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Artist:
Formerly attributed to Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)  Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 27.7 x 271.1 cm (10 7/8 x 106 3/4 in)
Style:
Blue-and-green style
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
18th century
Period:
Qing dynasty
Description:
Depicting, in the "blue and green style," two cranes, and a total of eighteen gibbons (black, white, gray and brown). Among the gibbons are a mother and her children. They are distributed in a wooded landscape, with pine trees, flowering trees, and pink bamboo, and with a stream running through it and two waterfalls. Some of the gibbons are climbing pine trees, picking berries, catching fleas, and forming a chain from a branch to catch a crab. Forged signature, two seals.
Signatures:
Forged signature.
Marks:
Two seals.
Provenance:
To 1904
Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), Kidderminster, England, to 1904 [1]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michael Tomkinson in 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Makimono List, R. 452, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.
[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:
Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)
Beyond Brushwork: Symbolism in Chinese Painting (April 29 to November 26, 2006)
Year of the Monkey (May 18, 1980 to February 15, 1981)
Previous custodian or owner:
Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
landscape  Search this
crane  Search this
flower  Search this
pine tree  Search this
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)  Search this
river  Search this
gibbon  Search this
China  Search this
blue-and-green style  Search this
Chinese Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1904.396
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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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/ye32c7bf41a-d1be-474a-8468-c294d66cbf2d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1904.396