Tile with figure of the Buddha Amitabha

Object Details

• Description

  Polychrome - enamel on biscuit.

  Tile: rectangular, with ends bevelled inwardly. Seal impressed on top.

  Clay: soft, dense, white.

  Glaze: brilliant green-blue; yellow, green, and purple.

  Decoration: figure of Amitayus modelled in high relief against outer face.

• Marks

  Seal impressed on top.

• Provenance

  To 1903

  Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

  From 1903 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Boston in 1903 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1254, 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

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Ceramics (March 15, 1982 to July 10, 1986)

  Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)

  Chinese Ceramics (May 9, 1980 to March 6, 1981)

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Architectural Element

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1500s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Matsuki, Bunkio

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Amitabha Buddha, Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Architectural elements