Tapestry: a peony and butterfly
date: label: Date
content: 1368-1644
label: Period
content: Possibly Ming dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: Studio of Hai Shan-sen [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1916
label: Provenance
content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1916 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1916 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [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).
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Album List, S.I. 36A, pg. 50, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Studio of Hai Shan-sen
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: slit tapestry
label: Topic
content: tapestry
label: Topic
content: silk (fiber)
label: Topic
content: peony
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: butterfly
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1916.571a
objectType: label: Type
content: Costume and Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 24.7 x 27.7 cm (9 3/4 x 10 7/8 in)