A Buddhist procession of three musicians and one dancer

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1924

  Yamanaka & Co., New York. [1]

  From 1924

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Co., New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. Also, see letter from Yamanaka & Co., New York dated July 22, 1924 in the Accession File, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 17 (November 17, 1955 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (June 2, 1944 to March 13, 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)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Sculpture

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 1000s

• Name

  Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Drums (Membranophones), Chinese Art, Music, Dance, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127), Stone, Musicians

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture