label: Date

content: 475 BCE-9 CE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty or Western Han dynasty, Warring States period

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research completed July 17, 2025

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

label: Origin

content: Changsha or Kingdom of Chu, possibly Hunan province, China

label: Topic

content: molding

content: jade

content: glass

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

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

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Glass

content: H x W x D: 8 × 3.7 × 0.2 cm (3 1/8 × 1 7/16 × 1/16 in)

place:
Hunan province
China
Kingdom of Chu
Changsha

topic:
Molding
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Glass
Western Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with raised curls, fragment

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED CURLS, FRAGMENT

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Disk (bi) with raised curls, fragment


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: ca. 1800-1815

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Purkhu (active ca. 1780-ca. 1820)

label: School/Tradition

content: Kangra school

label: Inscriptions

content: Recto: The names of the principal figures have been inscribed on the painting.

content: (Upper right, on the white wall of the thatched hut) Krishna, Balibhadra [another name for Balarama who is also called Bali and Balabhadra]

content: (Upper left, on the blue bolster behind the king’s knee) Jarasandha

content: Verso: (top center) numerals 38 in takri

label: Label

content: Purkhu was the master of a large workshop in Kangra, a kingdom in the state that is today Himachal Pradesh, during the reign of a renowned patron of the arts, Maharaja Sansar Chand (r. 1775 - 1823). Purkhu and his workshop produced numerous portraits of Kangra's courtiers and several narrative series with oversize folios, including the Harivamsa.

content: This Harivamsa folio exemplifies Purkhu's brilliant coloring and his uncanny ability to create a magical landscape. It is as if the Himalayan peaks described in Sanskrit epic poetry have become real, with kinnaras (bird-headed figures) among celestial beauties and sages who dwell amid jewel-studded crags.

content: On the mountain, Krishna and Balarama sit beside a thatched hut and calmly gesture toward a swirling cloud of dust. At the center of the oncoming mass of soldiers, Jarasandha, the tyrannical king of Magadha, is shown largest in scale. Lest there be any confusion, his name is written in devanagari on the side of his golden chariot.

label: Provenance

content: To 1968

content: Antique Arts, Bombay, India. [1]

content: From 1968 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Antique Arts, Bombay, India in June 1968. [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

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

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Ralph Benkaim purchased the painting in 1968 from Antique Arts, Bombay, several years before Indian paintings were classified as antiquities by the Indian government, according to his personal records via Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Antique Arts

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Kangra, Himachal Pradesh state, India

content: Krishna

content: battle

content: Mahabharata

content: India

content: Balarama

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: soldier

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (painting): 32.7 × 43.4 cm (12 7/8 × 17 1/16 in)

content: H x W (overall): 36.8 × 48.1 cm (14 1/2 × 18 15/16 in)

name:
Antique Arts
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place:
Kangra
Himachal Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Wars
Art
Soldiers
Krishna
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Balarama
Mahabharata

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

type: Country

content: India

label: Title

content: Jarasandha’s army advances toward Krishna and Balarama, folio from a Mahabharata

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: JARASANDHA’S ARMY ADVANCES TOWARD KRISHNA AND BALARAMA, FOLIO FROM A MAHABHARATA

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 2nd-4th century

label: Period

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Italy

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Italy

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Bead, lobed

title_sort: BEAD, LOBED

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, lobed


content: Momoyama period

label: Provenance

content: To 1906

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] One of a pair: F1906.262 and F1906.263. See Original Screen List, S.I. 127, pg. 35, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, the object record for F1906.262, Curatorial Remark 3, which states: "Note from Original Screens List: Was owned by old Shogun of Tokugawa--from his family to Baron Sone."

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: flower

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: bamboo

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 177.7 x 378.3 cm (69 15/16 x 148 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
Flowers
Bamboo

content: Japan

content: Birds, flowers, and trees: on the back, bamboo trees

title_sort: BIRDS, FLOWERS, AND TREES: ON THE BACK, BAMBOO TREES


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Clay: hard, resonant; pale buff.

content: Glaze: warm reddish-brown, sprinkled with yellow, with overflow of yellow edged with brown.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 614, 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: Dinner for Five: Japanese Serving Dishes for Elegant Meals (March 4 to October 21, 2001)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Arita, Saga prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Arita ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: porcelain

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Porcelain with iron glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 5 × 14.9 cm (2 × 5 7/8 in)

label: Style

content: Arita ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Japan
Saga prefecture
Arita

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Arita ware shallow individual serving bowl with scalloped rim

title_sort: ARITA WARE SHALLOW INDIVIDUAL SERVING BOWL WITH SCALLOPED RIM


label: Date

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Possibly Eastern Wei dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 121, pg. 45, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: relief seal

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)

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: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D (overall): 14.9 x 15.3 x 9 cm (5 7/8 x 6 x 3 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)
Stone
Relief seal

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Seated Buddha (fragment)

title_sort: SEATED BUDDHA (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Seated Buddha (fragment)


content: early 17th-mid 18th century

label: Provenance

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

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

content: From 1992

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

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

content: Possibly Netherlands

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

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

label: Type

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H x W: 4.2 x 3.8 cm (1 5/8 x 1 1/2 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Glass fragment


content: 4th-6th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: glass

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

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

content: Disk bead

title_sort: DISK BEAD

title: Disk bead


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 33, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 2.5 cm (1 in)

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of a rod

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A ROD

title: Fragment of a rod


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Plates, 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: James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: metal

content: copper

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Copper

content: H x W: 25.5 x 19.3 cm (10 1/16 x 7 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Etching plate: Becquet

title_sort: ETCHING PLATE: BECQUET

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Etching plate: Becquet


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Bead, double

title_sort: BEAD, DOUBLE

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

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, double


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G165 state 2 of 8.

content: To 1904

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 24, November 1904, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 14.7 x 22.4 cm (5 13/16 x 8 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Drypoint
Cancelled plate

content: United States

content: From Billingsgate

title_sort: FROM BILLINGSGATE

title: From Billingsgate


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1365, pg. 290, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to the Accession File, Collections Management Office, this object was a gift from K. T. Wong of Shanghai.

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bear

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Furniture and Furnishing

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 5.7 x 4.5 cm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

object_type: Furniture Furnishings

label: Title

content: Support in the form of a bear

title_sort: SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A BEAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Support in the form of a bear


content: Edo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 181, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 10 x 10 cm (3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Textile cover

title_sort: TEXTILE COVER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Textile cover


label: Date

content: Possibly Yuan dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Li You (11th or 12th century)

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 77, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For purchase details regarding the album in which the painting is mounted, see Original Album List, No. 11, pg. 31, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: hawk

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 32.6 x 26.2 cm (12 13/16 x 10 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

content: Hawk on a leafless branch

title_sort: HAWK ON A LEAFLESS BRANCH

title: Hawk on a leafless branch


content: 305 BCE-19 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 19, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam (overall): 1.3 cm (1/2 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Disk-bead, with a longitudinal bore

title_sort: DISK-BEAD, WITH A LONGITUDINAL BORE

title: Disk-bead, with a longitudinal bore


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 51, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead; partly broken

title_sort: BEAD; PARTLY BROKEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead; partly broken


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: summer

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: wine

content: drinking

content: sake

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (sheet & image): 23.8 × 32.1 cm (9 3/8 × 12 5/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Wine and wine making
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Food habits
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Summer
Sake

content: Japan

content: Summer sake sippers

title_sort: SUMMER SAKE SIPPERS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Summer sake sippers


content: 2nd-6th century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty or Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1101, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 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 Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)

content: Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 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: Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Mirror

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 19 x 1.2 cm (7 1/2 x 1/2 in)

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

content: China

content: Mirror (chien)

title_sort: MIRROR (CHIEN)

title: Mirror (chien)


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: The anecdote implied by this scene is ambiguous. We cannot be certain whether the woman is reading a small book or holding a hand of cards. Her relationship to the smoker is not clear. However, the drawing does reveal the artist's interest in illustration during the late 1850s. A very slight underdrawing is still visible beneath the two figures, particularly in the faint outline of a head to the left of the bonneted woman and another head to the right of the hatted man. Whistler later elaborated his quick sketch, recording such details as the woman's enormous challis shawl, the plaid pattern of her skirt, and the curve of the man's pipe. Whistler created textural interest by varying the thickness of line, and he added a good deal of shading. He also vignetted the two figures in an oval composition with blank space at the corners. Whistler continued to use this popular device, borrowed from magazine illustration, in later works-for example, some of the Venetian drawings and etchings executed in 1879-1880.

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

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: woman

content: man

content: United States

content: American 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: Drawing

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 16.8 x 11.8 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Woman

content: United States

label: Title

content: Couple seated at a table

title_sort: COUPLE SEATED AT A TABLE

title: Couple seated at a table


label: Date

content: 16th century?

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Mi Fu (傳)米芾 (1052-1107)

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1171, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: rain

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 92.3 × 39.1 cm (36 3/8 × 15 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Landscape: rain in a mountain gorge

title_sort: LANDSCAPE: RAIN IN A MOUNTAIN GORGE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Landscape: rain in a mountain gorge


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

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 G82 state 3 of 6.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 11.8 x 16.2 cm (4 5/8 x 6 3/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: The Punt

title_sort: THE PUNT

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Punt


content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

label: Topic

content: 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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 4, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G185 state 1 of 7.

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.1 x 29.5 cm (7 15/16 x 11 5/8 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Old Putney Bridge

title_sort: OLD PUTNEY BRIDGE

title: Old Putney Bridge


content: 10th-3rd century BCE

label: Period

content: Bronze Age

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Korea

content: jade

content: Bronze Age (1500 - 400 BCE)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (serpentine)

content: H x W (overall): 4.4 x 1.1 cm (1 3/4 x 7/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

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

content: Korea

content: Bead

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to the Accession List, Collections Management office, F1904.413-.428 were purchased from Kobayashi and Co. in September and October 1904. See also, Miscellaneous Reserve List, May 1917, R. 5713, Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Reproductions, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: sleeping

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 23.9 x 10.5 cm (9 7/16 x 4 1/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Sleeping Man

title_sort: SLEEPING MAN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Sleeping Man


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Rediscovering Korea’s Past (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Korean Ceramics of the Koryo Dynasty (May 9, 1993 to August 7, 2011)

content: Korean Art (May 9, 1993 to January 29, 1997)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze and gold

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 4 x 1.1 cm (1 9/16 x 7/16 in)

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

room: Gallery 14

building: Freer

content: Korea

content: Topknot pin

title_sort: TOPKNOT PIN

title: Topknot pin


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

label: Period

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving pronounced median ridge; mottled light to medium olive greens and some reddish brown and slate-colored areas; partially covered on both sides with a silvery film of incipient disintegration; roughly cut saw marks on both sides; uneven in thickness. (Rim chipped and broken, numerous fissures and rough areas.)

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1108, pg. 246, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 18.7 x 1.3 cm (7 3/8 x 1/2 in)

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

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 6 × 1.4 × 0.9 cm (2 3/8 × 9/16 × 3/8 in)

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

exhibitionTitle: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 14: Rediscovering Korea's Past

content: Korea

content: Topknot pin

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Topknot pin


label: Date

content: 200 BCE-100 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

content: Fragment of a tablet for inlay. Columnar rod mosaic. Inlay of buff-white in an opaque dark green matrix.

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 4 cm (1 9/16 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 of a tablet for inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A TABLET FOR INLAY

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Fragment of a tablet for inlay


content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, 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)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: W (overall): 1.8 cm (11/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of a square tablet for inlay

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A SQUARE TABLET FOR INLAY

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Fragment of a square tablet for inlay


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, wedge-shaped

title_sort: BEAD, WEDGE-SHAPED

title: Bead, wedge-shaped


label: Date

content: mid 17th-early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kano Tsunenobu 狩野常信 (1636-1713)

label: Signatures

content: Signature reads "Tsunenobu, hitsu".

label: Marks

content: Contains one seal.

content: To 1897

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

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 75, pg. 3, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Feathered Ink (August 27, 2022 to February 20, 2023)

content: The Potter's Mark: Tea Ceramics and Their Makers (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: goose

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 38.9 × 70.9 cm (15 5/16 × 27 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Geese, moon and water-plants

title_sort: GEESE, MOON AND WATER-PLANTS

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Geese, moon and water-plants


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Picturing Whistler: Portraits and Self-Portraits (May 21 to December 3, 2000)

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

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

content: 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

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on white paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 9.8 x 15.1 cm (3 7/8 x 5 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits

content: United States

content: Succes d'Ernesti a Cologne

title_sort: SUCCES D'ERNESTI A COLOGNE

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Succes d'Ernesti a Cologne


label: Date

content: 15th-16th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1213, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: bird

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: mynah bird

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 50 x 49.4 cm (19 11/16 x 19 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Mynah bird
Birds
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

label: Title

content: Squabbling Mynas above a Brook

title_sort: SQUABBLING MYNAS ABOVE A BROOK

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Squabbling Mynas above a Brook


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To mid-1970s

content: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York. [1]

content: From mid-1970s to 1998

content: Private collection, Princeton, New Jersey. [2]

content: From 1998

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor, Princeton, New Jersey. [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to an email from donor, the donor purchased item from an auction at Parke-Bernet in New York, in the mid-1970s. See email dated February 26, 1998, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. See also Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See Acquisition Consideration Form and the Deed of Gift, copies in object file, Collections Management Office. According to an email from donor, the donor purchased item from an auction at Parke-Bernet in New York, in the mid-1970s. See email dated February 26, 1998, copy in object file, Collections Management Office. See also Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Parke-Bernet Galleries

content: Anonymous

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Anonymous gift

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

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 8.8 x 12 x 15.3 cm (3 7/16 x 4 3/4 x 6 in)

name:
Parke-Bernet Galleries
Bagley, Robert W.

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

content: China

content: Lid of a You vessel

title_sort: LID OF A YOU VESSEL

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Lid of a You vessel


content: 14th-15th century

content: Possibly Yuan to early Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)

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. 1254, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 17.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: demon

content: China

content: Shakyamuni

content: mudra

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 81 x 43.3 cm (31 7/8 x 17 1/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Shakyamuni
Chinese Art
Demon
Mudra
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Sakyamuni Seated Upon Three Demon-like Creatures

title_sort: SAKYAMUNI SEATED UPON THREE DEMON-LIKE CREATURES


label: Date

label: Period

content: Nanbokucho period

label: Description

content: A poem-composing contest among various artisans. Nine inscriptions. One certificate. Inscription in gold on box.

label: Label

content: One autumn evening in 1214, a group of believers gathered for prayer at Tohoku-in, a temple in Kyoto, according to introductory text in this scroll. Seduced by the beauty of the moon, they soon turned their gathering into a poetry contest (uta awase), composing linked verse on the theme of love and the moon. This painting is based on an earlier, well-known version produced in the early fourteenth century.

content: The participants were people from the common trades (shokunin). The shokunin uta awase derived its humor from casting commoners in aristocratic roles and offered multi-leveled satire on class pretensions. Six sequences feature verses exchanged between a fortune-teller and physician; smith and carpenter; sword sharpener and caster; female fortune-teller and gambler; fisherman and merchant and finally, a picture mounter serving as contest judge.

content: To 1906

content: Hara Tomitaro, Yokohama, Japan, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Hara Tomitaro in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Makimono List, L. 931, pg. 304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Japanese Art, Galleries 3, 4, and 5 (January 1, 1963 to September 16, 1970)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Nanbokucho period (1333 - 1392)

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: makimono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 32.9 x 680.6 cm (12 15/16 x 267 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomitaro, Hara

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Japanese Art
Nanbokucho period (1333 - 1392)
Poetry
Makimono

content: Japan

content: A poem-composing contest among various artisans 職人歌合絵巻

title_sort: A POEM-COMPOSING CONTEST AMONG VARIOUS ARTISANS 職人歌合絵巻

label: High-resolution TIFF


content: 14th century?

content: Yuan dynasty

label: Provenance

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 Panel List, L. 110, 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: Chinese Album Leaves (December 17, 1962 to April 8, 1963)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: bird

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 18.9 x 22.1 cm (7 7/16 x 8 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Birds
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

label: Title

content: Two pied wagtails

title_sort: TWO PIED WAGTAILS

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Two pied wagtails


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 1, 2

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 G59 state 2 of 2.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Special Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (January 14, 1924 to February 18, 1924)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 34.6 x 21.6 cm (13 5/8 x 8 1/2 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint

content: United States

content: Fumette, Standing

title_sort: FUMETTE, STANDING

title: Fumette, Standing


content: 770-221 BCE

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Possibly excavated near the ancient capital of Chou [1]

content: To 1911

content: S. Abe, Kyoto, Japan to 1911 [2]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from S. Abe in 1911 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to a note from the Original Folder Sheet (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record),)

content: [2] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 217, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: spear point

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.7 x 3 cm (8 15/16 x 1 3/16 in)

name:
Abe, S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Spearhead (maotou)

title_sort: SPEARHEAD (MAOTOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Spearhead (maotou)


label: Date

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

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

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: Japan

content: Japanese 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 paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 27.5 x 21.8 cm (10 13/16 x 8 9/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A Cloth Merchant

title_sort: A CLOTH MERCHANT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Cloth Merchant


content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

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

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 10.5 x 6.7 cm (4 1/8 x 2 5/8 in)

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

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

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


content: ca. 1600

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: To 1929

content: Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]

content: From 1929

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1929 [2]

content: Notes:

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

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: The Brush of the Masters: Drawings from India (October 14, 1978 to May 15, 1979)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Mughal Painting, 1947 (April 23 to September 30, 1947)

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

content: India

label: Topic

content: pilgrimage

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: ascetic

content: Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W: 10.3 x 9.3 cm (4 1/16 x 3 11/16 in)

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Pilgrimage
Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Ascetic

content: India

content: A Pilgrim and an ascetic in conversation

title_sort: A PILGRIM AND AN ASCETIC IN CONVERSATION


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Helmet. Patches of green patina and earthy incrustations.

content: To 1925

content: Peter Johannes Bahr (died circa 1928), Shanghai, purchased from an unidentified dealer, to 1925 [1]

content: From 1925

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Peter Johannes Bahr, through Carl Whiting Bishop, in 1925 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] The object was said to have been bought by Mr. Bahr from a dealer who claimed it was found near Ling-pao, Honan (see Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record).

content: [2] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office. Also see Original Bishop List, No. B-15, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Peter Johannes Bahr (1882-1929)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 20.1 x 19.6 x 23.1 cm (7 15/16 x 7 11/16 x 9 1/8 in)

topic:
Bronze
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Helmet

title_sort: HELMET

title: Helmet


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Cancelled printing plate for the print "Arthur Haden."

label: Signatures

content: Signed on the plate "Whistler 1859."

label: Label

content: An etched copper plate may yield hundreds of impressions, but it will eventually wear down from the pressure of printing. After an appropriately sized edition of an etching or drypoint is completed, the plate can be canceled by scratching lines across it. Because Whistler's prints were highly valued collector's items, impressions such as this were sometimes made from the defaced copper plates, which themselves became collector's items.

content: To 1890

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1890 [1]

content: From 1890 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1890 [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.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

content: Copper

content: H x W (overall): 23 x 15.5 cm (9 1/16 x 6 1/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: Arthur Haden

title_sort: ARTHUR HADEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Arthur Haden


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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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
Glass
Ancient Egyptian Art
New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Seated woman scratching her head

title_sort: SEATED WOMAN SCRATCHING HER HEAD

title: Seated woman scratching her head


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, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: gilding

content: metal

content: silver

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Silver with gilding

content: H x W: 2 x 1.9 cm (13/16 x 3/4 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Garment ornament (one of pair, F1917.575-576)

title_sort: GARMENT ORNAMENT (ONE OF PAIR, F1917.575-576)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

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

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: dancing

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: dancer

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 25.2 x 15.1 cm (9 15/16 x 5 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: A Sambaso Dancer

title_sort: A SAMBASO DANCER

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A Sambaso Dancer


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Large tea caddy. Ivory cover.

content: Clay: hard, grayish on interior, warm lustrous brown on surface. String-cut foot, three stilt marks.

content: Glaze: mottled blue-black glaze stopping short over thin brown glaze.

content: To 1898

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840 - 1918), New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 720, 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: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1951 (January 23, 1951 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Hanging Scrolls, Ceramics, and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to January 23, 1951)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Ceramics and Painting (May 2, 1946 to October 2, 1947)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: ivory

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Seto-related ware

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron glaze; ivory lid

content: H x Diam: 10.9 × 11.4 cm (4 5/16 × 4 1/2 in)

label: Style

content: Seto-related ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

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

content: Japan

content: Tea caddy

title_sort: TEA CADDY

title: Tea caddy


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.

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 1845 or 1846

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Portraits of Whistler, pg. 3, 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: Picturing Whistler: Portraits and Self-Portraits (May 21 to December 3, 2000)

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

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

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

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: portrait

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 touched with watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 11.8 x 7.8 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits

content: United States

content: Portrait of Whistler

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Portrait of Whistler


content: 13th-14th century

label: Period

content: Southern Song or Yuan dynasty

label: Label

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

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Original folder sheet note.

content: Also see Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 490, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Daoism in the Arts in China (December 16, 2006 to July 1, 2007)

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: Daoism

content: bodhisattva

content: lion

content: Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: China

content: vitarka mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 94.5 x 45.8 cm (37 3/16 x 18 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Daoism
Chinese Art
Vitarka mudra
Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Bodhisattva

content: China

content: The celestial worthy Taiyi, who delivers from suffering 太乙救苦天尊像

title_sort: THE CELESTIAL WORTHY TAIYI, WHO DELIVERS FROM SUFFERING 太乙救苦天尊像