Birds and plum-blossoms

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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, 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.

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.

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

Date

1368-1644

Period

Possibly Ming dynasty

Accession Number

F1909.246j

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink and color on silk

Dimensions

H x W: 35 x 25.2 cm (13 3/4 x 9 15/16 in)

Origin

China

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

bird

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

plum blossom