Ten Thousand Li Along the Yangzi River

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Juran (傳)巨然 (active 960-986)

• Description

  Panoramic landscape along the Yangzi River (Chang Jiang). 240 locations inscribed in red on painting. 2 colophons and 23 collectors' seals in total.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)

  Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Provenance

  Possibly Duanfang (1861-1911), China

  [1]

  To 1911

  Loon Gu-sai, Beijing, to 1911 [2]

  From 1911 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu-sai in 1911 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 6, James F. Cahill, 1958, in th eobject record.

  [2] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 702, 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.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.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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.

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Sai, Loon Gu, Juran, Duanfang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), Rivers, Dragon

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings