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Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing music

Asian Art Museum

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Object Details

Provenance

To 1903
Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris and Tokyo, to 1903 [1]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Hayashi sale, through Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, in 1903 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Reserved Wood Carving List, R. 5304, 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

Hayashi Tadamasa 林 忠正? (1853-1906) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

8th century

Accession Number

F1903.284

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Architectural Element

Medium

Wood

Dimensions

H x W x D: 55.8 x 20.4 x 0.8 cm (21 15/16 x 8 1/16 x 5/16 in)

Origin

Japan

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National Museum of Asian Art

Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

wood
Buddhism
music
panpipe
Japan
apsara
Japanese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35de2fe37-3744-4470-bab0-ca2916cd57da

Record ID

fsg_F1903.284

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