slip.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 566, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Hagi ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with feldspathic glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 8 × 13.8 cm (3 1/8 × 5 7/16 in)

label: Style

content: Possibly Hagi ware

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl in hori-mishima style, possibly Hagi or Seto ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL IN HORI-MISHIMA STYLE, POSSIBLY HAGI OR SETO WARE

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: ca. 1710 - ca. 1715

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Golu, son of Devidasa

label: School/Tradition

content: Nurpur school

content: Close to the image are two thin black lines framing the image. Against a red background, on the left, Shiva walks with Parvati past a large tree. On the right, the couple lie down on a tiger skin. Yellow border.

label: Inscriptions

content: Verso: takri number 1; in takri “anakūla=favorable, compatible, agreeable”

label: Label

content: Invoking the blessings of Shiva, this is the opening page of the Rasamanjari series of c. 1710-15, which was painted at the workshop of Golu, an artist of Nurpur, in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. The Rasamanjari (Bouquet of Rasa) is a poetic classification of lovers (nayakas and nayikas) and love situations. Composed ca. 1500 by Maithili Brahmin Bhanudatta, probably in Ahmednagar, Deccan, its Sanskrit verses had a significant impact on Hindu court painting and the development of the Hindi literary tradition (ritikal).

content: Shiva is personified here as the anakūl nayaka or the lover devoted solely to his beloved, here, his wife Parvati. Bhanudatta's verse relates the tender actions of a smitten lover:

content: "He [Shiva] looks at the uneven ground, first hesitates, [then] extends his foot. Roaming about in the forest, he plucks wild flowers with his raised right hand. Relaxed in the comfort of his bed [covered with] a tiger's pelt, he presses his beloved to his body's side. In this manner Shiva fully enjoys the pleasure and causes Parvati's side to gracefully tremble."

content: The divine couple appears twice in the painting, once standing near a large tree picking flowers and again lying down on a tiger skin. Concerned and caring, Shiva takes on himself whatever involves effort and fatigue. He puts his right step forward to check the uneven ground for Parvati and sleeps with the weight of his body to the right.

label: Provenance

content: Mian Katar Singh of Nurpur, by descent [1]

content: Raja of Lambragaon, acquired from Mian Katar Singh of Nurpur [2]

content: Sona, New York, New York. [3]

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914 2001) purchased from Sona Gallery in New York City [4]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001. [5]

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. [6]

content: Notes:

content: [1] B. N. Goswamy (1933-2023) attributed this painting to Golu, son of Devidasa as the frontispiece of the c.1715 Rasamanjari series done at Nurpur. See Milo Cleveland Beach, Eberhard Fischer, and B. N. Goswamy, “Masters of Indian Painting” [exhibition catalogue] Vol 2 (Zurich: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 2011), 11. Beach reports that the series was in the ancestral collection of Mian Katar Singh of Nurpur, from whence Raja Dhruv Dev of Lambargraon acquired it.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] In the early 1960s, the Handicrafts & Handlooms Exports Corporation of India Limited (HHEC), a subsidiary of the State Trading Corporation of India, opened several SONA stores in in India, where they sold traditional handicraft and cultural heritage objects. SONA, New York opened in 1966 along East 55th Street in midtown Manhattan. This branch catered to high-end clientele and counted Jacqueline Kennedy amongst its clients. By the 1970s, SONA had branches in Paris, Hamburg, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. The American and European stores closed in the 1990s. SONA still operates in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Chennai, India and now focuses on the sale of homewares and the wholesale export of Indian handicraft.

content: [4] Ralph Benkaim was an entertainment lawyer from Los Angles who started collecting Indian and Islamic art in 1961.

content: [5] See note 4.

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim is a collector and scholar in the field of Indian painting. Dr.

content: Benkaim met her husband, Ralph Benkaim, in the 1970s when she was the curator of Indian painting at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The couple were married 1979 and together they amassed a collection of Indian paintings, which included examples from most courts. They collected objects for their collection through dealers and auctions. Objects from their collection may also be found in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Williams College Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others.

content: [6] See “Appendix B Bill of Sale” and “Appendix C Donor Substantiation Letter,” dated January 2, 2018, copy in object file. From 2018-2023, the object the object was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.

content: Research updated April 3, 2025

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Wonder of the Age: Painters of India (September 28, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

content: Masters of Indian Painting (April 28, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

content: Gods and Demons (2000 to 2001)

content: Painting in the Punjab Hills (1999-2000)

content: Selections for the Opening of The Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries (1994)

content: Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections (March 4 to March 31, 1968)

content: Raja of Lambagraon

content: Sona Gallery

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Nurpur, Himachal Pradesh state, India

label: Topic

content: tiger

content: Parvati

content: Shiva

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

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

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

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (painting): 16.9 × 27.3 cm (6 5/8 × 10 3/4 in)

content: H x W (overall): 21.3 × 31.7 cm (8 3/8 × 12 1/2 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Sona Gallery
Lambragaon

place:
Nurpur
Himachal Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Parvati
Shiva
Tiger

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Shiva and Parvati on a tiger skin: Anakūl Nayaka folio from a Rasamanjari

title_sort: SHIVA AND PARVATI ON A TIGER SKIN: ANAKŪL NAYAKA FOLIO FROM A RASAMANJARI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

label: Period

content: Muromachi or Momoyama period

label: Description

content: Buff clay, reddish brown on part of surface on one side. String-cutting mark visible on trimmed foot rim. Yellow ash glaze, appearing olive-green where thick, stained brown in crackles, ending in beads. Inside of foot rim unglazed. On inside wall, single brown streak of iron; in bottom, pool of dark green glaze with opaque bluish white spot in center. Extensive lacquer repairs to breaks and chips.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 576, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Mino kilns, Gifu prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Mino ware

content: Seto ware

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with yellow ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 6 × 15.7 cm (2 3/8 × 6 3/16 in)

content: Mino ware

place:
Japan
Gifu prefecture
Mino kilns

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mino ware
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Stoneware
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics
Seto ware

content: Japan

content: Mino ware tea bowl

title_sort: MINO WARE TEA BOWL

title: Mino ware tea bowl


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Kitchen interior with female figure standing before a window, framed by a doorway.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: On antique laid paper with vertical chain lines. There are 2.5 cm between chain lines and ten laid lines per cm. An upside-down watermark appears to the left of center featuring leaves that form an oval wreath around a shield with the initials LL inside.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, 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.

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)

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

content: Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)

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: bone black

content: cobalt blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: burnt umber

content: iron oxide red

content: vermilion

content: lead white

content: chrome yellow

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: watermark

content: underdrawing

content: woman

content: cooking

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Watercolor over and under graphite on paper

content: H x W: 31.5 x 22.3 cm (12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in)

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

topic:
Lead white
Art
Cooking
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Burnt umber
Vermilion
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Chrome yellow
Prussian blue
Underdrawing
Cobalt blue
Woman
Watermark
Burnt sienna

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Kitchen

title_sort: THE KITCHEN

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Kitchen


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 305 BCE-19 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

label: Description

content: Fragment of an inlay. Mosaic technique: columnar rods and plates. Red, yellow and black in translucent gray-blue matrix.

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 2.1 cm (13/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of an inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY

title: Fragment of an inlay


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G190 state 3 of 17.

label: Provenance

content: Cox Collection [1]

content: To 1903

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1903 [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, Voucher No. 1, November 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: Exhibition History

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

content: Cox Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 30.4 x 20.8 cm (11 15/16 x 8 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.
Cox Collection

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Beggars

title_sort: THE BEGGARS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Beggars


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: 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

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: 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: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H: 1.4 cm (9/16 in)

content: Bead; one end broken

title_sort: BEAD; ONE END BROKEN

title: Bead; one end broken


content: ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disc of the type pi [bi] 璧; translucent celadon green with paler cloudings and brown to black delicate veinings; satin smooth surface; a cutting irregularity causes a rise in contour on one surface; edge flattened in four areas.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in the An-hsi district of Chekiang [1]

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai to 1919 [3]

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "From the collection of Viceroy Tuan Fang and said to have been excavated in the An-hsi district of Chekiang."

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1400, pg. 327, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 21.8 × 0.8 cm (8 9/16 × 5/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in)

date:
BCE 3000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler did not complete every pastel he began, and he sometimes reused drawing paper. An earlier drawing of a figure in front of a high-arched doorway is visible in the center of this sheet. In this drawing, Whistler attempted to unify the composite drawing by scumbling the colors in the sky and water.

content: To 1917

content: Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929), New York to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Accession List, Collections Management office, as well as Original Whistler List, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: sunset

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Chalk and pastel on brown paper

content: H x W: 30.1 x 20.3 cm (11 7/8 x 8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Havemeyer, Louisine

topic:
Sunset
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art

content: United States

content: Sunset, in Red and Brown

title_sort: SUNSET, IN RED AND BROWN

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Sunset, in Red and Brown


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Kawamata Tsunemasa 川又常正 (fl. 1716-1748)

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Tsunemasa no hitsu.

label: Marks

content: Seal of Tsunemasa.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 157, pg. 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: new year

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color, black, and slight gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 34.8 x 51.7 cm (13 11/16 x 20 3/8 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Two yujo making a New Year call upon two others

title_sort: TWO YUJO MAKING A NEW YEAR CALL UPON TWO OTHERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

label: Label

content: This early narrative handscroll (emakimono) depicts miraculous stories of the compassionate bodhisattva Jizo (Kshitigarbha), a Buddhist deity worshipped as a savior of those condemned to hell. With the scroll, Freer acquired a final copy of the section, done in 1627 by Kano Tan'yu. The copy shows text that was later lost from the original scroll. Freer’s acquisition of such copies and preliminary drawings, in addition to finished works of art, expressed his commitment to their research value, which was unusual among collectors at the time. Freer purchased this handscroll in 1907 from the art dealer Nomura Yozo (1870–1965), whose firm in Yokohama, Japan, was known as Samurai Shokai. Nomura commissioned decorative handcrafts designed for export, and he also sold Asian antiquities.

label: Provenance

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, Japan, in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Makimono List, L. 601, pg. 159, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See Purchase Details in Accession List, Collections Management Office, which states: "Through Samurai Shokai - during oriental trip 1906-1907." Samurai Shokai was the shop of Nomura Yozo, a dealer who acted as Charles Lang Freer's agent in Japan.

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

label: Exhibition History

content: Freer: A Taste for Japanese Art (July 1, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

content: Telling Tales in Japanese Art (November 23, 1996 to August 14, 1997)

content: Japanese Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)

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

content: Samurai Shokai (founded 1894) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: miracle

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 125 x 13.3 cm (49 3/16 x 5 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Samurai Shokai

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Miracles performed by the bodhisattva Jizo (copy of a section of a handscroll)

title_sort: MIRACLES PERFORMED BY THE BODHISATTVA JIZO (COPY OF A SECTION OF A HANDSCROLL)


content: 16th-early 17th century

label: Period

content: Joseon period or Ming dynasty

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Tokyo, Japan, from an unidentified owner in spring of 1907 [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. 546, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Korean Art (December 17, 1984 to June 23, 1986)

content: Korean Art (June 4, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

content: Korean Art (March 20, 1982 to 2 April 1984)

content: Korean Art (July 15, 1981 to September 15, 1981)

content: Korean Art (March 20, 1980 to March 3, 1981)

content: Korean Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to October 13, 1978)

content: Korean Art (June 24, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

content: Korean Art (June 19, 1969 to November 10, 1976)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea or China

content: landscape

content: tree

content: pine tree

content: Joseon period (1392 - 1910)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: Korea

content: China

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 102.7 × 54.7 cm (40 7/16 × 21 9/16 in)

place: China Korea

topic:
Trees
Pine tree
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Joseon period (1392 - 1910)
Korean Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Korea

content: Landscape: mountains and water; a figure under a pine tree

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: MOUNTAINS AND WATER; A FIGURE UNDER A PINE TREE

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Bronze List, R. 5168, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Mirror

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 8.2 x 1 cm (3 1/4 x 3/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mirror


content: 6th 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, pgs. 1 and 41, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lombardy, Italy

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Mosaic glass

content: Italy

content: Bead, with a longitudinal bore

title_sort: BEAD, WITH A LONGITUDINAL BORE

title: Bead, with a longitudinal bore


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 608, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 13.2 x 16 x 1.6 cm (5 3/16 x 6 5/16 x 5/8 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Harness fitting (fragment)

title_sort: HARNESS FITTING (FRAGMENT)

title: Harness fitting (fragment)


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: " Hill-jar": cylindrical, tripod. Cover. Broken and repaired. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: fine, soft, pinkish.

content: Glaze: light-green with silvery iridescence. Inside, brilliant yellow.

content: Decoration: band of animal forms and two rudimentary handles molded in relief. Incised design at rim. Legs, bear-shaped. Cover molded in seventeen peaks; animals in relief.

content: To 1906

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1473, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese and Korean Ceramics (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: animal

content: landscape

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: tomb

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 22.7 × 20.3 cm (8 15/16 × 8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Animals
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Tomb
Pottery
Funerary
Iridescence
Ceramics
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")

title_sort: TOMB VESSEL WITH LID ("HILL JAR")

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tomb vessel with lid ("hill jar")


content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Agano Yaguma (1795-1871)

content: Bottle, ovoidal, flaring underbody, breaking into over-turned goblet form.

content: Clay: dense, resonant, gray-white.

content: Glaze: greenish gray with blackish areas; fine crackled.

content: Decoration: inlaid with cream and pinkish-tan paste, under glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 702, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

content: Selections from the Japanese Collection (March 22 to November 29, 1999)

content: Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

content: inlay (process)

content: ceramic

content: Yatsushiro ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: orchid

content: Japan

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip inlaid under clear glaze

content: H x Diam: 22.8 × 15.2 cm (9 × 6 in)

label: Style

content: Yatsushiro ware

place:
Yatsushiro
Japan
Kumamoto prefecture

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
White slip
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Orchids
Ceramics
Yatsushiro ware

content: Japan

content: Bottle with inlaid design of orchids

title_sort: BOTTLE WITH INLAID DESIGN OF ORCHIDS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bottle with inlaid design of orchids


label: Period

content: Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

content: Beaker-shaped vase, one of two in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-194). Blue-and-white.

content: Clay: white porcelain.

content: Glaze: clear, feldspathic.

content: Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue with court scene similar to baluster vases 80.190, .191, .192 on flaring neck, other court ladies in garden setting on lower and middle sections. Sections divided by herringbone borders.

content: Wood stand, not previously recorded.

content: To 1916

content: Duveen Brothers, New York [1]

content: From 1916 to 1941

content: Mrs. B. F. Jones Jr. (d. 1941), Pittsburgh and Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania, purchased from Duveen Brothers in 1916 [2]

content: Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., “Art Property and Furnishings of the Palatial Residence of the Late Mrs. B.F. Jones Jr, Sewickley Heights, PA,” November 27, 1941, lot 670 (ill.): “Important Blue and White Five-Piece Garniture, K’ang-hsi”

content: From 1941 to no later than 1945

content: Myron S. Falk, Sr. (1878-1945), Greenwich, Connecticut, purchased through Edward Wells at the Parke-Bernet Sale, Inc., New York, November 27, 1941 [3]

content: From 1940s to 1980

content: Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992), New York, given by Myron S. Falk, Sr. in the 1940s [4]

content: From 1980

content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner in 1980

content: Notes:

content: [1] The garniture appears in an undated Duveen Brothers black-and-white stock photo, which bears the handwritten notations: "1849/29761, Height of Vases 18 1/2 ins., beakers 17 1/2 ins." and "61" in the lower left corner, and "A set of 5 Blue & White Nankin vases & beakers", in the lower right corner. See Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Duveen Brothers records, Duveen Brothers stock documentation from the dealer’s library, 1829-1965. Series I. Photograph albums, 1871-1956. Series I.A. Stock albums, 1907-1954; ID/Accession Number: 2007.D.1 (bx.1-9), China books, vol. 3, p. 61. Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat717039.

content: [2] The purchase was recorded on September 19, 1941 in the Duveen Brothers' collector file for B. F. Jones Jr., as one of the "Objects sold directly to Mrs. B.F. Jones, Jr.", during the year 1916. There it is described as "A Garniture of Five Pieces of Old Chinese Porcelain of fine quality. Kang Hsi period. Consisting of 3 Vases with Covers, and 2 Beaker-shaped Vases, decorated with figures of Lange Eleisen flowers, etc.", and a price of $9,000 is noted. See Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Duveen Brothers records, 1876-1981 (bulk 1909-1964). Series II. Correspondence and papers. Series II.I. Collectors' files: Jones, B. F., Jr., 1, ca. 1917-1941, ID/Accession number: 960015, (bx.472,f.3), p. 2. Persistent link: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/960015b472f003.

content: [3] The object is listed in an invoice issued by Wells Objects of Art Specialist in Chinese Antiquities to Myron S. Falk on November 28, 1941, copy in object file.

content: A copy of the 1941 auction catalogue preserved in the Museum Library bears Myron S. Falk Sr.’s handwritten notations: “Welles will bid $1050 for M.S.F. Valued $3-4,000. Mrs. Jones paid Duveen Bros. $15,000", in the left margin and "Sold for $800. to M. S. F." in the right margin. The accompanying plate illustrating the garniture bears the handwritten notation: "In my opinion covers do not belong—but extremely fine set! Extremely rare in garniture form and without defects". See also “Art Sale Brings $14,135: K’an-shi Garniture is sold for $750…,” New York Times (November 27, 1941).

content: [4] The objects were gifted by Myron S. Falk, Sr. to his son, Myron S. Falk, Jr., see Page Report, dated September 18, 1995, in object file.

content: The objects were initially included in Sotheby-Parke-Bernet Galleries’s Sale “Fine Chinese Works of Art” on May 8, 1980 as lot 261 (color ill.) and then taken out of the sale.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: The Peacock Room in Blue and White [2019-2022] (May 18, 2019 to June 1, 2022)

content: Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)

content: Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)

content: The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duveen Brothers

content: Mrs. B. F. Jones

content: Mr. Myron S. Falk, Sr.

content: Myron S. Falk, Jr. (1906-1992)

content: Mrs. Mildred F. Loew

content: Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

label: Origin

content: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Jingdezhen ware

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)

content: drum

content: flute

content: cobalt pigment

content: cymbal

content: China

content: porcelain

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 12: The Peacock Room in Blue and White

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Myron S. Falk, Jr. and his sisters, Mrs. Mildred F. Loew and Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

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

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 42.5 × 21.2 cm (16 3/4 × 8 3/8 in)

content: Jingdezhen ware

name:
Falk, Myron S.
Loew, Mildred F.
Duveen Brothers
Lenzner, Eleanor F.
Jones, B. F.

place:
China
Jiangxi province
Jingdezhen

topic:
Cobalt pigment
Porcelain
Art
Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)
Drums (Membranophones)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Cymbal
Ceramics
Jingdezhen ware
Flute

room: Gallery 12 - Peacock Room

content: China

label: Title

content: Beaker-shaped vase, from a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-.194)

title_sort: BEAKER-SHAPED VASE, FROM A FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE (F1980.190-.194)

type: 3D mesh

title: Beaker_shaped vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Full resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

category: Full resolution

UNITS: m

FILE_TYPE: zip

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: obj

title: Beaker_shaped vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

category: Low resolution

title: Beaker_shaped vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, gltf, scale in m)

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: gltf

title: Beaker_shaped vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, glb, scale in m)

FILE_TYPE: glb

MODEL_FILE_TYPE: glb

title: Beaker_shaped vase_from a five_piece garniture (F1980.190_.194) (iOS AR model 3D mesh, usdz, scale in m)

category: iOS AR model


label: Date

content: 13th-14th century

content: Jin or Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Jing Hao (傳)荊浩 (ca. 870-ca.935)

label: Label

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 627, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)

content: Chinese Landscape Painting (November 15, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

content: Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

content: Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Daoism

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: mountain

content: Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234)

content: travel

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 147 x 74.8 cm (57 7/8 x 29 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

topic:
Mountains
Description and travel
Jin dynasty (1115 - 1234)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Daoism
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: Zhongli Quan seeking the Dao 鍾離訪道圖

title_sort: ZHONGLI QUAN SEEKING THE DAO 鍾離訪道圖

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Zhongli Quan seeking the Dao 鍾離訪道圖


content: early 12th century

content: To 1930

content: Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta 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

content: The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)

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

content: Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Ajit Ghose (born 1886)

label: Origin

content: Northeast India

content: leaf (plant material)

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: ushnisha

content: stupa

content: parinirvana

content: urna

content: disciple

content: India

content: Brahma

content: Indra

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Prajnaparamita Sutra

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor on palm leaf

content: H x W: 6.7 x 55 cm (2 5/8 x 21 5/8 in)

name:
buddha
Ghose, Ajit

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Parinirvana
Disciple
Indra
Prajnaparamita Sutra
Urna
Brahma? (Hindu deity)
Leaf (plant material)
Bodhisattva
Stupa
Ushnisha

culture:
Buddhists
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Scenes from the Buddha's Life from a Prajna-paramita manuscript

title_sort: SCENES FROM THE BUDDHA'S LIFE FROM A PRAJNA-PARAMITA MANUSCRIPT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: ca. 1790

label: School/Tradition

content: Jaipur or Alwar school

content: From 1960s

content: Unknown private collector from UK [1]

content: Sale, London, Sotheby’s, Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art including Indian Miniature Paintings, June 8, 2012, lot 4: “A Prince and his Consort” [2]

content: From 2012 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, “Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art including Indian Miniature Paintings,” Sotheby’s, London, June 8, 2012, lot no. 4, “A Prince and his Consort” [3]

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to conversation with Catherine Glynn Benkaim, this painting was in a private unknown collection in the 1960s.

content: [2] See Sotheby’s auction catalogue of the New York sale, “Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art including Indian Miniature Paintings” from June 8, 2012.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Unknown

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Jaipur or Alwar, Rajasthan state, India

label: Topic

content: woman

content: India

content: prince

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

content: romance

label: See more items in

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

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 38.7 × 28.5 cm (15 1/4 × 11 1/4 in)

content: H x W (framed): 53.3 × 43.2 cm (21 × 17 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Jaipur
Rajasthan state
Alwar
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Prince
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Romance
Woman

content: India

label: Title

content: A Prince and his consort

title_sort: A PRINCE AND HIS CONSORT

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

title: A Prince and his consort


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Tosa Mitsuoki (1617-1691)

label: Label

content: Written in the early eleventh century by a lady of the imperial court, Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji presents an enthralling narrative of the life of Prince Genji. Already illustrated before the end of the Heian period (794-1185), the pictorial conventions for Genji illustrations were well established. All fifty-four chapters, separated by golden clouds, could be illustrated on a large Japanese screen, but sometimes one chapter was illustrated on one of a pair of screens.

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Screens and Panels List, L. 90, pg. 25, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Painting the Classics: Japanese Screens (November 10, 2018 to October 14, 2019)

content: Japanese Screens (August 13, 1997 to May 4, 1998)

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

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 5 (February 25, 1956 to March 15, 1957)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: The Tale of Genji

content: Japan

content: prince

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 171.6 x 376.7 cm (67 9/16 x 148 5/16 in)

topic:
Trees
Charles Lang Freer collection
Prince
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
The Tale of Genji

content: Japan

content: The Tale of Genji, chapter 2: Prince Genji's visit to Utsusemi

title_sort: THE TALE OF GENJI, CHAPTER 2: PRINCE GENJI'S VISIT TO UTSUSEMI


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H: 0.6 cm (1/4 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Chen Rong (active 1235-after 1262)

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1019, 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)

content: China

label: Topic

content: dragon

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 126.8 x 87 cm (49 15/16 x 34 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

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

content: China

label: Title

content: A Dragon and clouds

title_sort: A DRAGON AND CLOUDS

title: A Dragon and clouds


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea caddy (chaire). Ivory cover.

content: Clay: hard, grayish. String-cut base.

content: Glaze: lustrous black, lightly splashed with greenish-yellow. Interior unglazed.

content: Weight: 167.52 grams.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 737, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: ivory

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid

content: H x Diam: 8.1 × 6.6 cm (3 3/16 × 2 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Seto

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

content: Japan

content: Tea caddy, nejinuki type

title_sort: TEA CADDY, NEJINUKI TYPE

title: Tea caddy, nejinuki type


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Most of the Venice pastels are on brown paper. Only six, including this one, are on gray paper. It was drawn from a spot near the public gardens, not far from the Casa Jankovitz, the hotel where Whistler lived during the summer and fall of 1880. Like the other five Venice pastels on gray paper, Venice: Sunset on Harbour was probably drawn near the end of Whistler's stay in Venice.

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See further, Whistler Reserved List, R. 5805, as well as List of Whistler Paintings, etc., Transferred to S.I. on January 3, 1921, pg. 1, and paintings, pg. 28, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: boat

content: sunset

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: Accession Number

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Pastel on gray paper

content: H x W: 16 x 25.5 cm (6 5/16 x 10 1/16 in)

topic:
Sunset
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art

content: United States

content: Venice: Sunset on Harbour

title_sort: VENICE: SUNSET ON HARBOUR

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Venice: Sunset on Harbour


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl; inverted bell-shape; deep foot. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: hard, grayish.

content: Glaze: crackled in brown; somewhat pitted.

content: Decoration: landscape design in dark blue under glaze.

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 461, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: landscape

content: Arita ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.3 × 12.9 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/16 in)

content: Arita ware, totai sometsuke type

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture
Arita

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Arita ware tea bowl with landscape design

title_sort: ARITA WARE TEA BOWL WITH LANDSCAPE DESIGN

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: late 17th-early 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Nobuie Myochin

content: To 1909

content: Frank Dillon (1823-1909), London, to 1909 [1]]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Frank Dillon sale, in London, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5268, 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: Frank Dillon (1823-1909) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: forging (metal forming)

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: iron

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cloud

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Iron, silver, gold

content: H x W: 20 x 29.5 cm (7 7/8 x 11 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Dillon, Frank

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Cloud
Japanese Art
Forging (metal forming)
Iron
Dragon

content: Japan

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Helmet (kabuto)

title_sort: HELMET (KABUTO)

title: Helmet (kabuto)


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1915

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), New York, NY, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, New York, in 1915 [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. 712, pg. 180, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bear

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 4.4 x 3.4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of a bear

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A BEAR

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament in the form of a bear


content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Liang Kai 梁楷 (late 12th-early 13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

content: Probably Wanyan Jingxian (circa 1848 - circa 1927-29), Beijing, to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), probably purchased from Wanyan Jingxian, through Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, and Pang Lai Chen (Pang Yuanji) (1864-1949), Shanghai, in Detroit in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 28 and pg. 38 (notes 146 and 147), Pang Yuanji and Seaouke Yue were paid a commission by Charles Lang Freer for facilitating the sale of five objects (F1917.183- .187) belonging to a "Peking gentleman." Larsen presents evidence and infers that Wanyan Jingxian was likely the unnamed Peking gentleman. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1180, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Wanyan Jingxian (ca. 1848-ca. 1927-29) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: water buffalo

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 48.3 x 570.5 cm (19 x 224 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Jingxian, Wanyan

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

content: China

content: Bringing Home the Horses, Taking the Oxen to Pasture

title_sort: BRINGING HOME THE HORSES, TAKING THE OXEN TO PASTURE