Small jar, used in Japan as a tea caddy (taikai type)

Detail, Karamono tea caddy, bunrin type; Tea caddy (karamono taikai chaire); Southern Song to Ming dynasty, 13th-15th century; Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid; Freer Gallery of Art, F1897.42a-b

Chinese Ceramics for Tea in Japan

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Image of Tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa; China, probably Guangdong Province; Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, mid-13th–mid-14th century; Stoneware with iron glaze; 41.6 cm (h); FSC-P-6964.1

Tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa; China, probably Guangdong Province; Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, mid-13th–mid-14th century; Stoneware with iron glaze; 41.6 cm (h); FSC-P-6964.1

Chigusa and the Art of Tea

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Detail photograph, ŀshak Paşa Palace, Doğubayazıt; Ara Güler; silver gelatin print, 1965; Raymond A. Hare collection, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, A1989.03.3.9

Detail, ŀshak Paşa Palace, Doğubayazıt; Ara Güler; silver gelatin print, 1965; Raymond A. Hare collection, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, A1989.03.3.9

In Focus: Ara Güler’s Anatolia

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Detail image, Amulet: the figure of Thoureis; Amulet; Possibly Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305-30 BCE; Clay; Egypt; Gift of Charles Lang Freer; Freer Gallery of Art F1908.222

Detail, Amulet: the figure of Thoureis; Amulet; Possibly Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305-30 BCE; Clay; Egypt; Gift of Charles Lang Freer; Freer Gallery of Art F1908.222

The Nile and Ancient Egypt

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A painting of women figures silk weaving.

Detail, Silk Weaving, after Lou Shou 摹樓璹〈蠶織圖; Handscroll; Attributed to Cheng Qi (傳)程棨 (active mid- to late 13th century), Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225); China; Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment; Freer Gallery of Art F1954.20

Women in Chinese Painting

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Detail image, Vishnu Vishvarupa; India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, ca. 1800–1820; Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 38.5 x 28 cm; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Given by Mrs. Gerald Clark, IS.33-2006

Detail, Vishnu Vishvarupa; India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, ca. 1800–1820; Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 38.5 x 28 cm; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Given by Mrs. Gerald Clark, IS.33-2006

Yoga: The Art of Transformation

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