Kesi tapestry of two birds and a flowering tree
date: label: Date
content: 16th-18th century
label: Period
content: Mid-Ming to Qing dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1917
label: Provenance
content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1917 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1917 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang in 1917 [2]]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: The 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. 1184, 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: 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: bird
label: Topic
content: tree
label: Topic
content: flower
label: Topic
content: peony
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
label: Topic
content: fungus-of-immortality
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: garden rock
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: F1917.197
objectType: label: Type
content: Costume and Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Polychrome silk with painted details
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 96.5 x 52.8 cm (38 x 20 13/16 in)