Phoenix among rocks and flowers

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1911

  Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1911 [1]

  From 1911 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, in China, in 1911 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Album List, pg. 41, 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

• Exhibition History

  Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

  Chinese Bird and Flower Painting (January 27, 1986 to June 30, 1986)

  Chinese Flower Paintings (March 18 to September 22, 1983)

  Bicentennial Exhibition: Chinese Art (December 5, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Costume and Textile

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1520s, 1620s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Pang, Yuanji

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Water, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Peony, Chinese Art, Phoenix, Rocks, Flowers, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Slit tapestry

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Costume, Textiles