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The Buddha Gautama Sakyamni (Shih-chia) and attendant divinities

Dimensions:: H x W x D: 81.5 x 73.3 x 16.1 cm (32 1/16 x 28 7/8 x 6 5/16 in)

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. 433, 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.

Exhibition History:: Chinese Art—Stone Sculpture (September 1, 1979 to March 14, 1982); Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (June 2, 1944 to March 13, 1944); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, 1944 (March 13, 1944 to November 14, 1944); Stone Sculpture, Gallery 17, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to November 17, 1955)

Previous custodian or owner:: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:: stone Search this; Buddhism Search this; Period of Division (220 - 589) Search this; ushnisha Search this; parinirvana Search this; China Search this; halo Search this; Gautama Buddha Search this; yaksa Search this; lettering Search this; abhaya mudra Search this; varada mudra Search this; Chinese Art Search this; attendant Search this; Charles Lang Freer collection Search this

See more items in:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection