Two magpies under an orchid cliff
date: label: Date
content: 15th century
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Possibly by Lü Ji (ca. 1420-ca. 1505)
label: Artist
content: Formerly attributed to Zhao Chang (ca. 960-after 1015)
notes: label: School/Tradition
content: Zhe School
label: Provenance
content: To 1911
label: Provenance
content: Lee Chiao San, Shanghai, to 1911 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1911 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lee Chiao San in 1911 [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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 883, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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: Chinese Bird and Flower Painting (December 17, 1993 to May 31, 1994)
label: Exhibition History
content: Masterpieces of Chinese Painting (II) (May 9, 1993 to May 31, 1994)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Lee Chiao San (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: bird
label: Topic
content: flower
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: orchid
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: magpie
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: F1911.309
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 133.2 x 52.2 cm (52 7/16 x 20 9/16 in)