Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Search

object

Sword scabbard chape with geometric decoration

2 pp

[2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1334, pg. 306, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, F1917.394, Curatorial Remarks, in the object record.

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painting

Symphony in Grey: Early Morning, Thames

1 pp

[1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Purchased in April 1904.

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Table

1 pp

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 167, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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object

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 761, pg. 168, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

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Tablet for inlay with horizontal bar added in recent times

1 pp

[1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 32, 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).

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Taizan ware sake bottle for domestic Shinto shrine

2 pp

A. D. Vorce and Co. (C.L. Freer source)

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Taizan ware vase with design of the character for "longevity"

1 pp

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

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Takatori ware tea bowl

2 pp

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 647, 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 locat

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Takatori ware tea ceremony water jar, Higashi Sarayama kiln

2 pp

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 77, 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 locati

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