Illustrations of "Seventh Month" from the Odes of Bin 豳風七月圖

Object Details

• Artist

  Traditionally attributed to Ma Hezhi 馬和之 (active mid- to late 12th century)

• Calligrapher

  Wen Zhengming 文徵明 (1470-1559) , frontispiece and colophon

  Wang Zhideng 王穉登 (1535-1612) , colophon

  Zhang Xigeng 張錫庚 (1801-1861) , colophon

• Provenance

  To 1919

  You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

  1919

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

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1367, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. 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.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  Work and Commerce: Everyday Life in Chinese Painting (June 19, 2004 to January 17, 2005)

  Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

• 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

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, You, Xiaoxi

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Spinning (textile), Art, Baimiao style, Architecture, Chinese Art, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Gardens, Pig, Charles Lang Freer collection, Animals, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Sewing, Farms, Dogs, Horses, Rocks, Weaving, Children, Woman, Mulberry tree

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings