Brush holder or poem holder

Object Details

• Artist

  Zhang Xihuang (early-mid 17th century or later)

• Provenance

  To 1939

  Tonying and Company

  From 1939

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company in 1939

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)

  Tales of the Brush: Literary Masterpieces in Chinese Painting (July 28, 2007 to January 13, 2008)

  Word Play: Contemporary Art by Xu Bing (October 21, 2001 to January 13, 2002)

  In the Mountains (January 31 to August 2, 1998)

  Beyond Paper: Chinese Calligraphy on Objects (August 18, 1994 to July 3, 1997)

  Bicentennial Exhibition: Chinese Art (December 5, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, East Asian Ceramics and Paintings, East Corridor (January 8, 1947 to ---)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1850s

• Name

  Tonying and Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Landscapes, Art, Wood, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers