Medium:

Stone

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 41.9 × 14 × 12.2 cm (16 1/2 × 5 1/2 × 4 13/16 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Date:

possibly 555

Period:

Period of Division, Possibly Western Wei dynasty

Provenance:

To 1913

Kiroku Adachi, Nagoya, to 1913 [1]

From 1913 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kiroku Adachi, through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, in 1913 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see S.I. 396, Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 124.

[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:

Kiroku Adachi (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

stone  Search this

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lion  Search this

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Period of Division (220 - 589)  Search this

lotus  Search this

Western Wei dynasty (535 - 556)  Search this

ushnisha  Search this

China  Search this

abhaya mudra  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1913.17

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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