Tao Yuanming Returning to Seclusion

Object Details

• Artist

  Traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

• Calligrapher

  Li Peng 李彭 (ca. 1060-1110) , inscriptions and colophon

• Previous custodian or owner

  Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Provenance

  To 1919

  Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

  1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1919 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1314, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Makimono paintings F1919.119 and F1919.120 were mounted as one scroll in 1929, and placed on exhibition. The scroll was then given the number F1919.119 (see Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record). Also, 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.

  [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.

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1100s

• Name

  Wang, Jiantang, Freer, Charles Lang, Li, Peng, Li, Gonglin

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Boats and boating, Art, Baimiao style, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Chinese Art, Semi-cursive script, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127), Tao Yuanming, Poets

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings