Fishermen, after Jing Hao 仿荊浩〈漁父圖〉

Object Details

• Artist

  Wu Zhen 吳鎮 (1280-1354)

• Provenance

  To 1937

  Tonying and Company, New York. [1]

  From 1937

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy (November 22, 2014 to May 31, 2015)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (IV) (June 12 to November 28, 2010)

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

  On the River (April 01, 1995 to January 23, 1996)

  From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

  Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (I) (August 3, 1984 to February 7, 1985)

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

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

  Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

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

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 2, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

  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 Painting, Gallery 14, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to October 4, 1943)

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

  Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Tonying and Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Mountains, Landscapes, Cursive script, Art, Chinese Art, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368), Fishing

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings