Peonies
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Object Details
- Artist
- Follower of Yun Shouping (1633-1690)
- Description
- Depicts a group of flowering plants, with seven peony blossoms (one red, three pink, two white and one purple) and unidentified blue flowers (irises?) among ornamental garden rocks. Four seals, two inscriptions, no labels.
- Provenance
- To 1901
- Yamanaka & Company, to 1901 [1]
- From 1901 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1901 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Original folder sheet note. Also see Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 264, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City. 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
- Exhibition History
- Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Seasons: Chinese Flowers (July 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012)
- Beyond Brushwork: Symbolism in Chinese Painting (April 29 to November 26, 2006)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 17th-18th century
- Period
- Qing dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1901.172
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 160.4 x 76.3 cm (63 1/8 x 30 1/16 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
- flower
- peony
- lily
- Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1901.172
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b5d588bd-6118-4574-8165-e1c8ca094c2f
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