Palace Ladies Playing Double Sixes 內人雙陸圖

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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
late 12th to mid-13th century -
Geography
China -
Material
Ink and color on silk -
Dimension
H x W (overall image): 30.5 x 69.1 cm (12 x 27 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1939.37 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1939.37
Object Details
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Artist
Traditionally attributed to Zhou Fang (傳)周昉 (ca. 730-ca. 800) -
Calligrapher
Chu Deyi 褚德彝 (1871-1942) , frontispiece and colophon -
Provenance
1938Mr. Lee, from at least May 25, 1938 [1]From 1938 to 1939C. T. Loo & Company, New York, purchased from Mr. Lee on May 25, 1938 [2]From 1939Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company in July 1939 [3]Notes:[1] See C. T. Loo’s stockcard no. F417: “Painting on silk ‘Ladies at Chess Play’ 9th century, attributed to Chow Fang. Tang dynasty,” C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file. According to a note on the stockcard, the painting was brought to Loo’s gallery by “Mr. Lee” on May 25, 1938. It is not known whether Lee was the owner of the painting or acted as an intermediary.[2] See C. T. Loo’s stockcard, cited in note 1. In June 1938, the painting was sent to the Freer Gallery for examination.[3] See C. T. Loo’s invoice, dated July 6, 1939, copy in object file. According to Loo’s stockcard cited in note 1, the purchase was made in January 1939. The right-hand section of the painting with two standing figures was acquired by the Freer Gallery in 1960 and then reattached to the painting. It is not known when the fragment had been cut. The colophon by Chu Deyi on the main section of the painting, dated July 8-August 5, 1937, refers to a complete copy of the scroll in the National Palace Museum, Taipei and concludes that a section of the painting “was cut away at some point in a distant past.” See documentation for the painting in “Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy,” http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/F1939.37/F1939-37andF1960-4.Documentation.pdf.For information on the acquisition of the right-hand section of the painting by the Freer Gallery, see provenance record F1960.4. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Setting the Bar: Arts of the Song dynasty (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Women in Chinese Painting (November 9, 2013 to April 27, 2014)Asian Games: The Art of Contest (February 26 to 15 May 2005)Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, East Corridor (November 10, 1955 to February 25, 1956)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 1, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to December 12, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)Special Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (August 7, 1946 to January 7, 1947)Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943) -
Previous custodian or owner
Mr. LeeC.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948) -
Origin
China -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Painting -
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