Pair of Hawks in a Winter Ravine

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Guo Qianyou (active mid- to late 10th century)

• School/Tradition

  Zhe School

• Provenance

  To 1916

  You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

  From 1916 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York in 1916 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1117, 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)

  Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Painting (February 11 to August 5, 2012)

  Chinese Bird and Flower Painting (December 17, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9 to December 6, 1993)

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

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

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

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1955 (November 17, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 1, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to December 12, 1955)

  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

  You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (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

  1500s, 1400s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, You, Xiaoxi

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Falcon

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings