Lin Tinggui 林庭桂 (active late 12th century) Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 112.3 x 53.5 cm (44 3/16 x 21 1/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
1178
Period:
Southern Song dynasty
Provenance:
To 1894
The Daitoku-ji Temple, Kyoto, to 1894 [1]
From 1894 to 1902
Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), Japan, Boston, New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, given by the Daitoku-ji while at Museum of Fine Art, Boston, in 1894 [2]
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1902 [3]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
Notes:
[1] See Curatorial Remarks, Fu Shen and Stephen Allee, Excerpt Exhibition Label Text, May 1993. See also, Object Documentation, Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy (http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/). 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. In 1894 Ernest Francisco Fenollosa arranged a special exhibition in which forty-four Daitoku-ji paintings were shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. As an expression of gratitude for his help organizing the exhibition, the Daitoku-ji presented one of the forty-four paintings to Fenollossa, who subsequently sold it to Charles L. Freer in 1902.
[3] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 281, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[4] 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
Exhibition History:
Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Masters of Mercy: Buddha's Amazing Disciples (March 10 to July 8, 2012)
Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)
Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (Monday, December 01, 2003 - Sunday, May 23, 2004)
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9 to December 6, 1993)
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)
Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)
Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
Previous custodian or owner:
Daitoku-ji, Kyoto
Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)
