Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Taku Shanfang

• Provenance

  To 1923

  Taku Shanfang, Beijing to 1923 [1]

  From 1923

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Taku Shanfang, Beijing by Carl Whiting Bishop on December 24, 1923 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, folder sheet note #1.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Original Bishop List, No. S-9, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

• Origin

  probably Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Freer Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  500s

• Name

  buddha, Taku, Shanfang

• Place

  China, Henan province

• Topic

  Vairocana Buddha, Sui dynasty (581 - 618), Heaven, Mount Meru, Art, Chinese Art, Lotus Sutra, Carl Whiting Bishop collection, Hell

• Culture

  Buddhists, Naga (South Asian people), Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Yes