A Spring Gathering 《春行訪友圖》

Object Details

• Artist

  Shen Zhou 沈周 (1427-1509)

• Calligrapher

  Attached calligraphy by Shen Zhou 沈周 (1427-1509)

  Frontispiece by Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)

• Colophon

  Colophon by Wen Zhengming 文徵明 (1470-1559)

• Inscription

  Inscription on front mounting by Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)

  Three inscriptions on painting by Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)

• School/Tradition

  Wu school

• Provenance

  To no later than 1590

  Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590), Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China [1]

  Jin Jingxuan (17th-early 18th century, Samhan, Korea [2]

  To no later than 1799

  Imperial collection of Hongli, the Qianlong emperor (1711-1799; reigned 1735-1796) [3]

  To no later than 1820

  Imperial collection of Yongyan, the Jiaqing emperor (1760-1820; reigned 1796-1820) [4]

  By 1932

  Private Collector, possibly England, at least by May 1932 [5]

  1932 to 1934

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York and Paris, on consignment from private collector cited above, May 2, 1932 [6]

  From 1934

  The Freer Gallery of Art, purchased through C. T. Loo of C. T. Loo & Company on January 8, 1934 [7]

  Notes:

  [1] See 10 collector seals on handscroll; see object worksheet for locations and descriptions, copy in object file.

  [2] See 2 collector seals on handscroll; see object worksheet for locations and descriptions, copy in object file.

  [3] See 14 collector seals on handscroll; object worksheet for locations and descriptions, copy in object file.

  [4] See 6 collector seals on handscroll; see object worksheet for locations and descriptions, copy in object file.

  [5] See C. T. Loo's reference to the painting's owner in his letter to J. E. Lodge, May 5, 1932, copy in object file.

  [6] See "list of objects owned by C. T. Loo and left in the gallery for consideration," May 2, 1932, copy in object file. C. T. Loo & Company, Paris and New York served as a consigning agent in this sale

  [7] See invoice from C. T. Loo & Company, New York, January 8, 1934, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Painting with Words: Gentlemen Artists of the Ming Dynasty (April 16 to July 24, 2016)

  Seasons: Chinese Landscapes (December 18, 2010 to June 12, 2011)

  Chinese Gardens in Painters Imagination (February 1, 1997 to January 4, 1998)

  Chinese Gardens in the Painter's Imagination (January 13, 1997 to January 5, 1998)

  Chinese Painting: Che and Wu Schools (Mainstreams of Landscape Painting in the Ming Dynasty) (October 15, 1982 to March 17, 1983)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Xiang Yuanbian (1525-1590)

  Jingxuan Jin (17th – early 18th century)

  Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)

  Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820; reigned 1796-1820)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Hongli, Yongyan, Xiang, Yuanbian, Jin, Jingxuan

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Pine tree, Bridges, Landscapes, Boats and boating, Art, Hill, Scholar, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Spring

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings