The Qianlong Emperor as Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom

Object Details

Artist

Imperial workshop

Emperor's face painted by Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766)

Previous custodian or owner

Anthony Carter

Christopher B. Bruckner

Provenance

Private collection, Europe [1]

In about 1997

Christopher B. Bruckner, Asian Art Gallery, London, bought from the above [2]

To 2000

Anthony Carter, Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London [3]

From 2000

Freer Gallery of Art, bought from Anthony Carter on March 9, 2000 [4]

Notes:

[1] A letter written by the London solicitors Rochman Landau on April 14, 2000, in object file, states that they have seen a written statement provided to Antony Carter by the painting’s previous owner asserting that this object was in the owner's European family collection for a period in excess of thirty years.

[2] The painting was exhibited by Christopher B. Bruckner

in London in 1997 and published in the catalogue accompanying the exhibition, see Christopher Bruckner, ed., Chinese Imperial patronage: Treasures from Temples and Palaces (London, Asian Art Gallery, n.d.), cat. no. 1.

[3] See invoice issued by Anthony Carter to The Freer Gallery of Art on March 9, 2000, in object file.

[4] See note 3.

Credit Line

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment and funds provided by an anonymous donor

mid-18th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F2000.4

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

Ink, color, and gold on silk

Dimensions

H x W (image): 113.6 x 64.3 cm (44 3/4 x 25 5/16 in)

Origin

China

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Topic

portrait

Buddhism

dragon

nirvana

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

Qianlong reign (1736 - 1796)

Manjushri

lotus

tomb

China

monk

emperor

dharmachakra

Chinese Art

WWII-era provenance

Record ID

fsg_F2000.4

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38196a269-dfa8-4e88-8f49-d8a6783faabc