Object Details
- Previous custodian or owner
- Taku Shanfang
- Provenance
- To 1923
- Taku Shanfang, Beijing to 1923 [1]
- From 1923
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Taku Shanfang, Beijing by Carl Whiting Bishop on December 24, 1923 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, folder sheet note #1.
- [2] See note 1. Also see Original Bishop List, No. S-9, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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- On View
- Freer Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise: Ancient Chinese Buddhist Sculpture
- Date
- 550-577
- Period
- Northern Qi dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1923.15
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Topic
- Buddhism
- Buddha
- Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
- naga
- hell
- heaven
- China
- Vairocana Buddha
- Mount Meru
- Lotus Sutra
- Chinese Art
- Carl Whiting Bishop collection
- Origin
- probably Henan province, China
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 151.3 x 62.9 x 31.3 cm (59 9/16 x 24 3/4 x 12 5/16 in)
- Weight (without concrete base): 818.5 pounds
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Stone
- Record ID
- fsg_F1923.15
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