Pindola Bharadvaja, the First Venerable Luohan

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Wu Daozi (傳)吳道子 (active ca. 710-760)

• Previous custodian or owner

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

  Mrs. Ruth Meyer Epstein (1921-2007)

• Provenance

  To 1970

  Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, NY, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY [1]

  From 1970 to 1992

  Ruth Meyer Epstein (1921-2007), Scarsdale, NY, by descent from her mother, Agnes E. Meyer

  From 1992

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Ruth Meyer Epstein in 1992 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] According to acquisition report, dated June 12, 1992, the painting has been in the United States since at least 1919. Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer started collecting Asian art in 1914 and in the following years they acquired a number of Chinese paintings, primarily from Charles Lang Freer’s dealers in Shanghai.

  [2] See Ruth Meyer Epstein’s Deed of Gift, dated July 9, 1992, copy in object file.

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Ruth Meyer Epstein

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Epstein, Ruth Meyer, Meyer, Eugene and Agnes E., Wu, Daozi

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Prayer beads, Art, Chinese Art, Pindola, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings