Viewing the full moon from a water pavilion

Object Details

• Artist

  Possibly by Wang E (ca. 1462-ca. 1541)

  Formerly attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)

• School/Tradition

  Zhe School

• Provenance

  To 1918

  Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]

  From 1918 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1918 [2]

  From 1920

  The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1287, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Boating on a River (February 12 to August 14, 2005)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9, 1993 to May 31, 1994)

  Chinese Painting: Che and Wu Schools (Mainstreams of Landscape Painting in the Ming Dynasty) (October 15, 1982 to March 17, 1983)

  Chinese Art—Stone Sculpture (September 1, 1979 to March 14, 1982)

  Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

  Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 18 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1955 (November 17, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

  Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1510s

• Name

  Wang, Jiantang, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Pine tree, Water, Pavilion, Charles Lang Freer collection, Landscapes, Boats and boating, Art, Scholar, Moon, Chinese Art, Outer space, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings