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Monk carrying a reliquary

Dimensions:: H x W x D (assembled): 13.6 × 5.5 × 5 cm (5 3/8 × 2 3/16 × 2 in)

Provenance:: To 1916; Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1916 [1]; From 1916 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1916 [2]; From 1920; The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 985, 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 (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981); Special Exhibit for King and Queen of Nepal (April 26, 1960 to January 1, 1963); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Art (July 19, 1958 to April 26, 1960); Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 17 (November 17, 1955 to January 1, 1963); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956); Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944); Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)