label: Date

content: 4th century

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 0.9 cm (3/8 in)

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1900

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1900 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, S.I. 85, pg. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

content: Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

content: Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: autumn

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

content: H x W: 136.5 x 113.3 cm (53 3/4 x 44 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

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

type: Country

content: Japan

content: Rock, saplings and autumn flowers

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: ROCK, SAPLINGS AND AUTUMN FLOWERS

type: Images

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Rock, saplings and autumn flowers


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 6, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G62, state not provided.

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. This object is part of a group (consisting of a set of sixteen plates, as well as one impression of each plate) that was purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in January 1896.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25.3 x 19.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

content: J. Becquet, Sculptor

title_sort: J. BECQUET, SCULPTOR

title: J. Becquet, Sculptor


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, goki shape, on high spreading foot. Gold lacquer repair.

content: Clay: medium, fired grayish brown. Fine purplish cream color.

content: Glaze: thin, transparent, fine crackle. Covers most of foot. Five shijimi shell spurmarks on footim.

content: Decoration: brushed slip under the glaze.

content: According to museum records, Charles Lang Freer believed this bowl was Hagi ware, but modern scholars still do not agree on where it was made. The streaks on the surface are the marks of a stiff brush that the potter rubbed over the bowl after he had dipped the bowl into white clay solution (slip). This is an unusual variation of the technique of brushing on slip with a coarse straw brush, which originated on utilitarian Korean pottery and became popular in Japan for tea utensils.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 557, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Freer and Tea: 100 Years of The Book of Tea (November 19, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

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

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

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: Saga or Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip under wood-ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 8.4 × 14.8 cm (3 5/16 × 5 13/16 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware or Agano ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan
Saga

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl, possibly Agano ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL, POSSIBLY AGANO WARE

title: Tea bowl, possibly Agano ware


label: Date

content: early 13th century

content: Saljuq period

content: From 1950s – 2001

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

content: From 2001

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: bird

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste panted with luster

content: H x W x D: 2.8 x 7 x 7.1 cm (1 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 13/16 in)

topic:
Art
Animals
Arts of the Islamic World
Birds
Stone-paste
Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragment of a bowl with bird design

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BOWL WITH BIRD DESIGN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Fragment of a bowl with bird design


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1390, pg. 322, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office, which states: "Perhaps from Li Wenqing, N.Y. (?)."

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Weapon and Armament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 1.6 x 6.5 cm (5/8 x 2 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

content: Sword fitting: Ornament

title_sort: SWORD FITTING: ORNAMENT

title: Sword fitting: Ornament


content: 18th-19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Inscription and seals of Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

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 Kakemono List, pg. 131, 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: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

content: H x W (image): 128.5 × 47.3 cm (50 9/16 × 18 5/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Blue and white flowers on slender stalks

title_sort: BLUE AND WHITE FLOWERS ON SLENDER STALKS


label: Date

content: early 18th century

content: Edo period

content: Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743)

label: Label

content: The artist Ogata Kenzan is best known for his ceramic works, but his artistic interests also included painting and calligraphy. This folding fan was painted by Kenzan with a basket of balloon flowers on a gold-leafed background. Kenzan's inscription and red seal mark appear at the right. The back of the fan is inscribed with a poem.

content: To 1911

content: Shinsuke Hayashi, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Shinsuke Hayashi in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 898, pg. 291, 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: Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)

content: More Than Flowers: Sources of Tradition in Japanese Painting (September 2, 2001 to November 24, 2002)

content: Life of a Japanese Painting (December 1, 1995 to October 16, 1996)

content: Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

content: Japanese Art (October 2, 1975 to October 8, 1976)

content: Japanese Art—Paintings (September 16, 1970 to May 2, 1973)

content: Special Exhibition—Japanese Art (October 16, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

content: Shinsuke Hayashi 林新助 (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: flower

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: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 18.4 x 15 cm (7 1/4 x 5 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Shinsuke, Hayashi

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

content: Japan

content: Balloon Flowers in a Basket

title_sort: BALLOON FLOWERS IN A BASKET

title: Balloon Flowers in a Basket


label: Period

content: Mamluk period

label: Provenance

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: [5] See note 4.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

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: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Data Source

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 11.7 x 10.1 cm (4 5/8 x 4 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

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

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: sherd, red body, white slip, pale yellow glaze

title_sort: SHERD, RED BODY, WHITE SLIP, PALE YELLOW GLAZE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


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

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: Korea

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 1.9 x 1.7 cm (3/4 x 11/16 in)

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

content: Korea

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

label: Title

content: Ornament

title_sort: ORNAMENT

title: Ornament


label: Date

content: 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Attributed to 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

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: dragon

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cloud

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: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 73 x 49.8 cm (28 3/4 x 19 5/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Dragon emerging from clouds

title_sort: DRAGON EMERGING FROM CLOUDS

title: Dragon emerging from clouds


content: ca. 8th century BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Description

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "huo." Spout, handle, and top of stopper broken off.

content: Surface: green patina with bluish areas, heavily incrusted with an earthy deposit.

content: Decoration: in low relief.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 559, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Vessel

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 17.6 x 21.9 cm (6 15/16 x 8 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Ritual vessel (huo)

title_sort: RITUAL VESSEL (HUO)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Ritual vessel (huo)


content: Edo period

content: Kano Sanraku 狩野山楽 (1559-1635)

content: To 1900

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 40, pg. 7, 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: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: flower

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Gold, ink, and tint on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 132 x 154.3 cm (51 15/16 x 60 3/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Cherry tree
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Cherry blossom
Flowers

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Blossoming cherry trees

title_sort: BLOSSOMING CHERRY TREES

title: Blossoming cherry trees


label: Date

content: early 17th century

label: Period

content: Safavid period

content: Plate, large with a flaring marly; low foot.

content: Clay: sandy, buff.

content: Glaze: transparent silicious with tinges of green on the under side; coarsely crackled and pitted. Decoration: painted in pale red, brown green, blue and yellow on a white slip under glaze.

content: This polychrome-painted plate has a revolving central rosette with stems, blossoms and leaves decorating the surrounding area. The rim shows a loosely drawn floral scroll with identical buds, blossoms and twisting leaves. The exterior is plain.

content: The underglaze colors are quite subdued and murky, and are applied in a carefree manner often running over the black outlines. The galze has a slight greenish tinge and is crackled and pitted.

content: This example belongs to a group of polychrome pottery generally attributed to the town of Kubachi situated in northwestern Iran. The designs on this gorup are often outlined in black and painted with dark-blue, dull-green, brownish-red, pale-yellow, purple and turquoise pigments. A majority of the pieces represents male and female figures or animals amidst floral motifs. There also exists a number of tiles executed in the same manner.

content: The red and yellow pigments in this plate are thickly applied, recalling the red used by Turkish potters. Although there is a remote resemblance to polychrome Iznik wares, both the technique and drawing are inferior to sixteenth-century Ottoman pottery, and reveal a completely different style and aesthetic approach.

content: Long, black twisting leaves, branches with rounded leaves and five-petaled blossoms seem to be part of the common vocabulary of this type of ware (compare with examples in Pope, Survey, pls. 790-794; Lane, Later Islamic Pottery, pls.54 and 55).

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1263, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted under glaze

content: H x Diam: 5.9 × 34 cm (2 5/16 × 13 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

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

content: Plate with low foot

title_sort: PLATE WITH LOW FOOT

title: Plate with low foot


content: 12th-13th century

content: Goryeo period

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, and Louise Cort, July 21, 2010, and July 23, 2010, in the object record).

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

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: Korea

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Container

content: Gilt bronze

content: H: 2.7 cm (1 1/16 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Needle case body (fragment)

title_sort: NEEDLE CASE BODY (FRAGMENT)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Needle case body (fragment)


content: 50 BCE-50 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Funerary model of a twin-towered gate, in one piece. Broken areas. Hollow tomb tile.

content: Clay: Slate-gray earthenware, fine texture.

content: Glaze: None.

content: Decoration: Impressed low relief (stamped and with some carved and incised details), figures in high relief. Motifs include geometrical forms, t'ao-t'ieh masks, trees, buildings, horsemen. Back has all-over stamped lozenges pattern.

content: To 1923

content: Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan, China [1]

content: From 1923

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Tung Kee Curio Shop, Zhengzhou, Henan, China in July 8th, 1923 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1. Also see the Bishop Collection file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Tung Kee Curio Shop

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: funerary

content: tomb

content: China

content: stoneware

content: Chinese Art

content: Carl Whiting Bishop collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Model

content: Unglazed earthenware

content: H x W x D: 90.1 x 26.7 x 66 cm (35 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 26 in)

topic:
Art
Stoneware
Chinese Art
Tomb
Funerary
Ceramics
Carl Whiting Bishop collection
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Funerary model of a twin-towered gate

title_sort: FUNERARY MODEL OF A TWIN-TOWERED GATE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Funerary model of a twin-towered gate


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Hu Huai (early 10th century)

content: To 1911

content: An unnamed private owner, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unnamed private owner, through Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 729, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

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

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 34.5 x 744 cm (13 9/16 x 292 15/16 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Bestiary of real and imaginary animals

title_sort: BESTIARY OF REAL AND IMAGINARY ANIMALS

title: Bestiary of real and imaginary animals


content: 20th century

content: Forgery in the style of Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 888, p. 195, 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: Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Modern period (1912 - present)

content: forgery

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 7.7 × 5.5 × 0.9 cm (3 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Forgery
Jade
Modern period (1912 - present)

content: China

content: Dagger-axe (ge), fragment reworked, with masks, dragon heads, and raised dragon elements

title_sort: DAGGER-AXE (GE), FRAGMENT REWORKED, WITH MASKS, DRAGON HEADS, AND RAISED DRAGON ELEMENTS

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: ca. 700-750

content: Tang dynasty

label: Description

content: Pottery with "three-color" glaze.

content: Clay: fine, whitish buff, fired medium hard.

content: Glaze: transparent, with fine crackle, over areas of brown and green on white surface; woman's head unglazed and painted, also other small areas.

content: To 1948

content: Jun Tsei Tai (1911-1992), Shanghai, to February 1948 [1]

content: From 1948 to 1952

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York, purchased from Jun Tsei Tai in February 1948 [2]

content: From 1952

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on June 25, 1952 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. 46068: "Pottery statuette of a horse and a lady rider, wearing a high top knot and an open bossom [sic], short jacket and riding breeches in green and yellow glaze. Horse of mixed breed of Percheron and Arabian in creamy glaze and yellow and green mane. Central Asia T'ang. Ht: 16 ins. Lt: 14 ½," copy in object file. According to an annotation on the stockcard, the object was acquired in China from J. T. Tai in February 1948.

content: Jun Tsei Tai (more commonly known in the West as J. T. Tai), known also as Dai Fubao in Shanghai, was a successful art dealer who was initially based in Shanghai China. Tai became one of C. T. Loo's most prolific suppliers in the 1940s. In 1949, however, J. T. Tai fled with his family to Hong Kong, when Communist leaders came into power. In 1950, he immigrated to New York City, where he established J. T. Tai & Company, a successful company that specialized in the sale of Chinese arts.

content: According to some sources, the object belonged to a group of sixteen equestrian figures reportedly excavated from a tomb at Luoyang, Henan province prior to 1943, see Christie's, New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Works of Art, auction cat. (New York: June 4, 1987), under lot195 and Annette L. Juliano, Bronze, Clay and Stone: Chinese Art in the C. C. Wang Family Collection (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), under cat. no. 54.

content: [2] See Loo's stockcard cited above. The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery in April 1948.

content: See C. T. Loo's Approval Memorandum, dated April 14, 1948, copy in object file. In the memorandum, Loo stated that the object was excavated in Sian Fu [Xi'an], Shaanxi province.

content: [3] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated June 25, 1952.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

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

content: Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

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

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Jun Tsei Tai 戴潤齋 (1911-1992)

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

label: Origin

content: Possibly Luoyang, Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: horse

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: funerary

content: woman

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Sculpture

content: Earthenware with lead-silicate glazes and painted details

content: H x W x D: 43.1 x 14.8 x 37.6 cm (16 15/16 x 5 13/16 x 14 13/16 in)

name:
C. T. Loo & Company
Tai, Jun Tsei

place:
Luoyang
China
Henan province

topic:
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Horses
Pottery
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Funerary
Ceramics
Woman

content: China

content: Tomb figure of a woman on horseback

title_sort: TOMB FIGURE OF A WOMAN ON HORSEBACK

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tomb figure of a woman on horseback


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Mir Kalan Khan

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: [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: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: hunting

content: deer

content: night

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 16.4 x 25.3 cm (6 7/16 x 9 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Deer-stalking at night

title_sort: DEER-STALKING AT NIGHT

title: Deer-stalking at night


content: early 12th century

content: Pala-Sena dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1930

content: Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Ajit Ghose (born 1886)

content: Bengal or Bihar state, India

content: Buddhism

content: Pala-Sena dynasty (750 - 1100)

content: Astasahasraka Prajnaparamita

content: parinirvana

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: ranja script

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Manuscript

content: Opaque watercolor and ink on palm leaf

content: H x W (page): 7.3 x 58.2 cm (2 7/8 x 22 15/16 in)

place:
Bihar state
Bengal
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Parinirvana
Ranja script
Astasahasraka Prajnaparamita
Pala-Sena dynasty (750 - 1100)

culture:
Buddhists
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Parinirvana of Buddha, from a Prajnaparamita manuscript

title_sort: PARINIRVANA OF BUDDHA, FROM A PRAJNAPARAMITA MANUSCRIPT

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

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Follower of Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

label: Calligrapher

content: Calligraphy attributed to Wen Zhengming 文徵明 (1470-1559)

content: To 1915

content: Lee Kee Son, San Francisco, to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lee Kee Son in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 981, 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: Lee Kee Son (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: boat

content: palace

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color, ink and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 74.6 x 39.2 cm (29 3/8 x 15 7/16 in)

label: Style

content: Blue-and-green style

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Son, Lee Kee

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

content: China

content: Palaces on the Shore of a Lake

title_sort: PALACES ON THE SHORE OF A LAKE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Palaces on the Shore of a Lake


content: 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kawamata Tsuneyuki 川又常行 (1676?-1741?)

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 20, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: theater

content: Japan

content: actor

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 49 x 32.9 cm (19 5/16 x 12 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: A man, possibly an actor, and two girls

title_sort: A MAN, POSSIBLY AN ACTOR, AND TWO GIRLS

title: A man, possibly an actor, and two girls


label: Date

label: Period

content: Sui dynasty

label: Label

content: This Sui dynasty altarpiece carries an incised inscription on the base with a date of 597. The text does not identify which Buddha in the Buddhist pantheon is represented, but it provides the names of sixteen donors who contributed funds to sponsor the image. Some of the donors seem to have been women active in the Sui court.

content: The central Buddha holds his right hand in the "fear not gesture" and his left hand is pictured in the "giving gesture." The Buddha wears monastic dress and looks elegantly modest, while the flanking bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) wear flower-strewn headdresses, long floating ribbons, and jewelled chains. All of the figures have a "peach-shaped" halo, each of which is inclinded slightly forward contributing to a sense of personal interaction.

content: To 1914

content: Worch et Cie, Paris, to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Worch et Cie in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 501, 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: Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)

content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Worch et Cie (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: bodhisattva

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: lotus

content: China

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W (with stand): 32.1 x 14.1 cm (12 5/8 x 5 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Worch et Cie

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Abhaya mudra
Lotus
Bodhisattva
Metal-work

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Buddhist altarpiece

title_sort: BUDDHIST ALTARPIECE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Buddhist altarpiece


content: 17th century

label: Court

content: Golconda Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Deccani school

content: To 1907

content: Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, pg. 106, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. F1907.761 - F1907.766 were originally purchased from Dikran Kelekian as group of six subjects on one mount. The original mount has an inscription and stamp of a Russian collection on both the obverse and reverse on the lower part of the mount (see Curatorial Remark 3, Debra Diamond, February 3, 2011, in the object record).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Golconda, Telangana state, Deccan plateau, India

label: Topic

content: ascetic

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W: 17.8 x 10.8 cm (7 x 4 1/4 in)

place:
Golconda
Deccan plateau
Telangana state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ascetic

content: India

content: An Ascetic

title_sort: AN ASCETIC

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: An Ascetic


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Provenance

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: 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

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: Japan

content: rock

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: hermit

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

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (sheet and image): 26.3 x 18.4 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Hermit resting on a rock

title_sort: HERMIT RESTING ON A ROCK

title: Hermit resting on a rock


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Intaglio print depicting a canal scene in Venice where two buildings rise from the water. On the left is a four-story palace with balconies, and on the right a buidling with faintly-drawn arches and windows which recedes into the marks and darker tonality above it.

label: Signatures

content: Signature in pencil: the Butterfly, imp.

label: Edition/State

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 G200 state 9 of 12.

content: To 1887

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

content: From 1887 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York in 1887. [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer.

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Bill of Sale dated November 11, 1887 in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. At the time of this sale, M. Knoedler & Co. was located in New York City, later the gallery opened branches in London and Paris. See also Curatorial Remark 7 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Fine Impressions: Whistler, Freer, and Venice (October 18, 2014 to January 3, 2016)

content: The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: night

content: palace

content: United States

content: American Art

content: nocturne

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 29.4 x 19.8 cm (11 9/16 x 7 13/16 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: Nocturne: Palaces

title_sort: NOCTURNE: PALACES

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Nocturne: Palaces


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

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 G310 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

content: To 1889

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1889 [1]

content: From 1889 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1889 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 14.3 x 22 cm (5 5/8 x 8 11/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Her Majesty's Fleet: Evening

title_sort: HER MAJESTY'S FLEET: EVENING

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Her Majesty's Fleet: Evening


content: 5th century

label: Period

content: Gupta dynasty

label: Label

content: Located in central India, Mathura has had a long and illustrious history as a major religious center for Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. It is, understandably, one of the richest areas for archaeological discovery in all of India.

content: Although Mathura was an important political center unde the Kushan empire, the religious images created by its artisans were predominantly Indian in form, unlike those of other Kushan centers that were influenced by Hellenistic styles. The most imposing of all Buddhist sculpture created by Mathura artists are those dating from the Gupta period (320-600 A.D.). Carved from the characteristic reddish-brown sandstone of the region, these figures stand frontally, with broad shoulders and slightly attenuated proportions. Despite the fact that these figures are fully clothed in monastic robes, it was the representation of pliant flesh that interested the Mathura sculptors. Thus, the drapery folds are reduced to a pattern of raised threads that fall in concentric loops over the body, emphasizing its sensuality. As a contrast to the restrained modeling of the Buddha images, Mathura sculptures of the Gupta period frequently are fitted with large ornamentally carved, floral halos. A lifesize standing Buddha, now in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, represents the classic Mathura image of the Gupta period (Reproduced in Benjamin Rowland, The Art and Architecture of India (2nd ed.; Harmondsworth, England, 1956), pl. 80).

content: This small image of a standing Buddha in the Freer Gallery reflects the classic Mathura tradition on a modest scale. Although the figure has been damaged, its proportions and the reddish-brown sandstone are typical of the fifth century. The linear folds of the clinging garment are arranged symmetrically over the body. While both hands are missing, it is likely that the right hand displayed abhaya mudra ("fear-not" gesture), and the left hand held the hem of the outer garment.

content: From 1940 to 1946

content: C. T. Loo & Co., New York, from November 1940 [1]

content: From 1946 to 1951

content: Eduard von der Heydt (1882-1964), Ascona, Switzerland, purchased from C. T. Loo in April 1946 and lent to the Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York [2]

content: US Government vested Eduard von der Heydt's property under the provisions of "Trading with the Enemy Act" by vesting order, dated August 21, 1951 [3]

content: From 1964 to 1973

content: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, from March 1964 [4]

content: From 1973

content: Freer Gallery of Art, transferred from National Museum of Natural History in 1973 [5]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. NYJ-1: "Small torso of a Buddha in red sand stone from Matura, first Century A. D.," Frank Caro Archive, New York University, copy in object file. According to the stockcard, Loo purchased the sculpture in November 1940 in India. According to J. E. van Lohuzien-de Leeuw, the sculpture was acquired by Loo probably through Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil (1885-1945), Pondicherry, see J. E. van Lohuzien-de Leeuw, Indische Skulpturen der Sammlung Eduard von der Heydt/Indian Sculptures in the von der Heydt Collection (Zurich: Atlantis Verlag, 1964), p. 42. In 1942 Loo exhibited the sculpture in his New York gallery, see C. T. Loo & Co., An Exhibition of the Sculpture of Greater India: A Fully Illustrated Catalogue, exh. cat. (New York: C. T. Loo & Co., 1942), cat. 28 (ill.).

content: [2] See C. T. Loo's stockcard cited in note 1.

content: See also "Catalogue of the Von der Heydt Loan to the Buffalo Museum of Science: Loan Material from Baron Von der Heydt, as of March 1949," where the sculpture is documented under an inventory card no. 4648.3, copy in object file.

content: According to information on the inventory card, Eduard von der Heydt purchased the sculpture from C. T. Loo in April 1946.

content: [3] See Vesting Order No. 18344, August 21, 1951, Office of Alien Property, Department of Justice.

content: Eduard von der Heydt exhausted all the legal remedies against the forfeiture of his property provided to him by the Trading with the Enemy Act.

content: [4] Attorney General, Robert Kennedy authorized transfer of the von der Heydt collection from Buffalo Museum of Science to the custody of the Smithsonian Institution in March 1964. The collection was transferred to the National Museum of Natural History.

content: In 1966 US Congress legislated transferring the title of the von der Heydt collection to the Smithsonian Institution, see Public Law 89-503, 80 Stat. 287, July 18, 1966. The sculpture was accessioned under no. 448111, see "Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Accession Data," copy in object file.

content: [5] The sculpture was among 13 objects in the von der Heydt collection transferred from National Museum of Natural History to the Freer Gallery of Art, see "Smithsonian Institution Intramural Transfer of Specimens" memorandum, dated January 29, 1973, copy in object file.

content: The sculpture was accessioned to the Freer Gallery Study Collection under no. FSC-S-13 and subsequently transferred to the permanent collection in August 1976.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Hindu and Buddhist Art (January 28, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

content: A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

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

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

content: C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 (1880-1957)

content: Baron Eduard von der Heydt (1882-1964)

content: National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution

content: Mathura, India

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Gupta dynasty (300 - 699)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Transfer from the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Red sandstone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 32.5 x 15.5 cm (12 13/16 x 6 1/8 in)

place: Mathura India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Gupta dynasty (300 - 699)
Stone

content: India

label: Title

content: Torso of a Standing Buddha

title_sort: TORSO OF A STANDING BUDDHA

title: Torso of a Standing Buddha


label: Date

content: 1879 and 1887

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Lithograph of figures in a street scene.

label: Signatures

content: Signed with the Butterfly on the drawing and with the Butterfly in pencil on the print.

content: Whistler lithographs are identified by "C." numbers as described in The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998). This print is C15, second of two states.

content: To 1888

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

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

content: Ink on paper

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

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

content: United States

content: Victoria Club

title_sort: VICTORIA CLUB

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Victoria Club


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G44 state 3 of 3.

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, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

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

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

content: Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (March 23, 1962 to July 4, 1962)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints (December 12, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings, Lithographs, and Drypoint (September 24, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

content: Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler (March 23, 1925 to March 24, 1930)

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

content: American Paintings, Etchings, and Lithographs. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.6 x 14.9 cm (8 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Whistler with a hat

title_sort: WHISTLER WITH A HAT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Whistler with a hat


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 5, 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 G46, no state provided.

content: To 1896

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

content: From 1896 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 7.6 x 20.3 cm (3 x 8 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Thames Warehouses

title_sort: THAMES WAREHOUSES

title: Thames Warehouses


label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1041, 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: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: tree

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 79.9 × 56.3 cm (31 7/16 × 22 3/16 in)

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

content: China

content: Two horses under a tree

title_sort: TWO HORSES UNDER A TREE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Two horses under a tree


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, L. 76, pg. 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: duck

content: stork

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color, gold, silver, ink, and gold on paper sliding door

content: H x W: 175.1 x 95 cm (68 15/16 x 37 3/8 in)

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

content: Japan

content: On one side mandarin ducks; on the other, poems, bamboos, storks, etc

title_sort: ON ONE SIDE MANDARIN DUCKS; ON THE OTHER, POEMS, BAMBOOS, STORKS, ETC


label: Date

content: 1600-771 BCE

content: Shang or Western Zhou dynasty

content: To 1918

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

content: From 1918 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1358, pg. 314, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 13.5 × 6.5 × 1.1 cm (5 5/16 × 2 9/16 × 7/16 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

content: China

content: Segmented disk, fragment

title_sort: SEGMENTED DISK, FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Segmented disk, fragment


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 median ridge; mottled olive greens, reddish and golden browns, much obscured by profuse grayish-white areas of incipient disintegration; surface contours uneven and rim irregular. (Rim badly broken and worn away in two areas.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [1]

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai to 1919 [2]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1919 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "Formerly in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang"

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1402, pg. 328, 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: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 16 x 1.1 cm (6 5/16 x 7/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in Xi’an, Shaanxi [1]

content: Duanfang (1861–1911) [2]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: “Formerly in the collection of the Viceroy Tuan Fang [Duanfang], and said to have been excavated at Sianfu [Xi’an], Shensi [Shaanxi], early in the 20th century.”

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1408, p. 331, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: purportedly found at Shaanxi province, Xi'an, China

content: jade

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade

content: Diam x D: 12.4 × 0.7 cm (4 7/8 × 1/4 in)

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

place:
China
Xi'an
purportedly found at Shaanxi province

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Jade

content: China

content: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls

title_sort: DISK (BI) WITH RAISED UNIFORM CURLS

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Disk (bi) with raised uniform curls


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

content: Fragment of an inlay with a floral design. Mosaic technique: columnar rods and plates. White, red, green, and yellow in a translucent dark blue 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: flower

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN INLAY WITH A FLORAL DESIGN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

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

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 26.4 x 3.5 x 3.8 cm (10 3/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Korea

label: Title

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Spoon


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Dai Song (active late 8th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: An unnamed private owner, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unnamed private owner, through Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 730, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: herding

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 35.2 x 328 cm (13 7/8 x 129 1/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Herding water buffalo

title_sort: HERDING WATER BUFFALO

title: Herding water buffalo


label: Date

content: Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty

content: To 1915

content: Lai-Yuan and Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 683, pg. 163, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 17 (November 17, 1955 to January 1, 1963)

content: Stone Sculpture, Gallery 17, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to November 17, 1955)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Probably Ce xian, Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: dancing

content: funerary

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: pipa

content: China

content: musician

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: dancer

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 16: Center of the World: China and the Silk Road

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Sogdians

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Sculpture

content: Grey marble with traces of pigment

content: H x W x D: 19.3 x 96.4 x 15.9 cm (7 5/8 x 37 15/16 x 6 1/4 in)

place:
China
Ce xian
Henan province

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Dance
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Funerary
Dancer
Stone
Musicians
Pipa

room: Gallery 16

building: Freer

content: China

content: Lateral stretcher from the base of a funerary couch with Sogdian musicians and a dancer

title_sort: LATERAL STRETCHER FROM THE BASE OF A FUNERARY COUCH WITH SOGDIAN MUSICIANS AND A DANCER

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: ca. 1640-50

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty, Reign of Jahangir

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Label

content: The powerful empress Nur Jahan (1577-1645) was an ardent patron of gardens. This intimate composition depicts the empress relaxing with her husband, Jahangir, and Prince Khurram, the future emperor Shah Jahan, in what is almost certainly the Ram Bagh garden. Nur Jahan remodeled this Agra garden in 1621, shortly before the painting was created.

content: The Ram Bagh epitomizes the imperial Mughal (1526-1858) garden aesthetic that thoroughly integrated nature and architecture. Carpets like fields of flowers, wall paintings of cypresses, open porches with blossom-adorned columns, and water channels that ran from exterior to interior contributed to a fluid, delightful whole. Delicately scented breezes and burbling fountains further set the stage for royal pastimes.

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: [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: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Body Image (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: East of Eden: Gardens in Asian Art (February 24 to May 13, 2007)

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

content: Female Imagery in Indian Painting (February 9 to August 5, 1996)

content: South and South East Asian Art (May 9, 1993 to February 7, 2000)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: North India

content: dragon

content: phoenix

content: deer

content: eating

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)

content: India

content: prince

content: emperor

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 01: Body Image: Arts of the Indian Subcontinent

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

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Opaque watercolor, ink and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 25.2 x 14.2 cm (9 15/16 x 5 9/16 in)

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Prince
Art
Animals
Reign of Jahangir (1605 - 1627)
Food habits
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Phoenix
Kings and rulers
Dragon

room: Gallery 01

content: India

content: Jahangir and Prince Khurram entertained by Nur Jahan

title_sort: JAHANGIR AND PRINCE KHURRAM ENTERTAINED BY NUR JAHAN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 17th or 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Doraku

label: Description

content: Raku type ware, unknown kiln.

content: Tea-bowl, very deep cylindrical; low foot. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: soft, dense, grayish.

content: Glaze: brilliant thick black, revealing yellow under.

content: Inscription incised in paste.

label: Inscriptions

content: The inscription incised in the side of the bowl under the black glaze appears to read:

content: Yamagami-ko no mei ni yori Doraku saku

content: [JPN]

content: Made by Doraku upon order of Lord Yamagami

label: Provenance

content: To 1894

content: Tozo Takayanagi, New York to 1894 [1]

content: From 1894 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tozo Takayanagi in 1894 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto or Sakai, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Raku ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Raku-type clay with Black Raku glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 13.4 × 12 cm (5 1/4 × 4 3/4 in)

label: Style

content: Raku ware, unknown workshop

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Takayanagi, Tozo

place: Kyoto Japan Sakai

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl, unknown Raku ware workshop

title_sort: TEA BOWL, UNKNOWN RAKU WARE WORKSHOP

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tea bowl, unknown Raku ware workshop


content: 1st 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: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 34, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: 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

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Button bead

title_sort: BUTTON BEAD

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Button bead