Immortal Magu with deer and peach tree
Object Details
- 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. 1161, 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)
- Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)
- Daoism in the Arts in China (December 16, 2006 to July 1, 2007)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1575-1725
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1917.115
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Costume and Textile
- Medium
- Silk tapestry (kesi) with painted details
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 119.4 x 63.3 cm (47 x 24 15/16 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
- slit tapestry
- painting (image-making)
- tapestry
- Daoism
- flower
- peony
- deer
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- wine
- river
- woman
- Daoist Immortals
- fungus-of-immortality
- China
- peach tree
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1917.115
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a23cde22-9728-49f6-8e00-db66a7ca16c4
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