Misty River and Layered Cliffs

Object Details

• Artist

  Attributed to Yuan Jiang (ca. 1694-1743)

  Formerly attributed to Wang Shen (ca. 1046-after 1100)

• Provenance

  To 1916

  Li Wenqing (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

  From 1916 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, 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. 1259, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, LVC Catalogue, 1915, No. 23.

  [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

  Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

  Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing (October 21, 2001 to January 13, 2002)

  Yuan Chiang School, Chinese Paintings (April 12, 1963 to October 15, 1963)

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

  Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 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

  1700s, 1740s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Li, Wenqing

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Mountains, Pavilion, Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Rivers

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings