Figure of Puxian (Samantabhadra)

Object Details

• Description

  Figure seated on a recumbent elephant; rectangular base with cut corners.

  Body: hard, gray stoneware.

  Glaze: opaque bluish gray with brown showing through where thin; entire base glazed.

• Provenance

  To 1909

  Mah Zuh Kee, Shanghai, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mah Zuh Kee in 1909 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2048, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession File, Collections Management office.

  [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

  Mah Zuh Kee (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Shiwan (Shekwan) kilns, Foshan, Guangdong province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1640s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kee, Mah Zuh

• Place

  China, Guangdong province, Shiwan, Foshan

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Guangdong ware, Animals, Stoneware, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Samantabhadra, Elephants

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture