Two quail eating grasshoppers under flowers

Maker(s)
Artist: Formerly attributed to Wang Yuan ēŽ‹ę·µ (ca. 1280-after 1349)
Historical period(s)
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions
H x W (image): 27.5 x 34 cm (10 13/16 x 13 3/8 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1915.135.7
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Album, Painting
Type

Album leaf

Keywords
China, flower, insect, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), quail
Provenance

To 1915
Tonying and Company, New York to 1915 [1]

From 1915 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1915 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Album List, pg. 49, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.

[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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Tonying and Company (C.L. Freer source) established 1902

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