Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a zither

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1903

  Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris and Tokyo, to 1903 [1]

  From 1903 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Hayashi sale, through Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, in 1903 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Reserved Wood Carving List, R. 5304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also the object record for F1903.284.

  [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

  Hayashi Tadamasa 林 忠正? (1853-1906) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Architectural Element

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  800s, 700s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Hayashi, Tadamasa

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Musical instruments, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Wood, Music, Japanese Art, Lotus

• Culture

  Japanese, Apsarases

• Object Type

  Architectural elements