Stele with Buddhas of the Past, Present and Future
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Period
565; rededicated 1516 -
Geography
Quyang, Hebei province, China -
Material
Marble with traces of pigment -
Dimension
H x W x D: 95.1 x 60.6 x 35.4 cm (37 7/16 x 23 7/8 x 13 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1913.27 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1913.27
Object Details
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Provenance
To 1913Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]From 1913 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]From 1920The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Undated folder sheet note. See S.I. 404, Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 127.[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
Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in New Light (April 14, 2002 to September 8, 2003)Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, 1944 (March 13, 1944 to November 14, 1944)Stone Sculpture, Gallery 17, 1923 (May 2, 1923 to November 17, 1955) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Quyang, Hebei province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Sculpture -
On View
Freer Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise -
Restrictions and Rights
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