Formerly attributed to Zhou Fang (傳)周昉 (ca. 730-ca. 800) Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 113.5 x 41.8 cm (44 11/16 x 16 7/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
16th-17th century
Period:
Ming dynasty
Provenance:
To 1916
Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]
From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, through Pang Zanchen (1881-1951) and Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), in New York, in 1916 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1123, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en, no. 6.
[2] 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), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.
Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1123, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[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:
Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)
Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
