Carrying a Zither while Searching for Plum Blossoms

Object Details

• Artist

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

• School/Tradition

  Zhe School

• Provenance

  To 1919

  Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1919 [1]

  1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1919 [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. 1320, 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)

  Virtue and Entertainment: Chinese Music in the Visual Arts (October 1, 2005 to May 29, 2006)

  A Breath of Spring (May 17, 1999 to January 9, 2000)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9 to December 6, 1993)

  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)

• 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

• Name

  Wang, Jiantang, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Musical instruments, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Chinese Art, Qin, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Bamboo, Plum blossom, Cyprus tree

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings