Narcissus

Object Details

• Artist

  Traditionally attributed to Zhao Mengjian (1199-ca. 1267)

• Provenance

  To 1933

  Tonying and Company, New York to 1933 [1]

  From 1933

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1933 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See undated folder sheet note, object file, Collections Management Office. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Seasons: Chinese Flowers (July 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

  Chinese Flower Paintings (March 18, 1983 to September 22, 1983)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to October 4, 1943)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

  Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Tonying and Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Southern Song dynasty (1127 - 1279), Flowers, Narcissus

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings