The Buddha distributes honey, from a Prajnaparamita manuscript

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1930

  Ajit Ghose, Calcutta to 1930 [1]

  From 1930

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ajit Ghose, Calcutta in 1930 [2]

  Notes:

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

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Art of Knowing in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Himalayas (March 25, 2023 - ongoing)

  Arts of the Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayas (October 16, 2004 to January 3, 2016)

  Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to September 21, 2004)

  Indian Art (January 1, 1963 to January 28, 1981)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Art, Gallery 8 (July 15, 1958 to January 1, 1963)

  Centennial Exhibition, West Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 11, 1958)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Painting, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to November 28, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings and Sculpture (October 2, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 7 (January 10, 1945 to October 2, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Asian Paintings, Gallery 4 (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ajit Ghose

• Origin

  West Bengal state, India

• 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

  Ghose, Ajit

• Place

  West Bengal state, India

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Animals, Monkeys, Astasahasraka Prajnaparamita, Halo

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Paintings