Cat, rock, and peonies
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1909
- Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
- From 1909 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Album List, pg. 30, S.I. 8, 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Early 20th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1909.245r
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 21.1 x 20.6 cm (8 5/16 x 8 1/8 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- peony
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- cat
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1909.245r
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye351e391f3-bd63-4168-8f04-9462ca628c87
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