Object Details
- Label
- To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.
- Provenance
- By 1837-?
- Liang Chang-chü (1775-1849), method of acquisition unknown [1]
- ?-1935
- Tonying and Company, New York, method of acquisition unknown [2]
- From 1935
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Zhangju Liang, "Illustrated Catalogue of Famous Paintings from the Great Collection of the Celebrated Connoisseur of Art, Liang Chang-Chü of Foochow, compiled 1837, translated into English 1919," [book] (China: 1919), fig. 3 (illustrated). Liang Chang-chü (known also as Liang Zhangju and Liang Tui-an) was a Provincial Administration Commissioner in Guangxi from 1836 to 1841, and in Jiangsu in 1841.
- [2] See Ton-Ying and Company, New York invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, March 2, 1935, and marked approved on January 22, 1935. Copy in object file.
- [3] See note 2.
- Research updated April 19, 2023
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)
- Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)
- Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)
- Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)
- Liang Chang-chü (1775-1849)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- late 10th-early 11th century
- Period
- Northern Song dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1935.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on silk
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 106.6 x 58.1 cm (41 15/16 x 22 7/8 in)
- Origin
- Dunhuang, Gansu province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- landscape
- Buddhism
- flower
- bodhisattva
- lion
- bamboo
- Song dynasty (960 - 1279)
- Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)
- fan
- China
- Ksitigarbha
- monk
- princess
- Vajrasattva
- khakkhara
- rock
- Chinese Art
- attendant
- Record ID
- fsg_F1935.11
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye337d748ef-b590-4df1-b1ed-44b2eafde1a3
