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Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

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Freer Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture

550-577

Period

Northern Qi dynasty

Accession Number

F1921.2

Topic

Buddhism

tree

bodhisattva

relief seal

Avalokiteshvara

Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)

lotus

Amitabha Buddha

meditation

temple

sutra

cave

China

throne

Mahasthamaprapta

abhaya mudra

Pure Land

Chinese Art

Origin

southern Xiangtangshan, Cave 2, Hebei province, China

Medium

Limestone with traces of pigment

Dimensions

H x W: 159.3 x 334.5 cm (62 11/16 x 131 11/16 in)

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Type

Sculpture

Stone