Pavilion on the Hillside
date: label: Date
content: 15th century
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Traditionally attributed to Ma Yuan 馬遠 (active late 12th-early 13th century)
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1915
label: Provenance
content: Tonying and Company, New York to 1915 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1915 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1915 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 48, 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. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Song Legacy (May 17 to October 26, 2014)
label: Exhibition History
content: Guests of the Hills: Travelers in Chinese Landscape Painting (August 23, 2008 to March 15, 2009)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Album Leaves and Lacquer (February 22, 1971 to November 22, 1971)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: pine tree
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: pavilion
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: F1915.36j
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 25.1 x 26.5 cm (9 7/8 x 10 7/16 in)