Zhong Kui (Shoki) on a tiger
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Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- To 1905
- Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1905 [1]
- From 1905 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1905 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 506, pg. 140, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [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
- 18th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- F1905.262
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Color and ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 93.4 × 47.4 cm (36 3/4 × 18 11/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- 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
- tiger
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- bat
- Zhong Kui
- Japan
- kakemono
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1905.262
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30b916df2-4bef-45aa-ae38-32dcc53180a5
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