Luohan Meditating in a Grotto

Object Details

• Artist

  Formerly attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)

• Label

  To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

• Provenance

  Du Wenlan (1815-1881) [1]

  To 1970

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

  From 1970 to 2001

  Katharine Graham (1917-2001), Washington, DC, by descent from her mother, Agnes E. Meyer

  From 2002

  Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Katharine Graham in 2002 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Du Wenlan’s collector seal is located on the painting, see “Song and Yuan Painting and Calligraphy,”

  http://www.asia.si.edu/songyuan/F1992.41/F1992-41.Documentation.pdf, accessed on November 27, 2012.

  [2] See Katharine Graham’s Last Will and Testament, dated January 12, 2000, copy in object file.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Guardians of the Law: Chinese Luohan Painting (December 1, 2003 to May 23, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Du Wenlan (1815-1881)

  Eugene I. Meyer Jr. (1875-1959)

  Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)

  Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Mrs. Katharine Graham

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Meyer, Agnes E., Graham, Katharine Meyer, Meyer, Eugene I., Wenlan, Du

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Meditation, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese, Arhats

• Object Type

  Paintings