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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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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1912.98