Medium:

Ink and color on silk

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 126.7 x 70 cm (49 7/8 x 27 9/16 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

China

Date:

16th century

Period:

Ming dynasty

Provenance:

To 1917

You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1210, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[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:

Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)

Tales of the Brush: Chinese Painting with Literary Themes (February 9 to July 27, 2008)

Previous custodian or owner:

You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.335

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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