Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 14.6 × 7.2 × 4.2 cm (5 3/4 × 2 13/16 × 1 5/8 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Date:

473

Period:

Period of Division

Provenance:

To 1911

Ta Ge Shang, Beijing, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 280, 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:

Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

Previous custodian or owner:

Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.125

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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