Tapestry: a peony and butterfly

Historical period(s)
Possibly Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Medium
Color on silk
Dimensions
H x W: 24.7 x 27.7 cm (9 3/4 x 10 7/8 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1916.571a
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Album, Costume and Textile
Type

Album leaf

Keywords
butterfly, China, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), peony
Provenance

Studio of Hai Shan-sen [1]

To 1916
Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [2]

From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [3]

From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] An Envelope File note by Ma Su, dated 1917, states: "Label on cover of the album reads: 'Album of T'ang and Sung Painters. These pictures at one time belonged to the Studio of Hai Shan-sen, a well-known Ching Art Studio'" (see Curatorial Remark 5, H. E. Buckman, 1963, in the object record).

[2] See Original Album List, S.I. 36A, pg. 50, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[3] See note 2.

[4] 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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Studio of Hai Shan-sen
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Wang Jiantang (C.L. Freer source) late 19th-early 20th century

Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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