Medium:

Stone with lacquer and traces of gilding

Dimensions:

H x W x D (overall): 49.3 x 30.5 x 12.6 cm (19 7/16 x 12 x 4 15/16 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Description:

Tablet bearing seated Buddhist figure in relief.

Color, apparently originally a light, nearly white marble, much stained and darkened, and with carving covered with red lacquer.

Provenance:

To 1911

Mr. Yoshino, Tokyo, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mr. Yoshino in 1911 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 316, pg. 80, 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:

Mr. Yoshino (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Buddhism  Search this

bodhisattva  Search this

lion  Search this

relief seal  Search this

Guanyin  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.419

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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