Object Details
Provenance
To 1913
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]
From 1913 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 419, pg. 130, 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
Exhibition History
Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)
Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan (February 26, 2011 to January 6, 2013)
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
Northern Qi dynasty
Accession Number
F1913.67
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Limestone with traces of pigment and gilding
Dimensions
H x W x D (overall): 63.4 x 41.4 x 27.4 cm (24 15/16 x 16 5/16 x 10 13/16 in)
Origin
northern Xiangtangshan, South Cave, Hebei province, China
On View
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
gilding
stone
Buddhism
Buddha
relief seal
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
temple
ushnisha
urna
cave
China
Chinese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1913.67