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Flowers: chrysanthemums, peonies, etc

Object Details

Provenance
To 1908
Count Tanaka, Japan, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Count Tanaka, through Samurai Shokai. Yokohama, Japan, in 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Screens and Panels List, L. 129, pg. 39, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[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.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner
Count Tanaka (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
18th-19th century
Period
Edo period
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Color, gesso, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 179.9 x 375.4 cm (70 13/16 x 147 13/16 in)
Type
Painting
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