H x W (image): 25.5 x 25.9 cm (10 1/16 x 10 3/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
mid- to late 12th century
Period:
Southern Song dynasty
Provenance:
?-?
Mu Lin ?? (1429-1458), method of acquisition unknown [1]
?-?
An Guo ?? (1481-1534), method of acquisition unknown [2]
?-probably 1686
Geng Zhaozhong ??? (1640-1686), method of acquisition unknown [3]
Probably 1686-?
Geng Jiazuo ??? (mid-late 17th century), probably by inheritance from Geng Zhaozhong [4]
?-?
Ownership information unknown
By 1909-?
Pang Yuanji ??? (1864-1949), method of acquisition unknown [5]
?-1935
Tonying and Company, New York, method of acquisition unknown [6]
From 1935
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company [7]
Notes:
[1] See square seal belonging to Mu Lin on the upper right of the painting.
Mu Lin was a great-grandson of Mu Ying ?? (1345-1392), who was an adopted son of Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu ?????? (1328–1398; reigned 1368-1398), founder of the Ming dynasty.
[2] See oval seal belonging to An Guo on middle right of the painting.
An Guo was a wealthy collector from Wuxi ??, in Jiangsu province, China during the Ming Dynasty.
[3] See various seals belonging to Geng Zhaozhong on the object.
Geng Zhaozhong was the son of Prince Jingnan Geng Jimao ?????? (died 1671) and a military leader, art collector, and art connoisseur during the Qing Dynasty.
[4] See square seal belonging to Geng Jiazuo on the lower right of the painting.
Geng Jiazuo was the son of Geng Zhaozhong, as well as an official and collector. Geng Jiazuo remains formally unidentified, but his seals appear on objects alongside those of his father’s.
[5] This work comes from an album of eighteen paintings, titled “Lidai mingbi jisheng ce” ???????, and was recorded in the catalogue of Pang Yuanji’s personal collection. See Pang Yuanji, “Xuzhai minghua lu” ?????, (Shanghai: Privately published, 1909), p. 11-14b, leaf 15.
[6] See object file for copy of
Tonying and Company, New York, invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, dated January 22, 1935, and marked approved on March 2, 1935. One of the “3 Chinese album paintings” described on the invoice.
Tonying and Company was a gallery established in Paris in 1902 by Zhang Renjie ??? (1877–1950), who was also known as Zhang Jingjiang ???. The gallery specialized in high-quality Asian arts and antiquities. The company later established a branch in New York, NY (665 Fifth Avenue in 1925 and 5 East 57th Street in 1946).
[7] See note 6.
Research updated February 14, 2023
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)
Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)
In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)
Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)
Special Exhibition, Chinese Art (April 20, 1954 to November 16, 1954)
Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1947 (October 13, 1947 to May 26, 1953)
Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946)
Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)
