Fishermen on an Autumn River

Object Details

• Artist

  Dai Jin (1388-1462)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

• Provenance

  1930

  Yamanaka and Company, New York 1930 [1]

  From 1930

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Company, New York in 1930 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Dai, Jin, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Landscapes, Boats and boating, Art, Autumn, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Children, Rivers, Fishing, Woman, Cormorant

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings