Detail, The Thatched Hut of Dreaming of an Immortal. F1939.60.
Exhibition Type: Chinese Art
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Lotus and Ducks (detail) 荷花雙鳧圖 (軸), (ca. 1696); Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) 八大山人 (朱耷), (Chinese, 1626-1705) Qing dynasty; Hanging scroll; ink on paper; Bequest from the collection of Wang Fangyu and Sum Wai, donated in their memory by Mr. Shao F. Wang, F1998.45
Detail, Dish with design of mandarin fish; Yuan dynasty, mid 14th century; Porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze; Freer Gallery of Art, F1971.3
Detail, Incense Box; Muromachi period, 15th century; Red and black lacquer on carved wood (Kamakura-bori); Freer Gallery of Art; F1967.9a-d
Detail, Fishermen, after Jing Hao 仿荊浩〈漁父圖〉; Wu Zhen 吳鎮 (1280-1354); China, Yuan dynasty, ca. 1341; Handscroll; ink on paper; Purchase; F1937.12
Jar with three horizontal lugs, F1994.16.
Detail, Karamono tea caddy, bunrin type; Tea caddy (karamono taikai chaire); Southern Song to Ming dynasty, 13th-15th century; Stoneware with iron and ash glazes; ivory lid; Freer Gallery of Art, F1897.42a-b
Tea-leaf storage jar named Chigusa; China, probably Guangdong Province; Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, mid-13th–mid-14th century; Stoneware with iron glaze; 41.6 cm (h); FSC-P-6964.1
Detail, Silk Weaving, after Lou Shou 摹樓璹〈蠶織圖; Handscroll; Attributed to Cheng Qi (傳)程棨 (active mid- to late 13th century), Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225); China; Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment; Freer Gallery of Art F1954.20