Head of Buddha (Shakyamuni)
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Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1911
- Unnamed dealer, China, to 1911 [1]
- From 1911 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unnamed dealer in China in 1911 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 330, pg. 86, 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
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 618-907 or later
- Period
- Tang dynasty or later
- Accession Number
- F1911.432
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 21 × 14 × 13.5 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2 × 5 5/16 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- stone
- Buddhism
- Buddha
- Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
- ushnisha
- China
- Shakyamuni
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1911.432
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye305ba5f11-96c1-4901-8607-647e9dcf521c
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