Artist:

Formerly attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)  Search this

Medium:

Ink and color on silk

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 125.6 x 62.2 cm (49 7/16 x 24 1/2 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

China

Date:

1345?

Period:

Yuan dynasty

Provenance:

Du Wenlan (1815-1881) [1]

To 1970

Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY

From 1970 to 2001

Katharine Graham (1917-2001), Washington, DC, by descent from her mother, Agnes E. Meyer

From 2002

Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Katharine Graham in 2002 [2]

Notes:

[1] Du Wenlan’s collector seal is located on the painting, see “Song and Yuan Painting and Calligraphy,”

http://www.asia.si.edu/songyuan/F1992.41/F1992-41.Documentation.pdf, accessed on November 27, 2012.

[2] See Katharine Graham’s Last Will and Testament, dated January 12, 2000, copy in object file.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (Monday, December 01, 2003 - Sunday, May 23, 2004)

Previous custodian or owner:

Du Wenlan (1815-1881)

Eugene I. Meyer Jr. (1875-1959)

Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)

Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)

Topic:

Buddhism  Search this

Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)  Search this

meditation  Search this

Arhat  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Bequest of Mrs. Katharine Graham

Accession Number:

F2002.4

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3617f0433-6b49-4c5d-929b-2032cf163f94

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F2002.4