Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1909
- Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
- From 1909 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Album List, pg. 30, S.I. 8, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to 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), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.
- 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.
- [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
- Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 17th century
- Period
- Ming or Qing dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 29 x 25.7 cm (11 7/16 x 10 1/8 in)
- Type
- Painting
