The Buddha Addressing Yamaraja at Kusinagara 釋迦牟尼佛會圖

Object Details

• Label

  To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

• Provenance

  To 1926

  Yamanaka & Company, to 1926 [1]

  From 1926

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1926 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)

  Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)

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

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)

  Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

  Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  buddha, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Peacock, Art, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Chinese Art, Preaching, Mudra, Sutra, Kingdom of Dali (1096-1253), Crane, Bodhisattva

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings