Buddhist tablet: rectangular base and rounded top; on obverse, figures in high relief, including central seated figure with two supporters on either hand, and two angels above; inscriptions
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Object Details
- Description
- Buddhist tablet: rectangular base and rounded top; on obverse, figures in high relief, including central seated figure with two supporters on either hand, and two angels above; inscriptions. Color, dark gray, much weathered in parts, and with considerable remains 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. 370, pg. 116, 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)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Dated 771 CE
- Period
- Tang dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1912.75
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Stone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 77.8 × 44.4 × 22.4 cm (30 5/8 × 17 1/2 × 8 13/16 in)
- Origin
- China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- 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)
- China
- Gautama Buddha
- apsara
- lettering
- bhumisparsha mudra
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1912.75
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3dcd35287-848d-4ced-a1db-cbc440e5ff08
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