Buddhist stele

Object Details

• Provenance

  Probably from Longmen Grottos, Henan Province, China [1]

  To 1912

  Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1912 [2]

  From 1912 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1912 [3]

  From 1920

  The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920. [4]

  Notes:

  [1] Jan Stuart, 3/10/2003, Curatorial Remarks.

  [2] Undated folder sheet note. See S.I. 380, Original Miscellaneous List, p. 120, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Likely from the Longmen grottoes, Luoyang, Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  800s, 600s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, buddha, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  Luoyang, China, Likely from the Longmen grottoes, Henan province

• Topic

  Cats, Art, Animals, Fly whisk, Chinese Art, Tang dynasty (618 - 907), Cintamani, Bodhisattva, Bhumisparsha mudra

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture