Artist:

Formerly attributed to Zhao Chang (ca. 960-after 1015)  Search this

Medium:

Ink and color on silk

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 29.4 x 174.6 cm (11 9/16 x 68 3/4 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

China

Date:

1368-1644

Period:

Ming dynasty

Provenance:

To 1918

Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

From 1918 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1918 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1294, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

insect  Search this

flower  Search this

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)  Search this

butterfly  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1918.12

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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EDAN-URL:

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