Water Buffalo

Object Details

• Description

  A young, full-grown water buffalo beneath trees.

• Provenance

  Estate of Agnes E. Meyer. [1]

  To 1996

  Mrs. Katharine Graham, Washington DC, acquired through the estate of her mother, Mrs. Agnes E. Meyer. [2]

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Katharine Graham, Washington DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Acquisition Consideration form, object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See Acquisition Consideration Form, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970)

  Estate of Agnes E. Meyer

  Katharine Meyer Graham (1917-2001)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift 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

  1720s, 1600s

• Name

  Meyer, Agnes E., Graham, Katharine Meyer, Estate of Agnes E. Meyer

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Fans, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Water buffalo

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings