Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva 南無地藏菩薩像

Object Details

• Provenance

  By 1837-?

  Liang Chang-chü (1775-1849), method of acquisition unknown [1]

  ?-1935

  Tonying and Company, New York, method of acquisition unknown [2]

  From 1935

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Zhangju Liang, "Illustrated Catalogue of Famous Paintings from the Great Collection of the Celebrated Connoisseur of Art, Liang Chang-Chü of Foochow, compiled 1837, translated into English 1919," [book] (China: 1919), fig. 3 (illustrated). Liang Chang-chü (known also as Liang Zhangju and Liang Tui-an) was a Provincial Administration Commissioner in Guangxi from 1836 to 1841, and in Jiangsu in 1841.

  [2] See Ton-Ying and Company, New York invoice to Freer Gallery of Art, March 2, 1935, and marked approved on January 22, 1935. Copy in object file.

  [3] See note 2.

  Research updated April 19, 2023

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  Chinese Paintings (June 5, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

  Liang Chang-chü (1775 - 1849)

• Origin

  Dunhuang, Gansu province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 1000s

• Name

  Chang-chü, Liang, Tonying and Company

• Place

  Gansu province, China, Dunhuang

• Topic

  Fans, Cats, Khakkhara, Art, Princess, Chinese Art, Flowers, Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127), Ksitigarbha, Vajrasattva, Bodhisattva, Landscapes, Animals, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Rocks, Monk, Attendant, Bamboo

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings