Visiting the Sage at Wei River

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

• School/Tradition

  Zhe School

• Provenance

  To 1911

  Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1911 [1]

  From 1911 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing in 1911 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 866, 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)

  Tales of the Brush: Chinese Painting with Literary Themes (February 9 to July 27, 2008)

  In Human Form: Images of the Secular and Divine in Chinese Painting (January 31, 1996 to January 7, 1997)

  Chinese Painting: Che and Wu Schools (Mainstreams of Landscape Painting in the Ming Dynasty) (October 15, 1982 to March 17, 1983)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

  Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Li, Wenqing

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Water, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Rivers, Sage

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings