Medium:

Stone

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 37 × 27.2 × 20 cm (14 9/16 × 10 11/16 × 7 7/8 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Date:

534-550

Period:

Period of Division

Provenance:

To 1917

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [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. 1185, pg. 274, 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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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.237

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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