Medium:

Limestone with traces of pigment

Dimensions:

H x W x D (overall): 36 x 33.6 x 10 cm (14 3/16 x 13 1/4 x 3 15/16 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang, Henan province, China

Date:

7th-8th century

Period:

Tang dynasty

Description:

Fragment of wall with multiple Buddhas.

Provenance:

To 1911

Unnamed owner at K'ai-feng Fu, Honan, China, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unnamed owner at K'ai-feng Fu, Honan, China, 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. 318, pg. 81, 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:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1911.421

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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