Mount Emei under Heavy Snow 《峩眉積雪圖》
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Object Details
- Artist
- Formerly attributed to Guo Xi (傳)郭熙 (ca. 1001-1090)
- Provenance
- To 1915
- L.C. Pang Collection (1864-1949), Chekiang, China, to 1915 [1]
- From 1915 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the L.C. Pang Collection, through C. T. Loo, in San Francisco, in 1915 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 958, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue, No. 23, 1915. 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] According to an Accession List note, Charles Lang Freer purchased F1915.17- F1915.26 from the L.C. Pang Collection of Chekiang, China, through C. T. Loo, while at San Francisco in April 1915. Payment was made through Leyer and Co. of Shanghai, China. See Voucher no. 3, May 1915. According to Curatorial Remark 7, an undated folder sheet note, in the object record, this object was reproduced in Osvald Sire´n, Chinese Paintings in American Collections, Paris and Brussels: G. van Oest (1928), Part 5, plate 178.
- [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
- Seasons: Chinese Landscapes (December 18, 2010 to June 12, 2011)
- In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)
- Chinese Landscape Painting (November 15, 1980 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Art—Stone Sculpture (September 1, 1979 to March 14, 1982)
- Ching Dynasty Paintings (June 15, 1979 to November 6, 1979)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 17th century
- Period
- Ming or Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1915.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 181 x 109.8 cm (71 1/4 x 43 1/4 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
- landscape
- winter
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- snow
- temple
- Mount Emei
- China
- Chinese Art
- village
- Record ID
- fsg_F1915.20
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3aef907da-3be1-4cbe-ac72-9c8dcd9b9b32
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