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"Sleeve-weight" in the form of a plaque

H x W: 6.9 x 6.4 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/2 in)

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5 fragments of Syrian enameled glass

[2] See note 1.

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8 Bone carvings

[1] This object is one of a group of 88 objects (F80.104-F80.180, FSC-S-22-25 and FSC-O-11a-h) seized in 1960 by the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, from the dealer and collector J.D. Chen, Hong Kong and Frank Caro of C. T. Loo & Co., New York.

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manuscript

Babur Entertains in Sultan Ibrahim Lodi's Palace from a Baburnama

[1] See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 406. See also Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s

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painting

A yujo sitting outside a brothel and looking at a blank paper

well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 an

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painting

A yujo with a pipe

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

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painting

A Battle on the banks of a river

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 Pet

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painting

A Bird hovering over blossoming branches

[1] See Original Album List, pg. 31, 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.

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painting

A Branch of loquats

[1] See Reserved Kakemono List, R. 1380, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

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painting

A Breath of Spring 春消息圖

17 pp

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

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drawing

A Bridge

A Bridge follows the canons of eighteenth-century picturesque landscape imagery. The drawing has an academic quality which sets it apart from other sketches executed during Whistler's Rhineland tour, and the actual site has thus far eluded identification. The scene recalls a heavy stone bridge at Mayence, and similar bridges at Bingen and Coblentz were painted by Turner earlier in the century. Whi

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A Buddhist monk's robe

[1] See Reserved Textile List, R. 197, 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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"Sleeve-weight" in the form of a plaque

5 fragments of Syrian enameled glass

8 Bone carvings

<em> Babur Entertains in Sultan Ibrahim Lodi's Palace </em> from a <em>Baburnama</em>

A <em>yujo</em> sitting outside a brothel and looking at a blank paper

A <em>yujo</em> with a pipe

A Battle on the banks of a river

A Bird hovering over blossoming branches

A Branch of loquats

A Breath of Spring 春消息圖

A Bridge

A Buddhist monk's robe