Head of a Buddha
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Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1913
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]
- From 1913 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 478, 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
- 550-577
- Period
- Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1913.135
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Limestone with traces of pigment, from freestanding sculpture
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 42.7 x 25.3 x 32.2 cm (16 13/16 x 9 15/16 x 12 11/16 in)
- Origin
- Southern Xiangtangshan, possibly Caves 4-6, Hebei province, 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
- Buddha
- Period of Division (220 - 589)
- Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
- temple
- ushnisha
- cave
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1913.135
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye36c0b0f53-7031-4474-804f-8d0b2695c8fc
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