Assemblage of objects to celebrate the Chinese New Year
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Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 991, 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 1800
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1916.133
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 63 × 54.9 cm (24 13/16 × 21 5/8 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- new year
- celebration
- China
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.133
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye39fd4f4c3-c0c6-465d-95c6-eae7dd2e789e
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