Looking at Flowering Plums and Reading
date: label: Date
content: 14th-15th century
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Style of Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)
label: Artist
content: Formerly attributed to Li Tang 李唐 (ca. 1050s-after 1130)
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Ma-Xia
label: Provenance
content: ?-1959
label: Provenance
content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), method of acquisition unknown [1]
label: Provenance
content: 1959-1970
label: Provenance
content: Agnes E. Meyer inherited upon the death of her husband, Eugene Meyer [2]
label: Provenance
content: 1970-1992
label: Provenance
content: Ruth Meyer Epstein (1921-2007), by descent from her mother, Agnes E. Meyer [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1992
label: Provenance
content: The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, bequeathed by Ruth Meyer Epstein in 1992 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See note 4.
label: Provenance
content: [2] Eugene Meyer died in Washington D.C. on July 17, 1959. Upon his death, his wife, Agnes E. Meyer inherited the entirety of the couple's collection.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The object was part of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer. Her daughter, Ruth Meyer Epstein inherited the work upon her death.
label: Provenance
content: [4] See Ruth Meyer Epstein’s Deed of Gift, dated July 9, 1992, copy in object file. This work is part of the Museum’s Freer Gallery of Art Collection.
label: Provenance
content: Research updated on June 27, 2024
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Mrs. Ruth Meyer Epstein (1921-2007)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: plum blossom
label: Topic
content: reading
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ruth Meyer Epstein
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1992.45
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 22.5 x 22.4 cm (8 7/8 x 8 13/16 in)