The Power to See Beauty Object Gallery

Objects 1 – 29 of 29

Vase

Momoyama period, 1600-1615
Japan, Mie prefecture, Iga kilns
White stoneware with multiple layers of ash glaze, iron glaze; gold lacquer repairs
H x W: 28.8 x 15.4 cm (11 5/16 x 6 1/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1898.451

Black Raku ware tea bowl named Minogame (Mossy-tailed tortoise)

Edo period, 1605-1637
Japan, Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto
Earthenware with Black Raku glaze
H x W x D: 8.7 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm (3 7/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1899.34a-c

Black Raku ware tea bowl

Momoyama period, late 16th century
Japan, Kyoto prefecture, Kyoto
Pottery with Black Raku glaze; black lacquer repairs
H x Diam: 8.6 x 11 cm (3 3/8 x 4 5/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1902.52

Resting

ca. 1870-73
United States
Chalk and pastel on brown paper
H x W: 15.1 x 7.6 cm (5 15/16 x 3 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1902.176a-d

Venus Rising from the Sea

ca. 1869-1870
United States
Oil on canvas
H x W: 59.8 x 49.1 cm (23 9/16 x 19 5/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.174a-b

Variations in Blue and Green

ca. 1868
United States
Oil on millboard mounted on wood panel
H x W: 46.9 x 61.8 cm (18 7/16 x 24 5/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.178a-b

Portrait of Charles Lang Freer

1902-1903
United States
Oil on wood panel
H x W (frame): 86 × 65.5 cm (33 7/8 × 25 13/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.301a-b

Box with fitted cover

Edo period, 17th century
Japan
Lacquer on wood with lead and mother of pearl
H x W x D (overall): 23.2 x 29.1 x 24.6 cm (9 1/8 x 11 7/16 x 9 11/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1904.36a-b

Box for writing utensils

Edo period, early 19th century
Japan
Wood, lacquer, gold, metal, shell
H x W x D: 5.2 x 24.7 x 22.5 cm (2 1/16 x 9 3/4 x 8 7/8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1904.37a-c

Box with lid

Edo period, 1615-1868
Japan
Lacquered wood with inlaid mother of pearl and gold paint
H x W x D: 12.3 x 19.9 x 11.4 cm (4 13/16 x 7 13/16 x 4 1/2 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1904.347a-d

Jar

16th-17th century?
Syria
Stone-paste painted under glaze
H x W: 49.2 x 30.1 cm (19 3/8 x 11 7/8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1905.61

Vase, with lacquer lid for use as tea ceremony water jar

Momoyama period, 1596-1615
Japan, Saga prefecture, Imari
Stoneware with iron and rice-straw-ash glazes
H x W: 22.1 x 11.9 cm (8 11/16 x 4 11/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1905.274a-b

Tomb jar

Eastern Han dynasty, early 1st-early 3rd century
China
Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze
H x W: 50.7 x 34.1 cm (19 15/16 x 13 7/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1906.35

Jar, large globular, with a tapering base, and cylindrical neck

11th-12th century
Syria, Raqqa
Glazed clay
H x W: 65.3 x 51.5 cm (25 11/16 x 20 1/4 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1906.229

Figurine of the goddess Neith

Saite Dynasty 26 or later, 664-525 BCE or later
Egypt
Sculpture; bronze

H x W x D: 21.3 x 3.8 x 6.9 cm (8 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 2 11/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.1

Head and Bust (fragment) of a man

Middle Kingdom, ca. 1980-1630 BCE, face later recarved
Egypt
Limestone
H x W x D: 58.1 x 45.7 x 27.4 cm (22 7/8 x 18 x 10 13/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.3

Ritual vessel (lei) with dragons

Spring and Autumn period, Eastern Zhou dynasty, ca. 8th century BCE
China
Bronze
H x Diam: 35 × 42.3 cm (13 13/16 × 16 11/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.33

Writing box containing ink-stone and water holder

Edo period or Meiji era, 19th century
Japan
Lacquer, gold, lead, and mother of pearl
H x W x D: 5.3 x 24.5 x 22.2 cm (2 1/16 x 9 5/8 x 8 3/4 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.105a-e

Figure of Avalokiteshvara (Japanese: Kwannon), after statue in Horyuji Temple. Reduced copy

Meiji era, early 20th century
Japan
Wood, pigment
H (overall): 77.4 cm (30 1/2 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.113a-e

Bodhisattva

Date unknown
Japan
Wood
H (overall): 71.3 cm (28 1/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.114a-b

Jar with inlaid design of three phoenixes

Goryeo period, first half of 13th century
Korea, Jeolla-do province, Gangjin or Buan county, Gangjin or Buan kilns
Stoneware with white and black inlays and black painting under celadon glaze
H x W: 20.5 x 20.7 cm (8 1/16 x 8 1/8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.367

Stele with Buddhist triad

Sui dynasty or later, 581-618 or later
China
Sandstone
H x W x D: 49.2 x 34.7 x 16.8 cm (19 3/8 x 13 11/16 x 6 5/8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.506

The Bodhisattva Kannon

Nara period, late 8th century
Japan
Bronze
H x W x D (assembled): 48.3 × 18 × 17.1 cm (19 × 7 1/16 × 6 3/4 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1908.9a-d

Figure of Anubis

Saite Dynasty 26 or later, 664-525 BCE
Egypt
Bronze
H x W x D: 24.1 x 6.9 x 5.2 cm (9 1/2 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1908.52

Bowl

Il-Khanid dynasty, 13th-14th century
Iran
Stone-paste decorated with lustre
H x W: 9.4 x 20.8 cm (3 11/16 x 8 3/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1908.163

Bottle

Goryeo period, 14th century
Korea, Jeolla-do province, Gangjin or Buan county, Gangjin or Buan kilns
Stoneware with white and black inlays under celadon glaze
H x Diam (overall): 31.2 x 18.3 cm (12 5/16 x 7 3/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1909.26

Bottle

Goryeo period, 12th century
Korea, Jeollanam-do province, Haenam county, Haenam kilns
Stoneware with black and white slips under celadon glaze
H x W: 34.4 x 20.3 cm (13 9/16 x 8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1909.31

Wine ewer in the form of a melon

Goryeo period, second half of 12th-early 13th century
Korea, Jeollanam-do province, Gangjin county, Gangjin kilns
Stoneware with black inlay under celadon glaze
H x W x D: 16 x 22.5 x 14.6 cm (6 5/16 x 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1909.34a-b

Table

1890-1910
United States
Oak wood
H x W x D: 76 × 198.6 × 76 cm (29 15/16 × 78 3/16 × 29 15/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Study Collection
FSC-F-14