The Buddha Maitreya (Mile)
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Object Details
- Description
- The Buddha Maitreya (Mile); tip of halo and fingers of extended right hand missing.
- Limestone; dark gray with lighter weathering and earth encrustations and traces of pigment.
- Provenance
- To 1912
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [1]
- From 1912 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 368, pg. 115, 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
- Exhibition History
- Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 618-907
- Period
- Tang dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1912.73
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 85.3 x 39.8 x 22.3 cm (33 9/16 x 15 11/16 x 8 3/4 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
- Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
- Maitreya Buddha
- forgery
- China
- halo
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1912.73
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3423c7758-ba2e-4e26-a876-18b7937e3724
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