Attributed to Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552) Search this
Medium:
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions:
H x W (image): 44.9 x 1281.1 cm (17 11/16 x 504 3/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
China
Date:
late 16th century to mid 17th century (ca. 1640)
Period:
Ming dynasty
Provenance:
To 1913
Edmund Backhouse (1873-1944), Peking, to 1913 [1]
From 1913 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edmund Backhouse through T.J. Larkin, London, in 1913 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 923, 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:
Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Old Tales Retold: Narrative in Chinese Painting (April 20 to October 20, 2013)
Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)
In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)
Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)
