Portraits and Documents of the Gong Family
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Object Details
- Sitter
- Gong Family
- Provenance
- To 1909
- An unnamed Mandarin owner, to 1909 [1]
- From 1909 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unnamed Mandarin owner, through Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 667, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office. 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
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1368-1644
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1909.208
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink and color on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 32.3 x 1062.8 cm (12 11/16 x 418 7/16 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
- portrait
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1909.208
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3be03df4f-8aa8-4887-9718-ee3ac63d5f46
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