Medium:

Color on silk panel

Dimensions:

H x W (image): 169.3 x 81.3 cm (66 5/8 x 32 in)

Type:

Costume and Textile

Origin:

China

Date:

18th-19th century

Period:

Qing dynasty

Provenance:

To 1917

Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in New York, in 1917 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1164, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 18, December 1916.

[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)

On Becoming Immortal (May 9, 1993 to August 15, 1994)

Chinese Art (May 9 to November 29, 1993)

Previous custodian or owner:

Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.118

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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