Distant mountains beyond a river
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Formerly attributed to Jing Hao (傳)荊浩 (ca. 870-ca.935)
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Zhe School
label: Description
content: Simply drawn buildings on the riverbank in the lower left corner of the composition are dwarfed by large windblown trees growing from a foreground promontory. A narrow bridge connects the elements in the lower left with a small tip of land at the lower right and, compositionally, leads the viewer into the distance, which is dominated by light blue mountain peaks. The asymmetrical composition is based on traditions developed during the Southern Song period and usually associated with Ma Yuan (active 1189-1224) and Xia Gui (active 1194-1224).
label: Provenance
content: To 1970
label: Provenance
content: Eugene (1875-1959) and Agnes E. (1887-1970) Meyer, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY
label: Provenance
content: From 1970 to 1998
label: Provenance
content: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1914-2001), Armonk, NY, by descent from her mother Agnes E. Meyer [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1992
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, given by Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz in 1998 [1]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz’s Deed of Gift, dated February 5, 1998, in object file.
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: Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz (1913-2001)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: landscape
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: mountain
label: Topic
content: river
label: Topic
content: bridge
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: Collection of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer. Gift of Elizabeth Meyer Lorentz in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Freer Gallery of Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1998.3
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): 23.1 x 22.6 cm (9 1/8 x 8 7/8 in)