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Asian Art Museum

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Object Details

Provenance

To 1909
Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]
From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan in 1909 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 135, pg. 52, 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

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

557-581

Period

Period of Division, Northern Zhou dynasty

Accession Number

F1909.96

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Stone

Dimensions

H x W x D (overall): 28.9 x 13.4 x 14 cm (11 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in)

Origin

China

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

stone
Buddhism
Buddha
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
shrine
stupa
China
Chinese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37c6e21c7-fb30-40cf-9272-fbc7164c3af3

Record ID

fsg_F1909.96
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