Tapestry: a Buddha - Amitabha - sitting in a cave
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Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1915
- Lai-Yuan and Company, New York to 1915 [1]
- From 1915 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1915 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, S.I. 986, 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
- Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1368-1644
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1915.97
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Costume and Textile
- Medium
- Textile; color on silk panel
- Dimensions
- H x W: 137.4 x 63.3 cm (54 1/8 x 24 15/16 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
- slit tapestry
- painting (image-making)
- tapestry
- Buddhism
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- lotus
- Amitabha Buddha
- cave
- orchid
- fungus-of-immortality
- China
- mudra
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1915.97
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3291715f2-411d-4041-9235-80abd10795d1
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