Winter landscape: ox-carts on the road

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Object Details

Artist

Formerly attributed to Jiang Shen (ca. 1090-1138)

Provenance

To 1916

Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

From 1916 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [2]

From 1920

The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Album List, S.I. 36A, pg. 50, 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.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (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

F1916.571g

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink and color on silk

Dimensions

H x W (image): 20.7 x 27.5 cm (8 1/8 x 10 13/16 in)

Origin

China

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

landscape

winter

Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

mountain

China

Chinese Art

cart

Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye323390b73-a6e4-4f4d-b833-d7c92bae3280

Record ID

fsg_F1916.571g