Seven Buddhas of the Past
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Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1918
- Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1918 [1]
- From 1918 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1918 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 1366, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to the Accession File, Collections Management Office, this object was a gift from K. T. Wong of Shanghai, at New York.
- [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
- Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 618-907
- Period
- Tang dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1918.51a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (assembled): 16.2 × 11 × 2.9 cm (6 3/8 × 4 5/16 × 1 1/8 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
- casting
- metal
- bronze
- Buddhism
- Buddha
- Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1918.51a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34cd636cb-3ee8-482d-8a4a-925696dad816
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