Five-Character Calligraphy 五字一行

Object Details

• Artist

  Daozhe Chaoyuan 道者超元 (1602-1662)

• Description

  Five semi-cursive characters, signed and with three seals of the artist.

• Signatures

  Signed by the artist.

• Marks

  Three seals of the artist.

• Inscriptions

  Box inscription by Miura Chikusen 三浦竹泉(1854-1915)

• Provenance

  ?

  Miura Chikusen [1]

  To 2012

  Maezawa Seikando, Kyoto [2]

  From 2012 to 2018

  Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, Washington, purchased from Maezawa Seikando, Kyoto on December 12, 2012 [3]

  From 2018

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, Seattle, WA [4]

  Notes:

  [1] This was previously in the collection of Miura Chikusen, per information provided by the Cowles. See Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection 2018 Gift List for Freer/Sackler, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] Per information provided by the Cowles. See Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection

  2018 Gift List for Freer/Sackler, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Cheney Cowles

  Mary Cowles

  Seikando Maezawa Company, Ltd.

  Miura Chikusen 三浦竹泉 (1854-1915)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  The Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1660s

• Name

  Cowles, Mary, Seikando Maezawa Company, Ltd., Miura, Chikusen, Cowles, Cheney

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection, Art, Chinese Art

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)