Luohan Meditating in a Grotto

Maker(s)
Artist: Formerly attributed to Guanxiu (傳)貫休 (822-912)
Historical period(s)
Yuan dynasty, 1345?
Medium
Ink and color on silk
Dimensions
H x W (image): 125.6 x 62.2 cm (49 7/16 x 24 1/2 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Katharine Graham
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F2002.4
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)

Keywords
Arhat, Buddhism, China, meditation, Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Provenance

Du Wenlan (1815-1881) [1]

To 1970
Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), New York, Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY

From 1970 to 2001
Katharine Graham (1917-2001), Washington, DC, by descent from her mother, Agnes E. Meyer

From 2002
Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Katharine Graham in 2002 [2]

Notes:

[1] Du Wenlan’s collector seal is located on the painting, see “Song and Yuan Painting and Calligraphy,” http://www.asia.si.edu/songyuan/F1992.41/F1992-41.Documentation.pdf, accessed on November 27, 2012.

[2] See Katharine Graham’s Last Will and Testament, dated January 12, 2000, copy in object file.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Du Wenlan 1815-1881
Eugene I. Meyer Jr. 1875-1959
Agnes E. Meyer 1887-1970
Katharine Meyer Graham 1917-2001

Label

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Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy
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