content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Bracelet; flat sides and rounded rim; richly mottled yellow, red brown, and orange brown with grayish film of incipient disintegration, especially noticeable on interior; cutting irregularities and saw marks. (Old pitted and cracked area on one side.)

content: Acquired with an inscribed box, now lost.

content: Reportedly excavated at An-hsi, Chekiang [1]

content: Duanfang (1861-1911) [2]

content: To 1919

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1427, pg. 340, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [4] See note 3.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: carving

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 1.6 x 8.2 cm (5/8 x 3 3/16 in)

content: Diam (hole): 5.6 cm (2 1/4 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi
Duanfang

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

content: China

content: Bracelet

title_sort: BRACELET

title: Bracelet


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Momoyama or Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Pierre Barboutau (1862-1916), France, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the Pierre Barboutau sale, through Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, on June 17, 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] A note within the Purchase Details of the Accession List states: "Purchased by S. Bing for Mr. Freer's account at the Barboutau sale. June 17, 1904" (see Accession List, Collections Management office). See also, Reserved Screen List, R. 5, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Pierre Barboutau (1862-1916) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: dragon

content: tiger

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W: 94.5 x 263.8 cm (37 3/16 x 103 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Barboutau, Pierre

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Dragon
Tiger

type: Country

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Dragon and tiger

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: DRAGON AND TIGER

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Dragon and tiger


content: 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Cake-dish, flaring, deep. Gold lacquer repairs. Foot ring ground down.

content: Clay: hard, white, resonant. Buff on exposed surface.

content: Glaze: deep cream, crackled, scar on outside.

content: Decoration: birds in branches in dark blue, under glaze.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 243, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: clear glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Kyushu-related ware

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with white slip and cobalt decoration under clear glaze and gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 5.4 × 16.3 cm (2 1/8 × 6 7/16 in)

label: Style

content: Kyushu-related ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

content: Serving bowl

title_sort: SERVING BOWL

title: Serving bowl


label: Date

content: 305-30 BCE

label: Period

content: Possibly Ptolemaic Dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Eye-bead, with a horizontal bore

title_sort: EYE-BEAD, WITH A HORIZONTAL BORE

title: Eye-bead, with a horizontal bore


content: Northern Zhou dynasty

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 116, pg. 43, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 26.3 × 17.7 × 10.2 cm (10 3/8 × 6 15/16 × 4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
Stone

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

label: Title

content: Buddhist sculpture

title_sort: BUDDHIST SCULPTURE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Buddhist sculpture


content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1150, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: halo

content: dhyana mudra

content: Chinese 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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Color on paper panel

content: H x W: 105.5 x 79.3 cm (41 9/16 x 31 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Li, Wenqing

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

content: China

content: Dhyana Buddha

title_sort: DHYANA BUDDHA

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Dhyana Buddha


label: Date

content: 18th-19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Temmoku-style tea bowl. Squared foot trimmed in spiral.

content: Clay: hard, vibrant. Dark gray on interior, dark matte brown on surface.

content: Glaze: brilliant mahogany-brown, splashed with copper-brown, speckled with yellow.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 640, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Ryumonji kilns, Kajiki, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Ryumonji ware

content: Satsuma ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: brown and black glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with iron glaze

content: H x Diam: 4.5 × 11 cm (1 3/4 × 4 5/16 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, Ryumonji kilns

place:
Ryumonji kilns
Japan
Kajiki
Kagoshima prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Tenmoku style tea bowl, Ryumonji kilns

title_sort: TENMOKU STYLE TEA BOWL, RYUMONJI KILNS

title: Tenmoku style tea bowl, Ryumonji kilns


content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

label: Label

content: Hokusai’s work abounds with sympathetic portrayals of people of all ages engaged in mundane activities. In this painting, Hokusai captures a young fisherman in action. The boy clings to a tree with his legs and one hand while lowering his fishing rod toward the water. A basket hangs beside him. The artist’s mastery of the brush can be seen in his control of ink tonalities and his ability to render form with a few brushstrokes. A slight tremor in some of the brushstrokes appears in this and other paintings from Hokusai’s last decade.

content: To 1902

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Panel List, S.I. 42, pg. 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: Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art (March 8 to September 14, 2014)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: fishing

content: child

content: willow tree

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 77.1 × 29.9 cm (30 3/8 × 11 3/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Willow tree
Japanese Art
Children
Fishing

content: Japan

content: Boy fishing from the limb of a tree

title_sort: BOY FISHING FROM THE LIMB OF A TREE

title: Boy fishing from the limb of a tree


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


content: early 18th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

label: Provenance

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: India

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 20.7 x 14.4 cm (8 1/8 x 5 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Portrait of Safdar Jang

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF SAFDAR JANG

title: Portrait of Safdar Jang


label: Date

content: ca. 2000-1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Ceremonial implement; blade with two slightly flaring sides, one obliquely beveled to a sharp cutting edge; upper end sharp and slightly concave; prominent lateral projection on each side above perforated tang; dull blackish brown and greens, translucent in thin areas; granular patches with earth incrustation on reverse of tang.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, 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. 1040, pg. 231, 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: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Shenmu Shimao, probably Shaanxi province, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Longshan culture, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

label: On View

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

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Ceremonial Object

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 29 x 5.4 x 0.3 cm (11 7/16 x 2 1/8 x 1/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Shenmu Shimao
Shaanxi province
China

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

content: Forked blade (zhang 璋)

title_sort: FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋)

title: Forked blade (zhang 璋)


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (1753-1806)

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 1, S.I. 1228, 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: Inventing Utamaro: A Japanese Masterpiece Rediscovered (April 8 to July 9, 2017)

content: Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection (September 15, 2002 to January 9, 2003)

content: Japanese Prints (December 21, 1981 to March 31, 1982)

content: Japanese Prints (December 1, 1978 to April 12, 1979)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: woman

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 51.9 x 22.5 x 2 cm (20 7/16 x 8 7/8 x 13/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Design of three women's figures

title_sort: DESIGN OF THREE WOMEN'S FIGURES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Design of three women's figures


label: Date

content: Edo period

content: Kano Tan'yu 狩野探幽 (1602-1674)

label: Description

content: Signature and two seals.

label: Signatures

content: Signed on both screens: Hoin Tanyu gyonen roku-ju-hachi sai (aged 68 years) fude.

label: Marks

content: Contains two seals. Seals read: "Kunaisho Kyo, Head of the Imperial Household Ministry."

label: Label

content: The grove of pines at Miho, a scenic site in Shizuoka Prefecture, offers a magnificent view of Mount Fuji. Revered since ancient times as a sacred mountain, Mount Fuji appears as a pale apparition, blanketed with snow in midwinter. Fully expressed here is Kano Tanyu's mastery of subtle ink-wash techniques derived from his synthesis of Chinese and Japanese painting methods. His inscription at the age of sixty-eight includes an honorific hoin, a Buddhist ecclesiastical title for artists of high accomplishment. His seal reads: "Kunaisho Kyo, Head of the Imperial Household Ministry."

label: Provenance

content: To 1897

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1897 [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. 40, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: For Love of Place (May 5 to November 4, 2018)

content: Japanese Screens (March 2007 to January 3, 2016)

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: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Mount Fuji

content: cloud

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (.22): 154.6 x 361.2 cm (60 7/8 x 142 3/16 in)

content: H x W (.23): 154.8 x 361.3 cm (60 15/16 x 142 1/4 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Landscape with Mount Fuji and Matsubara Pine Forest

title_sort: LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNT FUJI AND MATSUBARA PINE FOREST


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: To 1916

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 210, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

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: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 205 x 105 cm (80 11/16 x 41 5/16 in)

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

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

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

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


label: Date

content: late 4th-6th century

content: Roman period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead; longitudinal bore and lateral incomplete bore

title_sort: BEAD; LONGITUDINAL BORE AND LATERAL INCOMPLETE BORE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 4th-6th century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Miyagawa Choshun 宮川長春 (1683-1753)

label: Signatures

content: Signature: Yamato-e Miyagawa Choshun no zu.

label: Marks

content: Seal: Choshun no in.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 161, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

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

content: Painting

content: Color on paper

content: H x W: 84.7 x 40.5 cm (33 3/8 x 15 15/16 in)

name:
Hull, Edward S.
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Yujo and her understudy (kamuro)

title_sort: YUJO AND HER UNDERSTUDY (KAMURO)

title: Yujo and her understudy (kamuro)


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: a: Jar, very large, pear-shaped, with bulbous body. b: Black lacquer cover. Hakeme technique.

content: Clay: coarse, sonorous, grayish.

content: Glaze: Greenish transparent glaze over brushed-on brown wash and white slip.

content: Seal: "Akahada" inside asymmetrical gourd shape.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 22, 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: Korean Influences on Japanese Slip-Decorated Ceramics (February 16, 1984 to November 9, 1984)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Akahada kiln, Koriyama, Nara prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Akahada ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stoneware with slip under greenish clear glaze; lacquered wooden lid

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 28.7 × 30.4 cm (11 5/16 × 12 in)

label: Style

content: Akahada ware

place:
Nara prefecture
Koriyama
Japan
Akahada kiln

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Akahada ware water jar

title_sort: AKAHADA WARE WATER JAR

title: Akahada ware water jar


label: Period

content: Kamakura period

content: To 1911

content: M. Yamanaka, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Yamanaka in 1911 [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 Kakemono List, L. 793, pg. 252, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: M. Yamanaka (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 100 x 38.5 cm (39 3/8 x 15 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka, M.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Kamakura period (1185 - 1333)
Art
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Kichijoten

title_sort: KICHIJOTEN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Kichijoten


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 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 G185 state 5 of 7.

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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Prints, East Corridor (January 5, 1944 to January 8, 1947)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Etchings and Lithographs (April 4, 1930 to January 20, 1944)

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: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.2 x 29.7 cm (7 15/16 x 11 11/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Old Putney Bridge

title_sort: OLD PUTNEY BRIDGE

title: Old Putney Bridge


label: Period

content: Period of Division, Late Northern Wei dynasty

content: To 1917

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

content: From 1917 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1187, pg. 275, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: flower

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Architectural Element

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D (assembled): 46.5 × 213.8 × 11 cm (18 5/16 × 84 3/16 × 4 5/16 in)

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Flowers
Stone
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: China

label: Title

content: Double lintel: decorated with floral and other designs in low relief and incised work

title_sort: DOUBLE LINTEL: DECORATED WITH FLORAL AND OTHER DESIGNS IN LOW RELIEF AND INCISED WORK


label: Date

content: 13th-14th century

content: Goryeo period

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 999, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

label: Topic

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: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 26.7 x 3.5 x 3.8 cm (10 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 in)

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

content: Korea

content: Spoon

title_sort: SPOON

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Spoon


content: Early Qing dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng reign

label: Description

content: Dish; shallow, molded in lobes. Low basal ring. Wood stand.

content: Color: deep blue; translucent. Much surface disintegration.

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 952, 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: Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)

content: Glass Exhibition, in honor of VI International Congress on Glass (July 4, 1962 to December 3, 1962)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Blow-formed glass

content: H x W: 8.1 x 31.3 cm (3 3/16 x 12 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
Glassblowing

content: China

content: Dish

title_sort: DISH

title: Dish


content: 2nd-4th century

label: Period

content: Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.3 cm (1/8 in)

content: Italy

content: Bead

title: Bead


label: Date

content: ca. 2000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Ceremonial implement; long thin blade form, of the type kuei [gui] 圭; niched handle of uneven thickness with one perforation; tool marks and longitudinal ridge on one surface; translucent, mottled blue gray and green gray with scattered dark and light spots and areas of brown stain; mirror like luster. (Long break on edge, disintegrated hole, rough patches on handle.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1033, pg. 228, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Longshan culture, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 41.3 × 9.2 × 0.5 cm (16 1/4 × 3 5/8 × 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

content: China

label: Title

content: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment

title_sort: HARVESTING KNIFE (HU 笏), FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Harvesting knife (hu 笏), fragment


content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Traditionally attributed to Li Cheng 李成 (919-967)

label: Provenance

content: To 1913

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 929, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: waterfall

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 151.3 x 66.1 cm (59 9/16 x 26 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: An herb gatherer

title_sort: AN HERB GATHERER

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: An herb gatherer


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century)

content: To 1909

content: Ho, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 668, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Ho (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: eating

content: garden

content: poet

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): 29.9 x 406.3 cm (11 3/4 x 159 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ho

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Food habits
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Gardens
Poets

content: China

content: The eighteen scholars at a literary gathering

title_sort: THE EIGHTEEN SCHOLARS AT A LITERARY GATHERING


label: Date

content: ca. 1814-1815

content: Edo period

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

label: Description

content: Poem above. Signature and seal.

label: Signatures

content: Signed: Hokusai Taito hitsu.

label: Inscriptions

content: Above the figure of the girl is a comic ode signed Shoku Sanjin:

content: Uzumi-bi no

content: Shita ni sawarade

content: Yawaraka ni

content: Ii-yoran koto no

content: Hatabako no gana.

content: This is a play upon words signifying the wish that he might in some gentle way make tobacco convey his love.

label: Label

content: Toying with the tobacco pipe in her left hand, a woman gazes pensively upward and exhales deeply. The use of pale flesh tones rather than white for the skin of the face, hands, and breast places this work in Hokusai's "Taito" period. The wave pattern (tachimaki) on the woman's sash frequently occurs in his paintings of beautiful women, and the subdued coloration of her garments suggests she is married. Women of worldly experience feature regularly in Hokusai's paintings of the Taito period. Indeed, such works represent the ultimate expression of voluptuous sensuality among the artist's many paintings of women.

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 167, pg. 37, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 2 (March 8 to October 19, 2008)

content: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: child

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 71.9 × 26.9 cm (28 5/16 × 10 9/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Woman holding a tobacco pipe

title_sort: WOMAN HOLDING A TOBACCO PIPE

title: Woman holding a tobacco pipe


content: 8th century

label: Period

content: Shailendra period

content: Buddha head. Dark gray volcanic stone. Hair evenly incised over a pronounced ushnisha, is arranged in clearly defined individual locks which curl to the right. The urna is a subtle circle in the middle of the forehead, and the earlobes are elongated. Facial details, such as the eyes, nose, and mouth are simply articulated.

content: The work of a sculptor of consumate skill, this exquisitely modeled head evokes the Buddha's gentle omniscience. Buddhist texts describe thirty-two signs of the Buddha's superhuman perfection; two of these are visible here. The curl of hair (urna) resting between the Buddha's eyes symbolizes his renunciation, and the protuberance upon his head (ushnisha) signifies spiritual attainment. The head once belonged to a full-length Buddha that graced a Buddhist sanctuary in Central Java.

label: Provenance

content: From at least 1939

content: Art Gallery A. Vecht, Amsterdam [1]

content: Kelman Joseph Ptasnik (1890-1966), New York, from at least May 1946 [2]

content: From 1946 to 1951

content: Eduard von der Heydt (1882-1964), Ascona, Switzerland, purchased from K. J. Ptasnik in May 1946 and lent to the Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York [3]

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 [4]

content: From 1964 to 1973

content: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, from March 1964 [5]

content: From 1973

content: Freer Gallery of Art, transferred from National Museum of Natural History in 1973 [6]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Sculpture of India: Eliza Buffington Memorial Exhibition, exh. cat. (Poughkeepsie: Vassar College Art Gallery, April 12-May 12, 1939), cat. 25, pl. 5.

content: The lender of the sculpture is identified in the catalogue as A. Vecht.

content: Aaron Vecht (1886-1965) was the owner of Art Gallery A. Vecht in Amsterdam.

content: Around 1939 Vecht sent a portion of his gallery's stock to London and New York where his brother in law, Kelman Joseph Ptasnik was responsible for organizing storage for sent objects [information kindly provided by Constant Vecht, Aaron Vecht's grandson and director of Kunstzalen A. Vecht, in email correspondence of January 27, 2009, in object file]

content: [2] See "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 together with F1978.35 under an inventory card no. 4670, copy in object file.

content: According to information on the inventory card, Eduard von der Heydt purchased the two sculptures from K. J. Ptasnik in May 1946.

content: Aaron Vecht was one of von der Heydt's main dealers and in 1946 Ptasnik either acted on behalf of his brother in law or had obtained the sculpture from him.

content: [3] See "Catalogue of the Von der Heydt Loan to the Buffalo Museum of Science" cited in note 2.

content: [4] 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: [5] 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. 448108, see "Smithsonian Office of Anthropology Accession Data," copy in object file.

content: [6] 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-16.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Office of the Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2001 (May 17 to September 20, 2001)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1979-1980 (September 26, 1979 to January 11, 1980)

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

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

label: Origin

content: Borobudur, Indonesia

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: Shailendra period (ca. 750 - ca. 850)

content: ushnisha

content: urna

content: Indonesia

content: Southeast Asian Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

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

content: Sculpture

content: Volcanic stone (andesite)

content: H x W x D: 38.1 x 23.5 x 24.1 cm (15 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/2 in)

place: Borobudur Indonesia

topic:
Art
Urna
Shailendra period (ca. 750 - ca. 850)
Southeast Asian Art
Stone
Ushnisha

culture:
Buddhists
Southeast Asians

content: Indonesia

content: Head of the Buddha

title_sort: HEAD OF THE BUDDHA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Head of the Buddha


label: Date

content: 30 BCE-395 CE

content: Possibly Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Italy?

content: glass

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 2 cm (13/16 in)

content: Italy

content: Bead, spherical

title_sort: BEAD, SPHERICAL

title: Bead, spherical


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1932

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1932 [1]

content: From 1932

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1932 [2]

content: Notes:

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

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

label: Topic

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: dragon

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 4.7 x 13 x 0.5 cm (1 13/16 x 5 1/8 x 3/16 in)

place:
China
Jincun
Henan province

topic:
Art
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Carving
Chinese Art
Nephrite
Incising
Jade
Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)
Dragon

content: China

label: Title

content: Pendant with dragon heads and raised linked curls

title_sort: PENDANT WITH DRAGON HEADS AND RAISED LINKED CURLS


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)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

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

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware with white slip and lead glaze

content: H x W: 9.8 x 8.7 cm (3 7/8 x 3 7/16 in)

label: Style

content: Sgraffito ware

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Fragment of a cup

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A CUP

title: Fragment of a cup


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

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

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

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

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Peasant and noble

title_sort: PEASANT AND NOBLE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Peasant and noble


content: 11th-12th century

label: Description

content: Jar: large, wide-mouthed, cylindrical.

content: Clay: soft, white.

content: Glaze: deep turquoise green, with a sporadic iridescence; crackled, partly disintegrated and worn away.

content: Decoration: indented in the paste.

content: To 1903

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1241, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Raqqa, Syria

label: Topic

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glazed clay

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 40 × 38.9 cm (15 3/4 × 15 5/16 in)

content: Raqqa ware

name:
Bing, Siegfried
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Raqqa ware
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Iridescence
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Syrians

content: Jar: large, wide-mouthed, cylindrical

title_sort: JAR: LARGE, WIDE-MOUTHED, CYLINDRICAL

title: Jar: large, wide-mouthed, cylindrical


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: Traditionally attributed to Qian Xuan 錢選 (late 13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 41, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: Buddhism

content: elephant

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: bathing

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image with calligraphy): 37.8 x 64.7 cm (14 7/8 x 25 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Washing the elephant

title_sort: WASHING THE ELEPHANT

title: Washing the elephant


label: Date

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1904

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing 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 Kakemono List, L. 361, pg. 91, 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 Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (sheet and image): 38.8 x 22.7 cm (15 1/4 x 8 15/16 in)

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

content: Japan

content: Walking figure of a courtesan

title_sort: WALKING FIGURE OF A COURTESAN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Walking figure of a courtesan


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1062, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: tiger

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 11.3 x 3.5 cm (4 7/16 x 1 3/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Tally in the form of a tiger (fragment)

title_sort: TALLY IN THE FORM OF A TIGER (FRAGMENT)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Tally in the form of a tiger (fragment)


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

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

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


label: Date

content: ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

content: Shang dynasty

content: From 1936 to 1991

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

content: From 1991

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: John Hadley Cox (1913-2005)

content: China

content: ceramic

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of the John Hadley Cox Archaeological Study Collection

content: Vessel

content: H x W (overall): 3.7 x 2.5 cm (1 7/16 x 1 in)

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Sherd, undecorated

title_sort: SHERD, UNDECORATED

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Sherd, undecorated


content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Water jar, bulbous lower body, indented side, inturning lip. Lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: medium stoneware, fired brown.

content: Glaze: blue and green over white slip. Brown slip on lower body and base.

content: Decoration: in slip, using fingers and brush.

content: Rufus E. Moore, 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore, New York in 1899 [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, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Takeo Karatsu kilns, Takeo, Saga prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip under copper-green rice-straw-ash glaze, brown slip; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 16.7 × 18.4 cm (6 9/16 × 7 1/4 in)

label: Style

content: Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Takeo Karatsu kilns
Takeo
Japan
Saga prefecture

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

content: Japan

content: Tea ceremony water jar, Karatsu ware, Takeo Karatsu type

title_sort: TEA CEREMONY WATER JAR, KARATSU WARE, TAKEO KARATSU TYPE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 6th century

content: Northern Qi or Northern Zhou dynasty

content: Vase of bottle shape, tall thin tapering neck with flaring lip pinched into trefoil spout; lugs on body and lip.

content: Body: hard buff earthenware.

content: Glaze: green lead glaze, finely crackled, largely iridescent.

content: Decoration: lion masks and rosettes applied in relief.

label: Label

content: This long-necked jar belongs to a group of funerary vessels of northern provenance. Unlike Han dynasty lead-glazed burial pieces, it served a Buddhist function. The appliques of monster masks, rosettes and lozenges with beaded borders reflect Central Asian, specifically Khotanese, influence. The tall, splayed base support, which lends the jar a decidedly more attenuated shape, has parallels in ceramics recently unearthed in China. The tall neck and trefoil mouth typical of West Asian metal ewers and bottles are unusual features and suggest that foreign metal vessels served as prototypes.

content: To 1930

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007)

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

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

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: lion

content: Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

content: Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

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

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Vessel

content: Earthenware clay with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 60 x 30.2 cm (23 5/8 x 11 7/8 in)

topic:
Cats
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
Pottery
Iridescence
Ceramics

content: China

label: Title

content: Jar

title_sort: JAR

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Jar


content: 18th-19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Jar, tall, baluster shaped.

content: Clay: hard, sonorous, light gray, with numerous black inclusions.

content: Glaze: white slip brushed densely and horizontally on outside, under clear glaze. Brown stains in slip. Clear glaze only on rim, interior, part of base. Shadows on rim left by balls of clay used for stacking.

content: To 1899

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1899 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 41, 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: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Art, 1955 (October 25, 1955 to November 22, 1955)

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

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

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tsushima island, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Tsushima ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip under clear, colorless glaze

content: H x Diam: 26.4 × 22.1 cm (10 3/8 × 8 11/16 in)

label: Style

content: Tsushima ware

place:
Nagasaki prefecture
Japan
Tsushima island

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

content: Japan

content: Tsushima ware jar

title_sort: TSUSHIMA WARE JAR

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Tsushima ware jar


label: Date

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), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

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

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

content: Japan

content: Seated courtesan

title_sort: SEATED COURTESAN

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Seated courtesan


label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Okumura Masanobu 奥村政信 (1686-1764)

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 160, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

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

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Full color on silk on panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 104.2 x 39.5 cm (41 x 15 9/16 in)

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Yujo, understudy (kamuro) and man-servant

title_sort: YUJO, UNDERSTUDY (KAMURO) AND MAN-SERVANT

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: circa 900-1400

content: To 1981

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981). [1]

content: From 1981 to 1988

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, bequeathed by Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981) in 1981. [2]

content: From 1988 to 1995

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection, transferred from Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in 1988. [3]

content: From 1995

content: Freer Gallery of Art, transferred from Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Study Collection to the Freer Study Collection in 1995. [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See object record.

content: [2] See object record.

content: [3] See object record.

content: [4] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981)

content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

content: Syria?

label: Topic

content: blow molding

content: enameling

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Islam

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Transfer from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Bequest of Joseph H. Hirshhorn to the Smithsonian Institution, 1981

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Blown and enameled glass

content: H x W x D (overall): 4.5 x 5 x 1.6 cm (1 3/4 x 1 15/16 x 5/8 in)

name:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Enamel and enameling
Blow molding
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
Glassblowing

content: Islamic Glass Fragment

title_sort: ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Islamic Glass Fragment


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1914

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]

content: From 1914 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1914 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5679, pg. 7, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: carving

content: glass

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: funerary

content: cicada

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: protection

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: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H x W x D: 4.8 x 2.9 x 0.5 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Carving
Chinese Art
Glass
Funerary
Cicada
Protection
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Tongue amulet in the form of a cicada (hanchan)

title_sort: TONGUE AMULET IN THE FORM OF A CICADA (HANCHAN)


content: 12th-13th century

label: Description

content: Wall tile, in eight-pointed star shape.

content: Clay: soft, buff.

content: Glaze: turquoise-blue, crackled; partially covered with a grayish encrustation; iridescent.

content: Decoration: modeled in relief in the paste.

content: To 1909

content: Vitali Madjar, Cairo, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1963, 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: Vitali Madjar (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Iran

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

label: Medium

content: Stone-paste painted with turquoise glaze

content: H x W: 20.5 x 2.3 cm (8 1/16 x 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Vitali Madjar

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Iridescence
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Wall tile

title_sort: WALL TILE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Wall tile


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: To 1902

content: Thomas E. Kirby (1846-1924), New York to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas E. Kirby in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, L. 13, pg. 61, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japan Fine Arts Association, 1900 (1900)

content: Thomas E. Kirby (1846-1924) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: cherry tree

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: cherry blossom

content: woman

content: man

content: bridge

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 37.6 × 64.8 cm (14 13/16 × 25 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kirby, Thomas E.

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Cherry blossom viewing

title_sort: CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Cherry blossom viewing


label: Date

content: Period of Division

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 280, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Manjushri

content: China

content: Vimalakirti

content: Gautama Buddha

content: Prabhutaratna Buddha

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze

content: H x W x D: 14.6 × 7.2 × 4.2 cm (5 3/4 × 2 13/16 × 1 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Chinese Art
Vimalakirti
Abhaya mudra
Prabhutaratna Buddha
Manjushri
Metal-work
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture
Varada mudra
Gautama Buddha

content: China

content: The Buddhas Duobao (Prabhutaratna) and Sakyamuni standing side-by-side

title_sort: THE BUDDHAS DUOBAO (PRABHUTARATNA) AND SAKYAMUNI STANDING SIDE-BY-SIDE

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image