Egrets and Lotus

Object Details

• Artist

  Style of Lü Ji (ca. 1420-ca. 1505)

• Provenance

  To 1993

  Silverman Galleries, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. [1]

  1993

  Mr. Kyoichi Itoh, purchased from Silverman Galleries, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. [2]

  From 1993

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. Kyoichi Itoh. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] Mr. Kyoichi Itoh purchased the hanging scroll in 1993 from Silverman Galleries, Inc. See Curatorial Remark 4 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Silverman Galleries, Inc.

  Mr. Kyoichi Itoh

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. Kyoichi Itoh

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1530s, 1400s

• Name

  Itoh, Kyoichi, Silverman Galleries, Inc.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Chinese Art, Birds, Flowers, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Egrets, Lotus, Huaniao

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings