Medium:

Stone

Dimensions:

H x W x D (overall): 12.1 x 9.6 x 4.8 cm (4 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1 7/8 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Date:

535-557

Period:

Period of Division

Description:

Small brick-shaped Buddhist tablet, containing figures in relief in sunken panels on all four sides.

Color, dark brown mottled with dark ivory yellow.

Provenance:

To 1914

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]

From 1914 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1914 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See S.I.

495, Original Miscellaneous List, p. 140, 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)

Topic:

stone  Search this

Buddhism  Search this

Period of Division (220 - 589)  Search this

Maitreya Buddha  Search this

China  Search this

throne  Search this

Gautama Buddha  Search this

monk  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1914.5

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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EDAN-URL:

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