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. 434, pg. 132, 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
Dated 538 CE
Period
Period of Division, Eastern Wei dynasty
Accession Number
F1913.74
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
H x W x D: 65.4 × 35 × 19.5 cm (25 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 7 11/16 in)
Origin
China
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
stone
Buddhism
Buddha
Period of Division (220 - 589)
lotus
Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)
ushnisha
China
halo
mandorla
abhaya mudra
varada mudra
Chinese Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1913.74