Medium:

Marble

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 65.4 × 35 × 19.5 cm (25 3/4 × 13 3/4 × 7 11/16 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Date:

Dated 538 CE

Period:

Period of Division, Eastern Wei dynasty

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. 434, 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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1913.74

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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