content: late 7th century

label: Period

content: Early Tang dynasty

content: Cup. Silver. Surface: lustrous gray patina; traces of earthy adhesions. Decoration: engraved; gold leaf applied to areas in the design.

content: Yamanaka and Company, Boston 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, Boston in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)

content: Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)

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

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

content: Probably Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: chasing

content: hammering

content: engraving (incising)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bird

content: rabbit

content: Tang dynasty (618 - 907)

content: grape

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: On View

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

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: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Cast and hammered silver with chased and ring-punched decoration and mercury gilding

content: H x W: 6.4 x 7.8 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/16 in)

place:
Shaanxi province
Xi’an
China

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Hammering
Rabbits
Art
Chinese Art
Birds
Chasing
Metal-work
Animals
Sculpture
Grape
Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
Engraving (incising)

room: Gallery 16

content: China

label: Title

content: Wine cup with ring handle, birds, animals, and grape vines

title_sort: WINE CUP WITH RING HANDLE, BIRDS, ANIMALS, AND GRAPE VINES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing and Shanghai, 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: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 223, 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: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: mask

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 8.8 x 11.8 cm (3 7/16 x 4 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Ge Shang, Ta

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

type: Country

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Mask

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: MASK

type: Images

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Mask


content: 1712-ca. 1731

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ogata Kenzan 尾形 乾山 (1663-1743) , Chojiyamachi workshop

label: Description

content: Small, cylindrical; low, retired foot. Gold lacquer repair.

content: Clay: hard, dense, grayish. Stoneware.

content: Glaze: transparent, appearing lustrous cream-white; overflow of pinkish-fawn.

content: Decoration: in gosu (agrolite, an impure cobalt oxide) under glaze. Pavilion and landscape.

label: Signatures

content: Kenzan

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscription.

label: Label

content: The overall composition suggests a handscroll wrapped around the vessel. The poem, appropriate to the high-minded flavor of the mountain retreat, may be paraphrased thus:

content: Indifferent to expense, they built a lofty golden terrace

content: Settled here in seclusion, my mind has turned to ashes.

content: The poem alludes to a well-known series of linked verses called Jingqiu langu (Reflections on Jingqiu) composed by Chen Ziang (661-702).

content: The absence of glaze on the interior shows the vessel was made not as a tea bowl but as an incense burner. It has been suggested that the use of the character "ash," connoting "extinction," at the end of the poem relates to the use of this piece as an incense burner (the incense is laid over a bed of ash). The harmonization of visual and literary imagery with actual deployment is a fitting example of the first Kenzan's total approach.

content: To 1898

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 438, 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: Rinpa: Creativity Across Time and Space (October 1, 2022 to April 2, 2023)

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

content: Tea Ceramics after Koetsu (June 27, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

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

content: Landscapes in Japanese Art (February 2 to July 15, 2007)

content: Japanese Arts in the Edo Period: 1615-1868, part 1 (August 18, 2007 to February 24, 2008)

content: The Potter's Brush: The Kenzan Style in Japanese Ceramics (December 9, 2001 to October 27, 2002)

content: Japanese Art (April 13 to November 21, 1995)

content: Ceramics by Ogata Kenzan (October 9, 1980 to October 30, 1980)

content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Kyoto, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: mountain

content: incense

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 6.1 × 8 cm (2 3/8 × 3 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

place:
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto prefecture

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Lacquer repair
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Incense
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Incense burner with design of mountain retreat

title_sort: INCENSE BURNER WITH DESIGN OF MOUNTAIN RETREAT


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period

content: Fragment of a bowl. Columnar and horizontal rod technique combined. Yellow, green and red in a thin black matrix overlaid on opaque black base. Cf. F1909.624.

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Fragment of a bowl

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF A BOWL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Fragment of a bowl


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川豊信 (1711-1785)

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY,

content: in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 464, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Ukiyo-e Exhibition (August 7, 1961 to January 1, 1963)

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: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Full color, lacquer black, and gold on paper panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 103.7 x 51.6 cm (40 13/16 x 20 5/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

content: A yujo and two understudies (kamuro)

title_sort: A YUJO AND TWO UNDERSTUDIES (KAMURO)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: A yujo and two understudies (kamuro)


label: Date

content: Ming dynasty

content: Wang Liangchen

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1044, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Seasons: Chinese Flowers (July 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

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

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

content: Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 18 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 2, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Paintings, 1924 (June 2, 1924 to March 14, 1931)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: moon

content: grape

content: China

content: Chinese 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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 188.4 x 60.2 cm (74 3/16 x 23 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Moon
Chinese Art
Outer space
Grape
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Grapevine in Wind and Moonlight

title_sort: GRAPEVINE IN WIND AND MOONLIGHT

title: Grapevine in Wind and Moonlight


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G116 state 1 of 5.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: woman

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 14 x 10.1 cm (5 1/2 x 4 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint
Woman

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Letter (Maud, seated)

title_sort: THE LETTER (MAUD, SEATED)

title: The Letter (Maud, seated)


content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

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

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 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 G181 state 2 of 5.

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

content: To 1898

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [3] See note 2.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 13.2 x 20.6 cm (5 3/16 x 8 1/8 in)

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

content: United States

content: Chelsea

title_sort: CHELSEA

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

title: Chelsea


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Buff clay. Underglaze iron painted decoration of "flaming jewels" and bundle of straw; touches of iron around rim. Kiln mark impressed on base inside foot rim. Ash glaze, ending irregularly above unglazed base, partially covered with glassy white feldspathic glaze; large patch of copper-tinted green ash glaze.

label: Marks

content: Kiln mark, "Banko," without frame, impressed on base inside foot rim.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 568, 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: Kuwana, Mie prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Banko ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: iron pigment

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Oribe style ware

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron pigment under colorless ash glaze; copper-green tinted ash glaze and feldspathic glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.9 × 10.5 cm (3 1/2 × 4 1/8 in)

label: Style

content: Banko ware

place:
Kuwana
Japan
Mie prefecture

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Banko ware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Oribe style ware
Iron pigment

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl in Oribe style

title_sort: TEA BOWL IN ORIBE STYLE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Tea bowl in Oribe style


label: Date

content: 4th-6th century

content: Roman period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

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

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

content: Italy

content: Bead, quadrilateral

title_sort: BEAD, QUADRILATERAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, quadrilateral


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Drawing of the Esplanade in the French coastal town of Dieppe, with studies of a young boy on the reverse.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Drawing

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 10.1 x 17.1 cm (4 x 6 3/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art

content: United States

content: A group of figures on an esplanade

title_sort: A GROUP OF FIGURES ON AN ESPLANADE

title: A group of figures on an esplanade


label: Date

content: ca. 6th century BCE (vessel);19th-20th century (cover and finial)

label: Period

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

content: Chinese,

content: Middle Eastern Chou, 6th century B.C.

content: Hsin-cheng type

content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "an;" cover, modern.

content: Surface: coarse patina of mingled green, blue, and brown, and a heavy earth incrustation.

content: Decoration: in delicate relief. Inscription on the base.

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscription on base

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Sato, Nagasaki, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 200, 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: Sato (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Xingzheng, China

content: casting

content: carving

content: piercing

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Bronze, wood, and carnelian (?)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 10.1 x 15.9 cm (4 x 6 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sato

place: China Xingzheng

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

content: China

label: Title

content: Ritual vessel (an)

title_sort: RITUAL VESSEL (AN)

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Ritual vessel (an)


content: 17th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1344, 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

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: music

content: mountain

content: waterfall

content: river

content: game playing

content: boat

content: flute

content: pavilion

content: China

content: musician

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

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 158.7 x 92.9 cm (62 1/2 x 36 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

topic:
Water
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Rivers
Game playing
Flute
Mountains
Pavilion
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Waterfalls
Music
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Musicians

content: China

content: Listening to a Flute in a Lakeside Pavilion

title_sort: LISTENING TO A FLUTE IN A LAKESIDE PAVILION

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, intermed. 1-2

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, "The Etched Work of Whistler", (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K58, an intermediate state between states 1 and 2 of 10.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné" by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G61 state 2 of 14.

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

content: To 1898

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

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 28.9 x 20.1 cm (11 3/8 x 7 15/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Finette

title_sort: FINETTE

title: Finette


content: late 17th- early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Ogata Korin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716)

content: On one side of this circular fan is a painting illustrating a passage from the Tales of Ise, a work of narratives and poems probably composed in the tenth century by an unknown author. In this passage, travelers encounter a dark pass through the mountains. They sense the desolate remoteness from their familiar world in Kyoto and express this feeling in a poem:

content: Beside Mount Utsu

content: In Suruga

content: I can see you

content: Neither waking

content: nor, alas, even in my dreams.

content: On the other side of the fan is a painting of white chrysanthemums beside a stream. The flowers are painted in low relief, a technique known as moriage.

content: (Poetry translated by Helen Craig McCullough, Tales of Ise, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1968)

label: Provenance

content: To 1903

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

content: From 1903 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 433 Fan, L. 290, pg. 68, 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: Bold and Beautiful: Rinpa in Japanese Art (June 28, 2015 to January 3, 2016)

content: Moonlight and Clouds: Silver and Gold in the Arts of Japan (November 11, 2008 to November 11, 2009)

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

content: Japanese Art (May 9, 1993 to June 27, 1994)

content: Literary Themes in Japanese Art (February 13, 1986 to March 9, 1987)

content: Famous Places of Japan (October 17, 1985 to February 13, 1986)

content: Japanese Fans (April 6, 1984 to October 18, 1984)

content: Fans (May 18, 1980 to October 13, 1981)

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

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

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

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

content: 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: river

content: pilgrimage

content: Japan

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: Painting

content: Ink, color and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 35.6 x 22.7 cm (14 x 8 15/16 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: On one side Narihira and the pilgrim; on the other, chrysanthemums and a brook

title_sort: ON ONE SIDE NARIHIRA AND THE PILGRIM; ON THE OTHER, CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND A BROOK

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: Mamluk period

content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]

content: From at least 1968

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

content: From ? to 1992

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

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

content: From 1992 to 1993

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

content: From 1993

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 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.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)

content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

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

content: Egypt

content: ceramic

content: Sgraffito ware

content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)

content: Egypt

content: earthenware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

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

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Earthenware

content: H x W: 9.9 x 5.9 cm (3 7/8 x 2 5/16 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: sherd, red body, white slip, yellow glaze

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Period

content: Muromachi period

label: Description

content: Buff clay. Foot trimmed in Jian-ware style. Ash glaze applied over iron slip, appearing golden brown edged with blackish brown; both glaze and slip ending evenly, well above foot; pool of blackish brown in bottom.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 591, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: The Tea Ceremony as Melting Pot (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

content: Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)

content: The Glazed Ceramic Tradition of Mino and Seto Wares (April 26, 1985 to January 13, 1986)

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Mino kilns, Gifu prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Mino ware

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with iron slip under ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 5.7 × 15.9 cm (2 1/4 × 6 1/4 in)

content: Mino ware

place:
Japan
Gifu prefecture
Mino kilns

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mino ware
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Lacquer repair
Stoneware
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Mino ware tea bowl

title_sort: MINO WARE TEA BOWL

title: Mino ware tea bowl


label: Date

content: ca. 1680

label: School/Tradition

content: Bundi school

label: Provenance

content: To 1964

content: Private collection, Los Angeles [1]

content: To at least 1966

content: James K. Ivory, New York

content: From 1966 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), purchased Ralph Benkaim in September 1966 purchased from James K. Ivory, New York [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] The painting was exhibited as belonging to a private California collection in Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections, no. 40; De Young Museum, San Francisco, May 29-July19, 1964.

content: [2] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Art of the Indian Subcontinent from Los Angeles Collections (March 4 to March 31, 1968)

content: Indian Miniature Paintings from West Coast Private Collections (May 29 to July 19, 1964)

content: Private Collection

content: James K. Ivory (born 1928)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Bundi, Rajasthan state, India

content: peacock

content: woman

content: man

content: ragamala

content: bow

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: arrow

content: knife

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

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

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

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (painting): 20.6 × 11.7 cm (8 1/8 × 4 5/8 in)

content: H x W (overall): 27 × 17.6 cm (10 5/8 × 6 15/16 in)

name:
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Private Collection
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Ivory, James K.

place:
Bundi
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Arrow
Peacock
Knife
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Ragamala
Bow
Woman

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

label: Title

content: Vibhasa Ragini

title_sort: VIBHASA RAGINI

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Vibhasa Ragini


content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1114, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history. See Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: flower

content: hibiscus

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: quail

content: China

content: bird and flower

content: Chinese Art

content: garden rock

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: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 95.1 x 33.5 cm (37 7/16 x 13 3/16 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Bird and flower
Art
Garden rock
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Flowers
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Quail
Hibiscus

content: China

content: Quail and flowers

title_sort: QUAIL AND FLOWERS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Quail and flowers


label: Date

content: 305 BCE-14 CE

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 49, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria?

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Unclassified

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in)

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

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


content: 16th century

content: Muromachi or Momoyama period

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 506, pg. 140, 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: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

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

content: Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Korean Ceramics with Korean and Japanese Paintings (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: tiger

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: bat

content: Zhong Kui

content: Japan

content: kakemono

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: Painting

content: Color and ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 93.4 × 47.4 cm (36 3/4 × 18 11/16 in)

topic:
Bats
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Zhong Kui
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Tiger
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Zhong Kui (Shoki) on a tiger

title_sort: ZHONG KUI (SHOKI) ON A TIGER

title: Zhong Kui (Shoki) on a tiger


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Toriyama Sekien

content: To 1902

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 288, 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: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: theater

content: shamisen

content: Japan

content: actor

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

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (overall): 82.3 x 34.7 cm (32 3/8 x 13 11/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: An actor in female dress stringing a samisen

title_sort: AN ACTOR IN FEMALE DRESS STRINGING A SAMISEN

label: High-resolution JPEG


label: Date

content: 1050-221 BCE

content: Zhou dynasty

content: To 1913

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

content: From 1913 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 451-474, pg. 109, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Medium

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 8.4 x 9.5 cm (3 5/16 x 3 3/4 in)

date:
BCE 0s
BCE 1000s

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

content: China

content: Chariot fitting: axle cap

title_sort: CHARIOT FITTING: AXLE CAP

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Chariot fitting: axle cap


content: Edo period

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: 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: reading

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

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

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

content: Japan

content: Three figures

title_sort: THREE FIGURES

title: Three figures


label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1916

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

content: From 1916 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 827, pg. 179, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: floral patterns

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

content: Velvet

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 425 x 142.5 cm (167 5/16 x 56 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Lai-Yuan & Company

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Floral patterns
Brocading
Weft patterning

content: China

object_type: Costume Textiles

content: Brocade, velvet, in the form of a wall hanging

title_sort: BROCADE, VELVET, IN THE FORM OF A WALL HANGING


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Muromachi or Momoyama period

label: Artist

content: Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 (1543-1590)

label: Label

content: Few works of Chinese literature have so enthralled the Japanese people as The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, a narrative poem by the Chinese poet Bo Juyi (772-846) of the Tang dynasty (618-907). The poem recounts the tragic story of Emperor Xuanzong (reigned 712-756), commonly known as Minghuang, whose excessive love for his beautiful concubine, Yang Guifei (circa 720-756), led to intrigue at court and disorder in the empire. Yang Guifei was put to death in 756 during the An Lushan uprising. The passionate love and inconsolable grief portrayed in the Chinese poem found a sympathetic reception in the Japanese imperial court of the Heian period (794-1185), where the emotional entanglements of Japanese aristocrats became the theme of The Tale of Genji, an important work of narrative fiction written by a noblewoman, Murasaki Shikibu.

content: Many Japanese screen paintings of the Momoyama (1573-1615) and early Edo (1615-1868) periods illustrate the story of Minghuang and Yang Guifei with elegant figures in settings that represent an imaginative and idealized image of the Chinese emperor's household. Here the emperor and his beloved Yang Guifei stand in an open pavilion facing a garden where ladies-in-waiting pull threads attached to the branches of flowering trees. The enduring allure of this story in the Japanese visual and literary arts reflects both a strong emotional identification with its themes of love, death, and longing, and the persistent idea of Tang dynasty China as a cultural golden age.

content: To 1900

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1900 [1]

content: From 1900 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, L. 34, pg. 6, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens (October 3, 1947 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Japanese Screens and Scrolls, 1946 (April 30, 1946 to October 3, 1947)

content: Japanese Screens, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to April 5, 1933)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: concubine

content: Japan

content: emperor

content: Japanese Art

content: attendant

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 156.7 x 360.6 cm (61 11/16 x 141 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Concubine
Japanese Art
Kings and rulers
Attendant

content: Japan

label: Title

content: The Chinese Emperor Minghuang and his concubine Yang Guifei, with attendants on a terrace

title_sort: THE CHINESE EMPEROR MINGHUANG AND HIS CONCUBINE YANG GUIFEI, WITH ATTENDANTS ON A TERRACE

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 1

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 G22 state 1 of 1.

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

content: Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: sketching

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 11.2 x 14.8 cm (4 7/16 x 5 13/16 in)

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

content: United States

content: Title page of the "French Set"

title_sort: TITLE PAGE OF THE "FRENCH SET"

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Title page of the "French Set"


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

label: Description

content: Pitcher, spherical body, wide expanding neck, bold foot and curved handle. Handle and neck restored with plaster; also a hole in the body.

content: Clay: soft, sandy, white.

content: Glaze: very dark aubergine, largely decomposed; iridescent.

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, L. 1243, 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: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

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

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Raqqa, Syria

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Syria

content: Raqqa ware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: The Story of the Beautiful

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

content: Glazed clay

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 22.5 x 15.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in)

label: Style

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: Pitcher

title_sort: PITCHER

title: Pitcher


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 3

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K191, from the cancelled plate; only impression.

label: Provenance

content: To 1902

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Objects Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object was purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in October 1902, but was kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the main collection and given a registration number for that year (see Curatorial Remarks in object record).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 23.9 x 30.2 cm (9 7/16 x 11 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Traghetto, No. 2

title_sort: THE TRAGHETTO, NO. 2

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Traghetto, No. 2


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Light gray clay. Lappet motif stamped irregularly around outside of rim. Yellow ash glaze, olive-green where thick, stained brown in crackle. Glaze inside foot. Three large spur marks on unglazed foot rim. Large crescent-shaped crack in base. Gold lacquer repairs to lip and vertical cracks in walls.

content: To 1897

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

content: From 1897 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 451, 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: Japanese Ceramics from Seto and Mino (January 19, 1996 to August 5, 2001)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Seto, Aichi prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Seto ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: food

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with Ofuke-type ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 9.7 × 15.8 cm (3 13/16 × 6 1/4 in)

content: Seto ware, Ofuke type

place:
Aichi prefecture
Japan
Seto

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

content: Japan

content: Serving bowl

title_sort: SERVING BOWL

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Serving bowl


content: 1883 or 1884

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: Ten of the St. Ives oils, including Note in Blue and Opal: The Sun Cloud, were included in an exhibition of Whistler's work that opened at the Dowdeswells' Gallery in London in May 1884. One unusually sympathetic reviewer praised several of the St. Ives subjects for their "high finish" (provocatively redefining "finish" in a very unconventional way) and bravura brushwork: "Beauty of handling and high finish will be specially noticed in the landscapes, principally Cornish, particularly 'Blue and gold-The Schooner' [private collection]; 'Harmony in brown and gold-Old Chelsea Church', 'Grey and silver mist' , and 'Blue and grey-Unloading' [all Freer Gallery of Art];' the most brilliant in colour being a 'Note in blue and opal-the Sun Cloud.'" Recent research suggests that this review was submitted by one of the Gallery owners-and that much of it had been written by Whistler.

content: Quotations from [Walter Dowdeswell], Mr. Whistler and His Art, Artist and Journal of Home Culture, June 1, 1884.

content: To 1904

content: Wickham Flower (circa 1836-1904), London, to 1904 [1]

content: Colnaghi, London, purchased at the sale of the Wickham Flower Collection, Christie's, December 17, 1904 [2]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colnaghi in 1904 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: " Purchased from Mr. Desprez of P. and D. Colnaghi and Co., London, in 1904, and by them purchased at Christie's Sale, December 17, 1904, of the Wickham Flower Collection."

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 15-1/2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Small Masterpieces: Whistler Paintings from the 1880s (April 2, 2005 to November 11, 2008)

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

content: Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (February 6, 1985 to March 4, 1986)

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

content: American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)

content: Whistler—Landscapes and Seascapes (October 14, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

content: Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)

content: Whistler Landscapes, Oil (January 20, 1928 to May 1, 1933)

content: Whistler Oils Exhibition (January 8, 1925 to January 20, 1928)

content: American Paintings by J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 8, 1925)

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

content: Inaugural Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art (January 17 to February 12, 1912)

content: Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)

content: Wickham Flower (ca. 1836-1904)

content: Colnaghi (established 1760) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: landscape

content: farming

content: cloud

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

content: Oil on wood panel

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 12.4 x 21.7 cm (4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in)

name:
Flower, Wickham
Freer, Charles Lang
Colnaghi

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Farms
American Art
Cloud

content: United States

content: Note in Blue and Opal—The Sun Cloud

title_sort: NOTE IN BLUE AND OPAL—THE SUN CLOUD

title: Note in Blue and Opal—The Sun Cloud


label: Date

content: 4th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

content: [2] See note 1.

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Syria

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

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

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead


content: early 18th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Ogawa Ritsuo (1663-1747)

content: To 1903

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Charles Gillot Collection, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, through Yamanaka Sadajiro (of Yamanaka & Company), in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] The sale of works belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February, 1904, at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record).

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List,

content: S.I. 15, pg. 21, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

content: Chinese and Japanese Art--Lacquer and Paintings (August 18, 1967 to October 14, 1969)

content: Charles Gillot (1853-1903) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: fish

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: wave

content: lettering

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Container

label: Medium

content: Lacquer

content: Diam: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in)

name:
Gillot, Charles
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Medicine case (inro)

title_sort: MEDICINE CASE (INRO)

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Medicine case (inro)


content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign

label: Label

content: Thronelike chairs were appointed with elaborate cushions to make them more comfortable and to signal the sitter's status. The design here, consisting of nine five-clawed dragons, was one that only the emperor and his closest associates could use. Other motifs on the cushion symbolize good fortune and longevity. The Chinese name for the narcissus plant, for example, contains the word "immortal," and peaches are also emblems of immortality. Bats, a symbol of good fortune, fly among the brightly colored clouds.

content: To 1915

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

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 147, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Worshipping the Ancestors: Chinese Commemorative Portraits (June 17 to September 9, 2001)

content: On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)

content: Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

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

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Chinese Art (December 5, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: embroidering

content: couching (embroidering)

content: silk (fiber)

content: dragon

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume and Textile

content: Silk with embroidery in silk and metallic-wrapped threads

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 111 x 146.5 cm (43 11/16 x 57 11/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Embroidery
Art
Silk (fiber)
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Couching (embroidering)
Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)
Dragon

content: China

content: Cushion cover

title_sort: CUSHION COVER

title: Cushion cover


label: Date

content: 1550-1197 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

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

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

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

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

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

label: Title

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl, flaring, with lip rounding inward; on retired, beveled foot. Lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: hard, sonorous, grayish; burnt red below.

content: Glaze: mingled greenish-white, and faint blue over dark red, giving lilac tints. Rice-straw ash glaze. Firing ring cut through glaze in bottom.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 562, 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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Fukuoka prefecture or Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

label: Topic

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Agano ware

content: Shodai ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: rice-straw-ash glaze

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with rice-straw ash glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 6.5 × 15.2 cm (2 9/16 × 6 in)

label: Style

content: Agano or Shodai ware

place:
Fukuoka prefecture
Japan
Kumamoto prefecture

topic:
Tea
Rice-straw-ash glaze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Lacquer repair
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Pottery
Shodai ware
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Agano or Shodai ware bowl

title_sort: AGANO OR SHODAI WARE BOWL

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Agano or Shodai ware bowl


content: 475-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, 1930 [1]

content: From 1930

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York, NY, in 1930 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Object file, undated Folder Sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, COM.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

content: Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

content: Probably Jincun, Henan province, China

content: carving

content: incising

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: Warring States period (475 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: dancer

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Data Source

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

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: H x W x D: 9.6 x 3.4 x 0.4 cm (3 13/16 x 1 3/8 x 3/16 in)

place:
China
Jincun
Henan province

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

content: China

content: Pendant in the form of a female dancer, fragment

title_sort: PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A FEMALE DANCER, FRAGMENT

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: This drawing is related to the second figure from the right in Symphony in Blue and Pink (F1903.79), one of the oil sketches for the Six Projects.

label: Provenance

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

content: To 1905

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

content: From 1905 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record states: "From the Forbes collection.

content: See Journal Voucher No. 1, December 1905."

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Drawings, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

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

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: James Staats Forbes (1823-1904)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: woman

content: umbrella

content: United States

content: American Art

content: study

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: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Black and white chalk on brown paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 18.3 x 13 cm (7 3/16 x 5 1/8 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Umbrellas
Woman

content: United States

label: Title

content: Woman with Parasol

title_sort: WOMAN WITH PARASOL

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Woman with Parasol


content: 18th century

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

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

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

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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

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

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

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

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: India

label: Topic

content: portrait

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: halo

content: India

content: emperor

content: South Asian and Himalayan 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: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 25.3 x 16.5 cm (9 15/16 x 6 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

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

content: India

content: Portrait of an emperor

title_sort: PORTRAIT OF AN EMPEROR

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Portrait of an emperor


label: Date

content: 17th century or earlier

content: Edo period or earlier

content: To 1902

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

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the sale of the Samuel Colman Collection, American Art Association, New York, March 19-22, 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1210, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Samuel Colman was collecting Asian objects by at least 1880 (see Curatorial Remark 6, Louise Cort, April 20, 2007, in the object record).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Japanese Art from the Collection (October 26, 2024 - ongoing)

content: Samuel Colman (1832-1920)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wood

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 06: Japanese Art from the Collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Mask

content: Wood with gesso and pigment

content: H x W x D: 23.9 x 19.1 x 12.5 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 4 15/16 in)

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

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

room: Gallery 06

building: Freer

content: Japan

content: Gyodo mask

title_sort: GYODO MASK

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Gyodo mask


content: 11th century BCE

label: Period

content: Western Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), Forbidden City, China [1]

content: Prince Pulun, Senior Grandson of Daoguang Emperor, Forbidden City, China [2]

content: By 1924 to 1948

content: C. T. Loo & Company, Paris, France & New York, NY [3]

content: 1948 to at least 1953

content: C. T. Loo, INC., New York, NY by transfer from C. T. Loo & Company in 1948 [4]

content: Likely 1953 to 1961

content: C. T. Loo Chinese Art, New York, NY by transfer from C. T. Loo, INC., NY [5]

content: 1961 to mid-1960s

content: Frank Caro Chinese Art, New York, NY from C. T. Loo Chinese Art, mode of acquisition unknown [6]

content: Early 1960s to 1987

content: Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY likely purchased from Frank Caro Chinese Art in New York during the early 1960s [7]

content: From 1987

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift from Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [8]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See: Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qing tong qi fen lei tu lu. Dongjing: Ji gu shu wu, 1977), 14 (this publication is also known by it’s Japanese title, In Shū seidōki bunrui zuroku). This publication notes both the Qianlong Emperor and Prince Pulun as former owners.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See: C. T. Loo, Appartenant à C. T. Loo et Cie (Paris et Bruxelles: Libraire Nationale d’Art et d’Histoire, 1924), plate XIV.

content: [4] On September 1, 1952, C. T. Loo’s associate, Frank Caro (1904-1980) took over daily operations of the New York business. C. T. Loo, INC. was dissolved by the summer of 1953 and Caro operated as C. T. Loo Chinese Art. Loo continued to play a large role in the business, as he and Caro struck a deal in which profits made on Loo’s stock would be evenly divided and Loo would maintain the lease and rental payments on the company’s gallery space. When Caro assumed leadership, he re-inventoried the stock and assigned new numbers, many of which began with an “E.” This object was part of that inventory process, being labeled “E-5031.”

content: [5] See note 4.

content: [6] In 1961, Loo and Caro’s agreement ended. C. T. Loo & Cie., Paris, France took control of C. T. Loo Chinese Art, New York’s stock that C. T. Loo had added to the inventory before his death in 1957. Frank Caro then opened Frank Caro Chinese Art. Caro acquired pieces from Loo’s original stock, but the mode of acquisition is unknown.

content: [7] See note 3. Arthur M. Sackler purchased several bronzes from Frank Caro Chinese Art in 1964. It is possible that this bronze was part of that large purchase.

content: [8] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

label: Collection

content: Arthur M. Sackler Collection

content: The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

content: In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)

content: Pulun 溥倫 (1874-1927)

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

content: C. T. Loo, INC. (ca. 1948-no later than July 1953)

content: C. T. Loo Chinese Art (1953-1961)

content: Frank Caro Chinese Art (1962-1980)

content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

content: China

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

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

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 21.3 x 16.9 x 16.9 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 in)

name:
Frank Caro Chinese Art
Sackler, Arthur M.
Hongli
C. T. Loo & Company
C. T. Loo, INC.
C. T. Loo Chinese Art
Pulun

content: China

label: Title

content: Food vessel (ding)

title_sort: FOOD VESSEL (DING)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Food vessel (ding)


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G296 state 2 of 2.

content: To 1903

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 10, March 1903, 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: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American 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: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 10 x 6.7 cm (3 15/16 x 2 5/8 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: The Abbey Jubilee

title_sort: THE ABBEY JUBILEE

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Abbey Jubilee