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Buddhist tablet: seated central figure flanked by monk and Bodhisattva on either hand; rectangular base, and figure of Buddha in sunken relief on reverse

Asian Art Museum

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Object Details

Provenance

To 1912
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [1]
From 1912 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 381, pg. 121, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[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.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

550-577

Period

Period of Division

Accession Number

F1912.98

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Stone

Dimensions

H x W x D: 90 × 50.5 × 20.9 cm (35 7/16 × 19 7/8 × 8 1/4 in)

Origin

China

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

stone
Buddhism
Buddha
bodhisattva
lion
Period of Division (220 - 589)
shrine
bodhi tree
China
halo
monk
apsara
abhaya mudra
varada mudra
dhyana mudra
anjali mudra
Chinese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f939a4be-2959-4ea9-be40-a8a148fefe15

Record ID

fsg_F1912.98
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