H x W (image): 23.8 x 25.2 cm (9 3/8 x 9 15/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
13th century
Period:
Southern Song dynasty
Provenance:
To 1911
Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]
From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, in 1911 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Album List, pg. 36, 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.
[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
Exhibition History:
Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Chinese Album Leaves (December 17, 1962 to April 8, 1963)
