Figure of Avalokiteshvara (Japanese: Kwannon), after statue in Horyuji Temple. Reduced copy

Object Details

• Artist

  Kano Tessai (1845-1925)

• Description

  Avalokitesvara after statue in Horiuji Temple. Reduced copy.

• Provenance

  To 1907

  Hara Tomitaro (1868-1939), Yokohama, Japan, to 1907 [1]

  From 1907 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Hara Tomitaro, in Japan, in 1907 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1211, pg. 30, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Hara Tomitaro is better known by his artistic name, Hara Sankei.

  [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

  The Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hara Tomitaro (1868-1939) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Date

  1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Tomitaro, Hara

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Wood, Copy, Japanese Art, Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity), Meiji era (1868 - 1912), Bodhisattva, Guanyin

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Sculpture