Awaiting the Ferry

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

• School/Tradition

  Zhe School

• Provenance

  Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai [1]

  To 1968

  Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY [2]

  From 1968

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Agnes E. Meyer in 1968 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Pang Yuanji’s collector seal is located on the scroll.

  [2] See Agnes Meyer’s Deed of Gift, dated July 24, 1967, listed as no. in the document’s Annex, copy in object file.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

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

  Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Memorial Exhibition (September 25, 1971 to October 2, 1972)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949)

  Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer ((1875-1959) and (1887-1970))

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1600s

• Name

  Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E., Pang, Yuanji

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Trees, Water, Landscapes, Art, Chinese Art, Men, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings