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Kneeling winged monster

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner
Lai-Yuan & Company (ca. 1915-April 1921) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance
To 1916
Lai-Yuan and Company, New York, to 1916 [1]
From 1916 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lai-Yuan and Company in 1916 [2]
From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 927, pg. 206, 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.
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Date
550-577
Period
Period of Division
Accession Number
F1916.345
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Topic
Buddhism
demon
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
lotus
temple
cave
China
Chinese Art
monster
Origin
Northern Xiangtangshan, Middle Cave, Hebei province, China
Medium
Limestone freestanding sculpture
Dimensions
H x W x D: 88.4 x 47.3 x 28.5 cm (34 13/16 x 18 5/8 x 11 1/4 in)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Sculpture
Stone
Record ID
fsg_F1916.345
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a42e50b2-7131-4c60-b466-39986978ff11
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