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Gazing at a waterfall from a mountain hut

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner
Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance
To 1915
Tonying and Company, New York to 1915 [1]
From 1915 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1915 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Album List, pg. 49, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.
[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.
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Formerly attributed to Zhao Lingrang (active ca. 1070-1100)
Date
1644-1911
Period
Qing dynasty
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions
H x W (image): 29.7 x 30.2 cm (11 11/16 x 11 7/8 in)
Type
Painting

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