Two Doves on a Flowering Branch
date: label: Date
content: 14th-15th century
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Formerly attributed to Bian Luan (active late 8th-early 9th century)
notes: label: Provenance
content: Duanfang (1861-1911), China [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1916
label: Provenance
content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1916 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, through Pang Zanchen (1881-1951) and Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), in New York, in 1916 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to Curatorial Remarks in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1112, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en, no. 5. 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: [3] According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.
label: Provenance
content: Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1112, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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: Exhibition History
content: Winged Spirits: Birds in Chinese Painting (February 11 to August 5, 2012)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Flower Paintings (March 18 to September 22, 1983)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics (March 7, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
label: Exhibition History
content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 19 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 1, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to December 12, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1955 (November 17, 1955 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1947 (January 7, 1947 to April 11, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 14, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to October 4, 1943)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Paintings, 1924 (June 2, 1924 to March 14, 1931)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Panels and Scrolls (May 2, 1923 to June 2, 1924)
label: Exhibition History
content: Ancient Chinese Paintings, Sculptures, and Jade Objects from the Collection formed by Charles Lang Freer (November 15 to December 08, 1917)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Duanfang 端方 (1861-1911)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: flower
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: dove
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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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: F1916.523
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 60.1 x 39 cm (23 11/16 x 15 3/8 in)