Chinese phrase

Object Details

• Artist

  Jiun Onko 慈雲飲光 (1718-1804)

• Provenance

  To 1987

  Toyobi Far Eastern Art, Inc., New York, NY [1]

  From 1987

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Toyobi Far Eastern Art, Inc., New York, NY [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See letter from Joan D. Baekeland dated May 29, 1987, and invoice from Toyobi Far Eastern Art, Inc., copies in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Spreading the Word (May 18 to November 12, 2018)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Toyobi Far Eastern Art, Inc. (established 1979)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Name

  Toyobi Far Eastern Art, Inc.

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)