Rhapsody on Plum Blossoms in standard script

Object Details

• Artist

  Mo Shilong (ca. 1537-1587)

• Provenance

  To 1992

  James Freeman, Kyoto, Japan, to 1992 [1]

  From 1992

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from James Freeman in 1992

  Notes:

  [1] According to James Freeman, this object was formally part of the J.P. Dubosc (born 1902) collection (see Curatorial Note 3, Fu Shen, August 21, 1992 in object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Tales of the Brush: Chinese Painting with Literary Themes (February 9 to July 27, 2008)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Calligraphy (June 7, 1994 to March 20, 1995)

• Previous custodian or owner

  James Freeman

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1530s

• Name

  Freeman, James

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)