content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 23.9 x 3.1 x 3.4 cm (9 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 5/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Spoon


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Both the title and the treatment of this figure study recall Whistler's fascination with the linear and sculptural qualities of classical art during the mid-1860's when he was associated with Albert Moore. Whistler met the British artist in 1865. That year, Moore exhibited "The Marble Seat," at the Royal Academy. Whistler's pensive figure suggests that he may have made this drawing after seeing Moore's work.

label: Provenance

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Drawings, pg. 7, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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: The Lost Symphony: Whistler & the Perfection of Art (January 16 to May 30, 2016)

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

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

content: Whistler Pastels and Drawings, Re-arranged and some additions (January 7, 1924 to January 20, 1944)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: model

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Drawing

label: Medium

content: Black and white crayon on brown paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 26.2 x 18.5 cm (10 5/16 x 7 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Models (representations)
Woman

type: Country

content: United States

label: Title

content: Greek Girl

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: GREEK GIRL

type: Images

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Greek Girl


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: This picture of Nelly Ionides smoking is noticeably more lifelike than Whistler's earlier image of her. Although Whistler stylized his sitter less, he related her general pose to other drawings. Fascinated with beautiful women languidly posed in armchairs, Whistler continued to create such images throughout his career. In 1863 Whistler etched "Weary," (see K.92: F1889.28, F1898.329, F1905.164) a portrait of his mistress Jo Hiffernan, which is similar in appearance to his treatment of Nelly, particularly in the sketchy handling of the voluminous skirt. Whistler often posed different sitters in standard positions, making them look somewhat alike.

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: portrait

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Chalk on blue laid paper

content: H x W: 21.4 x 14.3 cm (8 7/16 x 5 5/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Woman

content: United States

content: Nelly

title_sort: NELLY

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Nelly


label: Date

content: ca. 3000-1700 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1112, pg. 247, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 40.2 × 6.8 × 0.5 cm (15 13/16 × 2 11/16 × 3/16 in)

date:
BCE 3000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

content: China

content: Blade, recut

title_sort: BLADE, RECUT

title: Blade, recut


content: mid-19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Bowl, flaring ovoidal; low flanged foot, unglazed.

content: Clay: hard, dense, light-gray.

content: Glaze: brilliant yellow-olive, shot with blue and green; inside--cream-white slip under clear glaze. Both crackled. Three stacking scars in bottom.

content: Mark: Kosobe [Jpn].

label: Marks

content: Kosobe [Jpn]

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 583, 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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kosobe, Hyogo prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Kosobe ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip under copper-tinted ash glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 7.6 × 18.3 cm (3 × 7 3/16 in)

label: Style

content: Kosobe ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Hyogo prefecture
Japan
Kosobe

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
White slip
Kosobe ware
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Kosobe ware serving bowl

title_sort: KOSOBE WARE SERVING BOWL

title: Kosobe ware serving bowl


content: mid 17th century

content: Edo period

content: Tea bowl with indented rim.

content: Clay: not visible.

content: Glaze: Slip covering entire body, covered by clear glaze ending irregularly above foot.

label: Label

content: Hagi tea bowls of the mid-seventeenth century, like this one, embody popular tea-bowl shapes of the day—a hybrid blend of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese influences. Thin white slip beneath unevenly applied ash glaze creates a moody atmosphere that Japanese connoisseurs appreciated.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 561, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Freer and Tea II: Raku, Hagi, Karatsu (July 8, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Matsumoto kilns, Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Hagi 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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip under wood-ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 9 x 14.7 cm (3 9/16 x 5 13/16 in)

content: Hagi ware

place:
Matsumoto kilns
Japan
Hagi
Yamaguchi prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl with indented rim, Hagi ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL WITH INDENTED RIM, HAGI WARE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl with indented rim, Hagi ware


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 840, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 8.7 x 4 cm (3 7/16 x 1 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Garment hook (gou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (GOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Garment hook (gou)


content: 1550-1307 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Eye-bead, with a lateral bore; the eyelet broken off

title_sort: EYE-BEAD, WITH A LATERAL BORE; THE EYELET BROKEN OFF


content: late 18th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

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

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

content: From 1920

content: National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, gift of Charles Lang Freer [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) was an officer in the British military and a collector of Indian paintings. Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, Hanna’s family later moved to London, where he was baptized in 1851. Beginning in 1857, Hanna served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army and retired with the rank of Colonel in 1889. After his retirement, he resided in London and Petersfield with his younger sisters. According to Hanna, he began collecting Indian paintings around the time of the Indian Rebellion (1857-1859). See letter from Henry Bathurst Hanna to Charles Lang Freer, dated April 10, 1908 [sic, 1907], p. 3, Box 17, Folder No. 10, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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

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. This object is part of the Museum’s Freer Gallery of Art Collection.

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: Shahnama

content: lute

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: nasta'liq script

content: illumination

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

label: Accession Number

content: Manuscript

content: Ink on paper with leather binding

content: H x W: 33.7 x 21.6 cm (13 1/4 x 8 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: The Shahnamah by Firdausi

title_sort: THE SHAHNAMAH BY FIRDAUSI

title: The Shahnamah by Firdausi


label: Date

content: mid-18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsukawa Shunsui 勝川春水 (fl. 1744-1764)

content: Ukiyo-e

label: Provenance

content: To 1901

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

content: From 1901 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 242, 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: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: balcony

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Full color, lacquer black, and ink on paper

content: H x W: 69.2 x 17.3 cm (27 1/4 x 6 13/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Woman standing on a second-story balcony

title_sort: WOMAN STANDING ON A SECOND-STORY BALCONY

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 17th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Zhang Hong (1577-after 1668)

content: To 1911

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, No. 32, pg. 42, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 39.5 x 34.2 cm (15 9/16 x 13 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

content: Landscape: houses and a brook in a mountain gorge

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: HOUSES AND A BROOK IN A MOUNTAIN GORGE

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: 17th-18th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tall, inverted pear-shape; flaring at foot. Cf. F1902.272

content: Clay: hard, light gray.

content: Glaze: luminous aubergine, mottled with copper-brown; overflow of light yellow-green, splashed with brilliant black.

content: To 1896

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

content: Chinese, Corean and Japanese Potteries (March 2 to 21, 1914)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Ryumonji kilns, Kajiki, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Ryumonji ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: wine

content: sake

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron glazes

content: H x Diam: 37.5 × 21.2 cm (14 3/4 × 8 3/8 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Ryumonji kilns
Japan
Kajiki
Kagoshima prefecture

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ryumonji ware
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Sake

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Ryumonji ware sake flask

title_sort: RYUMONJI WARE SAKE FLASK

title: Ryumonji ware sake flask


content: ca. 12th-11th century BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 581, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 19 x 6.7 cm (7 1/2 x 2 5/8 in)

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Dagger-axe (ge)

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Dagger-axe (ge)


label: Date

content: late 18th century

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (drawing): 31.3 × 24.4 cm (12 5/16 × 9 5/8 in)

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

content: India

content: Ancestral Timurid group

title_sort: ANCESTRAL TIMURID GROUP

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Ancestral Timurid group


content: 10th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Bronze Age

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated at Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do province, Korea [1]

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, Louise Cort, April 5, 2010, and Louise Cort, July 23, 2010, in the object record).

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: jade

content: Bronze Age (1500 - 400 BCE)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (serpentine)

content: H x W (overall): 1.9 x 0.6 cm (3/4 x 1/4 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Korean Art
Jade
Bronze Age (1500 - 400 BCE)

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea caddy. Ivory cover. Unidentified base covered with brown and black lacquer in imitation of a Takatori pottery glaze.

label: Label

content: Takatori ware ceramic tea caddies with layered glazes were popular tea utensils. The skillful lacquerer who made this tea caddy perfectly replicated the color and texture of Takatori ware. Ceramic tea containers are used customarily for the preparation called thick tea, while lacquer containers are used for thin tea. This lacquer posing as ceramic playfully crosses boundaries.

content: To 1902

content: Samuel Colman (1832-1920), New York, NY, and Newport, RI, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [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 Pottery List, L. 1136, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).

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: Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

content: An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)

content: Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

content: Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)

content: Samuel Colman (1832-1920)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ivory

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Lacquer on unidentified base; ivory lid

content: H x W: 7 x 4.2 cm (2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in)

name:
American Art Association
Freer, Charles Lang
Colman, Samuel

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

content: Japan

content: Tea caddy imitating Takatori ware

title_sort: TEA CADDY IMITATING TAKATORI WARE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea caddy imitating Takatori ware


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

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. 705, pg. 176, 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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bear

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Furniture and Furnishing

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.7 x 2.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 in)

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

content: China

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

content: Support in the form of a bear

title_sort: SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A BEAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Support in the form of a bear


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: James Staats Forbes (1823-1904), London [1]

content: To 1905

content: William Marchant & Co., London, to 1905 [2]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William Marchant & Co. in 1905 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record states: "Label on backing of frame states that this drawing was loaned by the Forbes collection to the Proposed City of Dublin Gallery and exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy, 1904-5, numbered 256; titled: 'The Sable Jacket.'"

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Drawings, pg. 6, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Whistler Pastels and Drawings, Re-arranged and some additions (January 7, 1924 to January 20, 1944)

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

content: James Staats Forbes (1823-1904)

content: William Marchant & Co. (flourished 1907-1925) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Chalk and pastel on brown paper

content: H x W: 28.6 x 17.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Forbes, James Staats
William Marchant & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Woman

content: United States

content: The Ermine Coat

title_sort: THE ERMINE COAT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Ermine Coat


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1372, pg. 317, 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: Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x Diam: 4.3 x 7.2 cm (1 11/16 x 2 7/8 in)

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

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bracelet


label: Date

content: 305-30 BCE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, ear-shaped. Pierced

title_sort: BEAD, EAR-SHAPED. PIERCED

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead, ear-shaped. Pierced


content: ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

content: From 1936 to 1991

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005), Las Vegas, Nevada, purchased in Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan province, China. [1]

content: From 1991

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John Hadley Cox, Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1. See also the "List of Objects Offered to the Freer Gallery of Art" and Deed of Gift from John Hadley Cox, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: bone

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

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

content: Unclassified

content: Bone

content: H x W x D: 2 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm (13/16 × 9/16 × 1/4 in)

topic:
Art
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Bone

content: China

label: Title

content: Oracle bone, inscribed

title_sort: ORACLE BONE, INSCRIBED

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Oracle bone, inscribed


content: 15th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Juran (傳)巨然 (active 960-986)

content: To 1915

content: L.C. Pang Collection (1864-1949), Chekiang, China, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the L.C. Pang Collection, through C. T. Loo, in San Francisco, in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 960, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue, No. 37, 1915. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] According to an Accession List note, Charles Lang Freer purchased F1915.17- F1915.26 from the L.C. Pang Collection of Chekiang, China, through C. T. Loo, while at San Francisco in April 1915. Payment was made through Leyer and Co. of Shanghai, China. See Voucher no. 3, May 1915.

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: mountain

content: river

content: qin

content: wind

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 209.5 x 97.8 cm (82 1/2 x 38 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

content: Flowing Water, Wind in the Pines

title_sort: FLOWING WATER, WIND IN THE PINES

title: Flowing Water, Wind in the Pines


label: Date

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

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Unglazed.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2465, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: monster

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Model

label: Medium

content: Unglazed earthenware

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

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

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

content: China

content: Model (positive) for casting a metal monster mask

title_sort: MODEL (POSITIVE) FOR CASTING A METAL MONSTER MASK

label: Thumbnail Image


content: Edo period

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

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 339, pg. 83, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: tree

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: dancer

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: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 70.9 × 26.2 cm (27 15/16 × 10 5/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A Dancer, Kiyohime, a cherry tree and the bell of Dojo-ji

title_sort: A DANCER, KIYOHIME, A CHERRY TREE AND THE BELL OF DOJO-JI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: early 17th-mid 18th century

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

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

content: From 1992

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

content: Possibly Netherlands

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

label: Data Source

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

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H x W: 5.6 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

label: Screen Image

title: Glass fragment


label: Date

content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono Reserved List, R. 393, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: bird

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: bamboo

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 97.3 x 28 cm (38 5/16 x 11 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Bird on a bamboo branch

title_sort: BIRD ON A BAMBOO BRANCH

title: Bird on a bamboo branch


content: 2nd century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 243, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cloud

content: Japan

content: monk

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 159 x 29.5 cm (62 5/8 x 11 5/8 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Buddhist monk's stole (ohi)

title_sort: BUDDHIST MONK'S STOLE (OHI)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Buddhist monk's stole (ohi)


label: Date

content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 952, 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: This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 29.1 x 117.3 cm (11 7/16 x 46 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Horses
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Eight Steeds and a Groom

title_sort: EIGHT STEEDS AND A GROOM

label: Screen Image

title: Eight Steeds and a Groom


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Vase of the type "hu"; flat base broken and repaired, crack up one side; small areas restored; spurmarks on base.

content: Clay: reddish, sandy texture; fired medium hard.

content: Glaze: lead silicate; much silvery iridescence, deterioration.

content: Decoration: band of animals and hunters among hills in relief; two simulated mask and ring handles moulded in relief and applied.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, in 1905 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1385, 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: 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 Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)

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)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: hunting

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x Diam: 36.4 × 29.2 cm (14 5/16 × 11 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Tomb jar

title_sort: TOMB JAR

title: Tomb jar


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Yuan (mid- to late 14th century)

label: Calligrapher

content: Colophon by Wang Shimin (1592-1680)

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai 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. 669, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: winter

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

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: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 41 x 278.3 cm (16 1/8 x 109 9/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Snow clearing on mountains and rivers, after Wang Wei

title_sort: SNOW CLEARING ON MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS, AFTER WANG WEI

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 17th-18th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Emperor Ming of the Jin dynasty (reigned 323-325)

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. 1181, 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: Wanyan Jingxian (ca. 1848-ca. 1927-29) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: moon

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: ocean

content: sun

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 28.3 x 222.4 cm (11 1/8 x 87 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Jingxian, Wanyan

place: China Sun

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Moon
Chinese Art
Outer space
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ocean
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Sun and moon over land and sea

title_sort: SUN AND MOON OVER LAND AND SEA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Sun and moon over land and sea


content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Makimono List, L. 765, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object was kept in the Reserved Section until 1921, when it was given a regular registration number.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bamboo

content: writing

content: garden

content: ruan

content: China

content: rock

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 29.7 x 217.7 cm (11 11/16 x 85 11/16 in)

topic:
Musical instruments
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Writing
Rocks
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Gardens
Bamboo

content: China

content: Elegant gathering in the western garden

title_sort: ELEGANT GATHERING IN THE WESTERN GARDEN

title: Elegant gathering in the western garden


content: ca. 1592-94

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Akbar

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: To 1931

content: Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1931 [1]

content: From 1931

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1931 [2]

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: The Imperial Image: Painting for the Mughal Court (September 25, 1981 to 30 March 1982)

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, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting (December 20, 1944 to April 23, 1947)

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

content: Ajit Ghose (born 1886)

content: India

label: Topic

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

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, ink and gold on paper

content: H x W: 42 x 24.7 cm (16 9/16 x 9 3/4 in)

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Reign of Akbar (1556 - 1605)

content: India

content: The Siege of Baghdad by Tahir, from the Tarikh-i-Alfi

title_sort: THE SIEGE OF BAGHDAD BY TAHIR, FROM THE TARIKH-I-ALFI


label: Date

content: ca. 1710

content: Kulu or Bahu school

label: Description

content: With its wide-eyed heroine seated beneath undulating creepers, head-butting rams, and brooding clouds, the painting has a wild energy. Its farouche quality is heightened by its enigmatic subject: a woman sitting outside a shrine with her hand on the rump of a ram butting another ram.

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscribed in white Takri on upper border: kachhelī raganī dīpake dī bharaj; black Takri following.

content: Verso center top: black Takri-kachhelī raganī dīpake dī bharaj / pehla patra (first folio); center of page in dark black ink is nagari no. 1; center bottom in pencil in English: 160 x 156 mm, Kulu 1700, 18th century; A 2/67 a500

content: To 1967

content: Maggs Bros., London, England. [1]

content: From 1967 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Maggs Bros., London, England in April 1967. [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Information obtained from Catherine Glynn Benkaim. See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

content: [4] See note 1.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Maggs Bros. Ltd. (founded 1853)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Bahu or Jammu, Himachal Pradesh state, India

content: sheep

content: ragamala

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (painting): 16.2 × 15.5 cm (6 3/8 × 6 1/8 in)

content: H x W (overall): 21 × 21 cm (8 1/4 × 8 1/4 in)

name:
Maggs Bros. Ltd.
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Bahu
Himachal Pradesh state
Jammu
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Animals
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Sheep
Ragamala

content: India

label: Title

content: Kaccheli Ragini, from a Ragamala

title_sort: KACCHELI RAGINI, FROM A RAGAMALA

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Kaccheli Ragini, from a Ragamala


content: 16th-17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhou Fang (傳)周昉 (ca. 730-ca. 800)

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1123, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en, no. 6.

content: [2] According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.

content: Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1123, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: elephant

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Manjushri

content: palace

content: China

content: Vimalakirti

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 113.5 x 41.8 cm (44 11/16 x 16 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Palace
Chinese Art
Vimalakirti
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Manjushri
Elephants

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: The Discourse of Vimalakirti and Manjusri

title_sort: THE DISCOURSE OF VIMALAKIRTI AND MANJUSRI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 1st century or later

content: Roman period

label: Description

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

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: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Unclassified

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in)

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

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G162 state 1 (published) of 1.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 11.8 x 8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: Whistler with the White Lock

title_sort: WHISTLER WITH THE WHITE LOCK

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Whistler with the White Lock


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1279, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 3.5 x 7.1 x 2.1 cm (1 3/8 x 2 13/16 x 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

content: Finial in the form of a bird

title_sort: FINIAL IN THE FORM OF A BIRD

title: Finial in the form of a bird


content: Edo period

content: Shiko (ca. 1773-1805)

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936), Woodstock, NY, and New York to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bolton Coit Brown in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1212, pg. 21-A, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Hand-Held: Gerhard Pulverer's Japanese Illustrated Books (April 6 to August 11, 2013)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: warrior

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 25.7 x 38.2 x 2.4 cm (10 1/8 x 15 1/16 x 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Brown, Bolton Coit

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Diptych; (recto) Two groups of women's figures; (verso) Two designs of warriors

title_sort: DIPTYCH; (RECTO) TWO GROUPS OF WOMEN'S FIGURES; (VERSO) TWO DESIGNS OF WARRIORS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: late 14th-early 15th century

label: Period

content: Muromachi period

label: Label

content: In Japanese Buddhist art, characters representing syllables of the Indian Sanskrit language occasionally symbolized Buddhist deities. Sanskrit syllables, whether written, painted, or spoken, derived their power from their historical association with India, the homeland of the Historical Buddha and the site of his original teachings. In this image, the syllable "a" is enthroned on a lotus, a Buddhist symbol of purity, and surrounded by a circle representing light. This syllable was the symbol for the Cosmic Buddha (Japanese, Dainichi Nyorai) from whom all other Buddhas and bodhisattvas emanate. The lotus surmounts a second red lotus held aloft by a vajra, an ancient Indian weapon representing the power to destroy defilement. In esoteric Buddhism, the three-pronged vajra shown here also symbolized the "three secrets" (sanmitsu) -the body, speech, and mind of the Buddha-which could be realized by the devout practitioner through forming symbolic gestures (mudras) with the hands, speaking magical formulas (mantras), and contemplating a Buddhist deity.

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 Reserved Kakemono List, R. 179, pg. 6, as well as Voucher No. 27, June 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan (April 1, 2023 to February 25, 2024)

content: The Power of Words in an Age of Crisis (October 14, 2017 to May 6, 2018)

content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: lotus

content: vajra

content: Japan

content: Vairocana Buddha

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Sanskrit

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 120.7 x 42.4 cm (47 1/2 x 16 11/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Vairocana Buddha
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Vajra
Japanese Art
Lotus
Kakemono
Sanskrit

content: Japan

content: The Bija A, representing Vairocana (Dainichi)

title_sort: THE BIJA A, REPRESENTING VAIROCANA (DAINICHI)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: 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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a tablet for inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A TABLET FOR INLAY

title: Fragment of a tablet for inlay


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 215, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 212.5 x 107.5 cm (83 11/16 x 42 5/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk's robe, patched; kesa 袈裟

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


label: Date

content: 2nd-3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty or Period of Division

content: To 1909

content: Count Tanaka, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Count Tanaka through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 112, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Count Tanaka (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China or Japan

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Japan

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Mirror

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 22.1 x 1.4 cm (8 11/16 x 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tanaka

place: China Japan

topic:
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

content: Japan

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mirror


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 6

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G109 state 11 of 11.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

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: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.8 x 13.3 cm (8 3/16 x 5 1/4 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Draped Model

title_sort: DRAPED MODEL

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Draped Model


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored mostly from one side leaving slight median ridge; obverse in mottled tones of browns, reds, and dull green with cloudy white veinings of incipient disintegration that completely cover the reverse; saw marks on reverse, scattered wormhole-like pittings on both surfaces. (Rim broken in two areas.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1371, pg. 317, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 18.6 x 1.3 cm (7 5/16 x 1/2 in)

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3.6 x 4.6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 13/16 in)

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Ornament back with pseudomorph of hemp textile

title_sort: ORNAMENT BACK WITH PSEUDOMORPH OF HEMP TEXTILE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image