label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Utagawa Toyoharu (1735-1814)

label: Signatures

content: Signed: Gyo nen (age) roku-ju-roku (66) o (okina, i.e. old man) Ichiryusai Utagawa Toyoharu ga.

label: Marks

content: Contains seal.

label: Label

content: Utagawa Toyoharu was an important and influential painter of ukiyo-e (pictures of the floating world) who established a lineage of successful painters and print designers that continued into the Meiji era (1868-1912). This charming scene at the seashore reveals the technical versatility of Toyoharu's painting, ranging from the soft brushstrokes and ink washes depicting the landscape to the fluent rendering of the stylized waves. Rich, opaque color, meticulously applied and accented with gold, is restricted to the womens' fashionable kimonos. Toyoharu's mastery of expression is apparent in this lively work: the womens' garments seem to be caught by a breeze as they wade out to gather clams; the young woman deftly catches a fish with her hand.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 175, pg. 38, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

content: Artists of Edo (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: woman

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: shore

content: girl

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk panel

content: H x W (image): 87.3 × 32.9 cm (34 3/8 × 12 15/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Two women and a girl on the seashore

title_sort: TWO WOMEN AND A GIRL ON THE SEASHORE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Two women and a girl on the seashore


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: Period of Division

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. 783, pg. 202, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.5 x 5.4 cm (1 3/8 x 2 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

place:
Inner Mongolia/Ordos
China

topic:
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Horses
Metal-work

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Ornament in the form of a horse

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF A HORSE

type: Images

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ornament in the form of a horse


content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 568, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: iron

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Iron, gold and silver inlay

content: H x W: 23.8 x 3.9 cm (9 3/8 x 1 9/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Garment hook (daigou)


content: 770-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S. I. 987, Freer Galley 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: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 7.9 x 7.1 cm (3 1/8 x 2 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

content: Chariot fitting: axle cap and linchpin

title_sort: CHARIOT FITTING: AXLE CAP AND LINCHPIN

title: Chariot fitting: axle cap and linchpin


content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Label

content: This small album leaf presents a peculiar depiction of both riders and horses. The minimal detail given to the almost faceless rider in front and to the headless horse in back emphasizes the composition's awkwardness, which is heightened by the unnatural parallels formed by the horses' front legs. Moreover, the ambiguous spatial arrangement of the two horses and the feeble brushwork may very well suggest that this piece is a simple practice exercise from the hand of an enthusiastic painting student.

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 Original Panel List, L. 87, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Year of the Horse: Chinese Horse Paintings (February 24 to September 2, 2002)

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

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Lacquer (February 22, 1971 to November 22, 1971)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: horse

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: archery

content: China

content: bow

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25.2 x 23.8 cm (9 15/16 x 9 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Two archers on horseback

title_sort: TWO ARCHERS ON HORSEBACK

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Two archers on horseback


label: Date

content: Edo period or Meiji era

label: Description

content: Large sake bottle (tokkuri 徳利). Bottle, ovoidal, with short, tubular neck.

content: Clay: sandy, dark gray-brown.

content: Glaze: thin, metallic dark-brown wash, splashed eccentrically; dappled ash glaze appearing green over body, amber over wash. Heavy overflow of rich, brilliant seal-brown and black, crackled, on neck and shoulder.

label: Provenance

content: To 1893

content: Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1893 [1]

content: From 1893 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1893 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L.121, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Takayanagi Tozo 高柳陶造 (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Shidoro kilns, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Shidoro ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Meiji era (1868 - 1912)

content: sake

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with ash and iron glazes

content: H x Diam: 27.5 × 14.8 cm (10 13/16 × 5 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Shidoro ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

place:
Shizuoka prefecture
Shidoro kilns
Japan

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Shidoro ware
Ceramics
Meiji era (1868 - 1912)
Sake

content: Japan

content: Shidoro ware sake bottle

title_sort: SHIDORO WARE SAKE BOTTLE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Shidoro ware sake bottle


content: ca. 3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, Late Warring States period

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "pien-hu" (side cracked); the body rectangular in section; two loose-ring handles; wooden stand. Crusted patination in shades of red, brown, and green cleaned off and rubbed down. Over-all decoration inlaid with silver.

content: To 1915

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920), Paris, France [1]

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY purchased on behalf of Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) from Marcel Bing through C. T. Loo of Lai Yuan & Co., New York in early December 1915 [2]

content: 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Eugene Meyer on December 14, 1915 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Bing’s ownership is documented in several locations. See, for example: November 11, 1915 letter from Marcel Bing to Charles Lang Freer; letters from December 10 and 15 from Eugene Meyer to Charles Lang Freer; telegrams exchanged between Marcel Bing, Charles Lang Freer, and Eugene Meyer dating from November 15 to December 5, 1915; February 2, 1916 letter from Charles Lang Freer to Marcel Bing; and Freer Gallery of Art Original Bronze List S.I. 671. Copies of aforementioned documents in object file.

content: [2] Eugene Meyer, Agnes E. Meyer, and Charles Lang Freer negotiated with Marcel Bing to arrange a joint purchase of Bing’s collection of 11 Chinese bronzes and 1 jade. See correspondence cited in note 1. The Meyers and Freer decided to divide the collection - Meyers acquiring 5 bronzes and Freer acquiring 6 bronzes in addition to the jade – and the price, calculating each party’s payment was based on the appraisal values assigned to each piece. The Meyers ultimately sent the entire payment to C. T. Loo, Lai Yuan & Company (sometimes spelled Lai-Yuan), who in turn wired money to Bing. Meyers made the payment in early December 1915, with Freer paying the Meyers for the objects destined for his collection on December 14, 1915.

content: See also: Freer Gallery of Art, Original Bronze List, S. I. 670; invoices from Lai Yuan & Company addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Meyer and Mr. Charles L. Freer; and Dorota Chudzicka, “’In Love at First Sight Completely, Hopelessly, and Forever with Chinse Art’: The Eugene and Agnes Meyer Collection of Chinese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art” in Collections Vol. 10, No. 3 (Summer 2014), p. 334-335, copies in object file.

content: All the objects included in this large sale, which were originally divided between the Meyers and Freer, are now in the museum’s collection ( F1915.102; F1915.03a-b; F1915.104; F1915.105; F1915.106a-f; F1915.107; F1915.108; F1961.30a-b; F1961.32a-b; F1968.28; F1968.29).

content: [3] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 671, copy in object file. See also 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: Art and Industry: China’s Houma Foundry (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Clay and Metal: Ancient Chinese Ceramics and Metal (February 25, 1997 to August 9, 2011)

content: Chinese Metalwork (May 9, 1993 to March 21, 1997)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 (1880-1957)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Henan or Hebei province, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: wine

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Bronze with silver inlay

content: H x W x D (overall): 31.3 x 30.5 x 11.7 cm (12 5/16 x 12 x 4 5/8 in)

name:
Loo, C. T.
Freer, Charles Lang
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.
Lai-Yuan & Company
Bing, Marcel

place:
China
Henan
Hebei province

topic:
Bronze
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Metal-work

room: Gallery 18

building: Freer

content: China

content: Wine flask (bianhu) with geometric decoration

title_sort: WINE FLASK (BIANHU) WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign

label: Description

content: Covered baluster vase, one of three in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190-194). Blue-and-white.

content: Clay: white porcelain

content: Glaze: clear, feldspathic.

content: Decoration: painted in underglaze cobalt blue with a court lady being entertained by a dancer and musicians, floral sprays on neck, domed cover has ladies, flowers and rocks and a bud-shaped finial knob.

content: Wood stand, not previously recorded.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Duveen Brothers, New York [1]

content: From 1916 to 1941

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

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

content: From 1941 to no later than 1945

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

content: From 1940s to 1980

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

content: From 1980

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

content: Duveen Brothers

content: Mrs. B. F. Jones

content: Mr. Myron S. Falk, Sr.

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

content: Mrs. Mildred F. Loew

content: Mrs. Eleanor F. Lenzner

content: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

content: ceramic

content: flower

content: Jingdezhen ware

content: music

content: dancing

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)

content: China

content: porcelain

content: musician

content: Chinese Art

content: dancer

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

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

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam (assembled): 45.5 × 17.1 cm (17 15/16 × 6 3/4 in)

content: Jingdezhen ware

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

place:
China
Jiangxi province
Jingdezhen

topic:
Porcelain
Art
Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722)
Chinese Art
Music
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Dance
Ceramics
Flowers
Jingdezhen ware
Dancer
Musicians

room: Gallery 12 - Peacock Room

content: China

label: Title

content: Baluster vase, one of three in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194)

title_sort: BALUSTER VASE, ONE OF THREE IN A FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE (F1980.190--194)

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title: Baluster vase one of three in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194) (Full resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

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title: Baluster vase one of three in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, obj, scale in m)

category: Low resolution

title: Baluster vase one of three in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, gltf, scale in m)

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title: Baluster vase one of three in a five-piece garniture (F1980.190--194) (Low resolution 3D mesh, glb, scale in m)

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label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: This drawing with its strong sense of perspective, gives us a view of Whistler's room at Herr Schmitz's hotel in Cologne.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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)

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)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 15.1 x 19.6 cm (5 15/16 x 7 11/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Men

content: United States

content: Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne

title_sort: ATTENDANT QUE LE LINGE SÈCHE! COLOGNE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Attendant que le linge sèche! Cologne


label: Date

label: Period

content: Period of Division

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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. 451-457, page 109, 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: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 3.1 x 5.1 cm (1 1/4 x 2 in)

content: China

content: Standing horse

title_sort: STANDING HORSE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Standing horse


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 3

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 G86, state not provided.

label: Provenance

content: To 1896

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

content: From 1896 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Plates, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is part of a group (consisting of a set of sixteen plates, as well as one impression of each plate) that was purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in January 1896.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 19.2 x 31.3 cm (7 9/16 x 12 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Forge

title_sort: THE FORGE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Forge


label: Date

content: ca. 1100-1050 BCE

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel with a cover, of the type "p'ou." Rim broken; holes in foot rim and side wall.

content: Surface: smooth jade-green patina merging into blue, with areas of green and brown incrustation.

content: Decoration: in relief. Crocketed flanges (some broken). Inscription inside.

content: To 1913

content: Edgar Worch (1880-1972), New York to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edgar Worch in 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 517, 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: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

content: Ancient Chinese Bronzes (May 9, 1993 to February 10, 1997)

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

content: Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Edgar Worch (1880-1972) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: middle Yangzi River region, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x Diam: 37.3 × 32.5 cm (14 11/16 × 12 13/16 in)

name:
Worch, Edgar
Freer, Charles Lang

place:
middle Yangzi River region
China

content: China

content: Container (bu) with masks (taotie), dragons, and waterfowl

title_sort: CONTAINER (BU) WITH MASKS (TAOTIE), DRAGONS, AND WATERFOWL

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: first half of the 8th century

label: Period

content: Mid-Tang dynasty

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011)

content: Silk Road Luxuries from China (November 5, 2011 to January 3, 2016)

content: The Idea of China in Japan: The Tea Ceremony in Japan (December 19, 1999 to June 11, 2000)

content: China

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: twill

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

content: Brocade (jin): woven silk (weft-faced compound twill)

content: H x W: 150.1 x 59.3 cm (59 1/8 x 23 3/8 in)

topic:
Twill
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Brocading
Weft patterning

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Textile with floral medallions and lozenges

title_sort: TEXTILE WITH FLORAL MEDALLIONS AND LOZENGES

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, 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] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 155, 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: Japan

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 420.5 x 33.5 cm (165 9/16 x 13 3/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk. An obi

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. AN OBI

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Brocade, silk. An obi


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Figure of a barking dog. Hollow. Wood stand. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: very soft, reddish.

content: Glaze: green, crazed and iridescent. Much disintegrated.

content: To 1917

content: John Fenning, New York, to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John Fenning 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 Pottery List, L. 2522, 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: John Fenning (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: dog

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 25 x 27.7 cm (9 13/16 x 10 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Fenning, John

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

content: China

content: Tomb figure of a barking dog

title_sort: TOMB FIGURE OF A BARKING DOG

label: Screen Image

title: Tomb figure of a barking dog


content: ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period

content: Miniature blade. Ornament in form of miniature curved blade with two conical perforations drilled from the same side; gray and terra cotta color with traces of ochre stain; blade beveled, handle in form of crested bird, decoration incised on one side, in relief on the other; satin smooth surface except for area of granular white disintegration on one side. (Tip of blade slightly chipped.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 886, pg. 194, 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: Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: bird

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 3.2 × 8.4 × 0.4 cm (1 1/4 × 3 5/16 × 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

place:
China
Henan province
Anyang

content: China

content: Dagger-axe (ge 戈) with bird, fragment reworked

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE 戈) WITH BIRD, FRAGMENT REWORKED

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Xu Daoning (ca. 1000-after 1066)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

label: Provenance

content: Hsiang Yuan-Pien (1525-1590) [1]

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1970

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

content: From 1970

content: Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Agnes E. Meyer in 1970 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] The Ming collector’s, Hsiang Yuan-pien’s seal is located on the painting, see Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition (Washington: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973), p. 56, no. 25 (ill.).

content: [2] The painting was published and illustrated in Pang Yuanji’s catalogue, Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P’ang Lai Ch’en (Tang Wudai Song Yuan minghua), vol. 1 (Shanghai, Privately published by Pang Yuanji, 1916), no. 20: “Hsü Toa Ning, Listening to the Pines at the Hermitage.”

content: Pang Yuanji’s collector seal is located on the painting.

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

content: [4] The painting is included in a codicil to Agnes E. Meyer’s will and testament, dated December 23, 1969, copy in object file

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (IV) (June 12 to November 28, 2010)

content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (III) (May 29, 1999 to January 30, 2000)

content: Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

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

content: Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

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

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

content: Hsiang Yuan-Pien (1525-1590)

content: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: qin

content: pavilion

content: scholar

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 199.5 x 106.2 cm (78 9/16 x 41 13/16 in)

name:
Yuan-Pien, Hsiang
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Pavilion
Landscapes
Art
Scholar
Chinese Art
Qin
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Listening to the Pines in a Riverside Pavilion

title_sort: LISTENING TO THE PINES IN A RIVERSIDE PAVILION

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: ca. 1600-ca. 771 BCE

content: Shang or Western Zhou dynasty, Anyang period

label: Description

content: Squared, hollow cylinder of the type ts’ung [cong] 琮; narrow projecting collar at both ends; mottled black, brown, and tan; collar worn and uneven on one side.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

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. 1156, pg. 264, 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

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

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 3.6 × 6 × 5.8 cm (1 7/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 5/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

content: China

label: Title

content: Tube (cong </>琮</i>)

title_sort: TUBE (CONG </>琮</I>)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Tube (cong </>琮</i>)


label: Date

content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

content: Cooking vessel, horseshoe-shaped, with three receptacles. Glazed pottery.

content: Clay: soft, reddish.

content: Glaze: rich, dark green, mottled with red; silvery iridescence, finely crackled.

content: Contains marks.

label: Marks

content: Two spur-marks on top.

content: To 1907

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

content: From 1907 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1533, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: cooking

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Model

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

content: H x W: 14.9 x 29.7 cm (5 7/8 x 11 11/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Tomb model of a stove

title_sort: TOMB MODEL OF A STOVE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tomb model of a stove


content: 17th century

content: Edo period

label: Label

content: Pairs of wrestlers in a walled courtyard engage in practice bouts of sumo, the ancient Japanese form of wrestling that became a professional sport early in the Edo period (1615-1868), when this screen was painted. Still practiced today as Japan's most famous national sport, sumo has a history of some two thousand years, and formal matches retain many of the rituals established in ancient times.

content: Observed from a slightly elevated building, wrestlers ranging from youths to mature contenders practice the holds, rushes, and throws that determine the winner in sumo matches. The objective in a match is to force the opponent to touch the ground or to push him outside the rope marking the boundary of the circular ring. A judge in the foreground carefully watches one match as a wrestler is about to be thrown to the ground. This screen provides a realistic view of sumo training in the seventeenth century, as young wrestlers drawn mainly from rural communities prepare for this rigorous sport.

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 70, pg. 18, 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: Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: sport

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 170 x 178 cm (66 15/16 x 70 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

content: Japan

content: Two-panel screen depicting wrestlers

title_sort: TWO-PANEL SCREEN DEPICTING WRESTLERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Two-panel screen depicting wrestlers


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, "The Etched Work of Whistler," (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K48; first and only state.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G56, state not provided.

content: To 1893

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

content: From 1893 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 15.3 x 22.5 cm (6 x 8 7/8 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Stevens' Boat Life

title_sort: STEVENS' BOAT LIFE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Stevens' Boat Life


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 17th-18th century

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Zhang Gui (active mid-12th century)

label: Label

content: In the In the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, visits to urban pleasure quarters were a regular occurrence in upper-class life. For educated men, an interlude with a courtesan was a time to shake off official duties and Confucian responsibilities, and they enjoyed being entertained by witty and artistically talented women who played chess, wrote poetry, danced, and knew music. This painting of a young woman who suggestively holds a flute is charged with sexual innuendo. Her companion, a more senior courtesan, holds a rose in a gesture that frequently appears in erotic Chinese paintings.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1279, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 76.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Virtue and Entertainment: Chinese Music in the Visual Arts (October 1, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: rose

content: playing

content: music

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: woman

content: fan

content: flute

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 156.2 x 88.8 cm (61 1/2 x 34 15/16 in)

topic:
Fans
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Roses
Playing
Chinese Art
Music
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Woman
Flute

content: China

content: Courtesans with fan and flute

title_sort: COURTESANS WITH FAN AND FLUTE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Courtesans with fan and flute


content: ca. 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 919, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 13.4 x 2.2 cm (5 1/4 x 7/8 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Fitting (fragment)

title_sort: FITTING (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fitting (fragment)


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Jar, cylindrical ovoidal; three loop handles one broken. Gold lacquer repairs. Black lacquer cover.

content: Clay: dense, hard, metallic.

content: Glaze: deep cream-yellow, darkening to gray-brown and red-brown; minute reddish crackle. Blackish residue coating interior; remains of residue on exterior.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 187, 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: Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 20.6 × 13.9 cm (8 1/8 × 5 1/2 in)

label: Style

content: Seto ware

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Seto

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

content: Japan

content: Jar with three lugs, for burial of cremated remains

title_sort: JAR WITH THREE LUGS, FOR BURIAL OF CREMATED REMAINS

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, triple

title_sort: BEAD, TRIPLE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead, triple


label: Date

content: late 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Nagasawa Rosetsu 長澤蘆雪 (1754-1799)

content: To 1900

content: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900), Kyoto, to 1900 [1]

content: To 1906

content: S. Ikeda, Tokyo, to 1906 [2]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Ikeda in 1906 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, S.I. 93, pg. 145, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1. It is probable that S. Ikeda refers to Ikeda Sei’emon (or Seisuke II), the eldest son of the well-known Japanese dealer and collector Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900). Ikeda Sei’emon maintained shops in Tokyo and Kyoto under the trade name S. Ikeda & Co. After the death of his father, Ikeda Sei’emon sold a number of objects from his father's collection (Ikeda Collection).

content: [3] See notes 1 and 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Japanese Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

content: Ikeda Seisuke (1839-1900)

content: S. Ikeda (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and tint on silk panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 30.7 x 46.3 cm (12 1/16 x 18 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ikeda, Seisuke
Ikeda, S.

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Herdboy on a water-buffalo in a rainstorm

title_sort: HERDBOY ON A WATER-BUFFALO IN A RAINSTORM

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 6th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 42, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lombardy, Italy

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 1.7 cm (11/16 in)

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Mosaic glass

content: Italy

content: Bead, cylindrical, with a longitudinal bore. Cracked on one side

title_sort: BEAD, CYLINDRICAL, WITH A LONGITUDINAL BORE. CRACKED ON ONE SIDE

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: ca. 1100-1050 BCE

content: Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period

content: To 1911

content: By Rai Sai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 244, 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: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

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

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

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

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

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

content: By Rai-sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Anyang, probably Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 11 × 8.7 × 6.3 cm (4 5/16 × 3 7/16 × 2 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Rai-sai, By

content: China

content: Draft pole heel pipe with mask (taotie)

title_sort: DRAFT POLE HEEL PIPE WITH MASK (TAOTIE)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Draft pole heel pipe with mask (taotie)


content: 1879 and 1887

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

content: To 1888

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [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, Lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 20.5 x 13.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 5/16 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Cities and towns

content: United States

label: Title

content: Victoria Club

title_sort: VICTORIA CLUB

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Victoria Club


label: Period

content: Period of Division

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. 785, pg. 202, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Inner Mongolia/Ordos, China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: horse

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: monkey

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 4.5 x 5.1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Horses
Monkeys
Metal-work

content: China

content: Ornament in the form of possibly a monkey riding a horse

title_sort: ORNAMENT IN THE FORM OF POSSIBLY A MONKEY RIDING A HORSE

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: Possibly Yuan dynasty

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 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 766, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image, each): 31.5 x 89.5 cm (12 3/8 x 35 1/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: The captivity of Cai Wenji (four scenes)

title_sort: THE CAPTIVITY OF CAI WENJI (FOUR SCENES)


content: 8th century

content: Tang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920), Paris, France [1]

content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC and Mt. Kisco, NY purchased on behalf of Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) from Marcel Bing through C. T. Loo of Lai Yuan &Co., New York in early December 1915 [2]

content: 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Eugene Meyer on December 14, 1915 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Bing’s ownership is documented in several locations. See, for example: November 11, 1915 letter from Marcel Bing to Charles Lang Freer; letters from December 10 and 15 from Eugene Meyer to Charles Lang Freer; telegrams exchanged between Marcel Bing, Charles Lang Freer, and Eugene Meyer dating from November 15 to December 5, 1915; February 2, 1916 letter from Charles Lang Freer to Marcel Bing; and Freer Gallery of Art Original Bronze List S.I. 674. Copies of aforementioned documents in object file.

content: [2] Eugene Meyer, Agnes E. Meyer, and Charles Lang Freer negotiated with Marcel Bing to arrange a joint purchase of Bing’s collection of 11 Chinese bronzes and 1 jade. See correspondence cited in note 1. The Meyers and Freer decided to divide the collection - Meyers acquiring 5 bronzes and Freer acquiring 6 bronzes in addition to the jade – and the price, calculating each party’s contribution based on the appraisal values assigned to each piece. The Meyers ultimately sent the entire payment to C. T. Loo, Lai Yuan & Company (sometimes spelled Lai-Yuan), who in turn wired money to Bing. Meyers made the payment in early December 1915, with Freer paying the Meyers for the objects destined for his collection on December 14, 1915.

content: See also: Freer Gallery of Art, Original Bronze List, S. I. 670; invoices from Lai Yuan & Company addressed to Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Meyer and Mr. Charles L. Freer; and Dorota Chudzicka, “’In Love at First Sight Completely, Hopelessly, and Forever with Chinse Art’: The Eugene and Agnes Meyer Collection of Chinese Art at the Freer Gallery of Art” in Collections Vol. 10, No. 3 (Summer 2014), p. 334-335, copies in object file. All the objects included in this large sale, which were originally divided between the Meyers and Freer, are now in the museum’s collection ( F1915.102; F1915.03a-b; F1915.104; F1915.105; F1915.106a-f; F1915.107; F1915.108; F1961.30a-b; F1961.32a-b; F1968.28; F1968.29).

content: [3] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 674, copy in object file. See also note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)

content: Special Exhibit for King and Queen of Nepal (April 26, 1960 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Art (July 19, 1958 to April 26, 1960)

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

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

content: Early Chinese Pottery and Scultpure, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916 (March 6 to October 15, 1916)

content: Marcel Bing (1875-1920)

content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: purportedly from Henan province, China

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: funerary

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise

label: Related Online Resources

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: Container

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 36.7 x 17 x 33.5 cm (14 7/16 x 6 11/16 x 13 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E.
Bing, Marcel

place:
purportedly from Henan province
China

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Funerary
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Chinese

room: Gallery 17

content: China

content: Reliquary in the form of a miniature sarcophagus

title_sort: RELIQUARY IN THE FORM OF A MINIATURE SARCOPHAGUS

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 4th-6th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 37, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: glass dragging

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H x W: 2.1 x 1.8 cm (13/16 x 11/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

room: Gallery 20

label: Title

content: Knob, olive shaped; fragmentary at each end

title_sort: KNOB, OLIVE SHAPED; FRAGMENTARY AT EACH END

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G343 state 2 of 2.

content: To 1889

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

content: From 1889 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: commerce

content: United States

content: American Art

content: store front

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 12.4 x 17.5 cm (4 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: High Street, Brussels

title_sort: HIGH STREET, BRUSSELS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: High Street, Brussels


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: Possibly Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Goulong Shuang (active late 11th century)

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 Reserved Panel List, R. 3, L. 111, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: woman

content: ox

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: herd boy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 25 x 26.1 cm (9 13/16 x 10 1/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Oxen
Herd boy
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Woman

content: China

label: Title

content: Old woman on ox, with herd-boy and calf

title_sort: OLD WOMAN ON OX, WITH HERD-BOY AND CALF

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Old woman on ox, with herd-boy and calf


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 49, pg. 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: 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: bird

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: wave

content: shikishi

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 18.4 x 18.1 cm (7 1/4 x 7 1/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Waves and bird

title_sort: WAVES AND BIRD

label: Screen Image

title: Waves and bird


content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: 200 BCE-100 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


label: Date

content: ca. 500

content: Period of Division

content: To 1911

content: Unidentified owner, Kai Feng-fu, Honan, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified owner in Kai Feng-fu, Honan, China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5665, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 6.8 x 14.1 x 6 cm (2 11/16 x 5 9/16 x 2 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Stone
Bodhisattva

content: China

label: Title

content: Fragment, showing torso of seated Buddha, a standing Bodhisattva and two cartouches on the front: and left arm of another seated Buddha on the side

title_sort: FRAGMENT, SHOWING TORSO OF SEATED BUDDHA, A STANDING BODHISATTVA AND TWO CARTOUCHES ON THE FRONT: AND LEFT ARM OF ANOTHER SEATED BUDDHA ON THE SIDE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving median ridge; mottled bright shades of yellow and orange brown; profuse silvery area of incipient disintegration; strata running in thin layers, most noticeable on the rim where some have chipped off from erosion and decomposition. (Many rough and chipped areas on rim and surface.)

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. 1154, pg. 264, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 17.7 x 1.3 cm (6 15/16 x 1/2 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: Screen Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See also, Reserved Textile List, R. 85, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: twill

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

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

content: H x W: 166.7 x 52.5 cm (65 5/8 x 20 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: China

content: Brocade panel

title_sort: BROCADE PANEL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Brocade panel


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, and Louise Cort, July 21, 2010, and 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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Musical Instrument

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.2 x 2.7 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/16 in)

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Bell

title_sort: BELL

title: Bell


content: 16th century

content: Muromachi or Momoyama period

label: Label

content: Japanese landscape screens often represent a sequence of four seasons from right to left, beginning with spring and ending with winter. This Japanese convention for representing a temporal sequence of seasons in an apparently unified spatial setting became established in large-format Japanese paintings by the late fifteenth century. While Japanese painters often incorporated birds and flowers-subjects adapted from Chinese art collected in Japan from the thirteenth century onward-into seasonal landscape painting, this pair of screens is somewhat unusual in its inclusion of exotic musk (civet) cats, known in Japanese as jakoneko.

label: Provenance

content: To 1901

content: Kano Oshima, New York to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kano Oshima in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original

content: Screens Reserved List, R. 4, pg. 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: Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

content: Kano Oshima (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Japan

content: civet cat

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink, color, and imitation gold on paper

content: H x W (.178): 168.3 x 381.4 cm (66 1/4 x 150 3/16 in)

content: H x W (.179): 168.1 x 381.3 cm (66 3/16 x 150 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kano, Oshima

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
Civet cat
Flowers

content: Japan

content: Birds, flowers of the seasons, and civet cats

title_sort: BIRDS, FLOWERS OF THE SEASONS, AND CIVET CATS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG