Fishing by a Mountain Torrent

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Zhu Huaijin (active mid-13th century)

• Description

  Depicts a scholar seated beneath a pine tree on the banks of a river, fishing; to the left the river becomes a torrent, crashing down from a mountain.

• 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 Panel List, L. 130, 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.

  [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

  On the River (April 01, 1995 to January 23, 1996)

  Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

  Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

  Chinese Album Leaves and Lacquer (February 22, 1971 to November 22, 1971)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork and Painting, East Corridor (February 15, 1955 to August 26, 1955)

  Special Exhibition, Chinese Art (April 20, 1954 to November 16, 1954)

  Special Mirror Exhibition (November 16, 1954 to February 25, 1955)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1640s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Sai, Loon Gu

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Pine tree, Mountains, Fans, Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Rivers, Fishing

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings