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Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 26.9 x 28.1 cm (10 9/16 x 11 1/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
13th century
Period:
Southern Song dynasty
Provenance:
To 1911
Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1911 [1]
From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, in 1911 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Album List, pg. 36, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.
[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:
Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)
Chinese Gardens in Painters Imagination (February 1, 1997 to January 4, 1998)
Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)
Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)
Chinese Album Leaves (December 17, 1962 to April 8, 1963)
Previous custodian or owner:
Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
landscape  Search this
Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279)  Search this
water  Search this
fan  Search this
palace  Search this
garden  Search this
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Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1911.155d
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/ye3b50fbd6f-1398-4a23-90dc-4f09a4e1a185
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1911.155d