Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Object Details

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

• Provenance

  ?-to at least 1935

  Tonying and Company, New York, NY, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1935

  The Freer Gallery of Art purchased from Tonying and Company [2]

  Notes:

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

  [2] The Freer Gallery of Art purchased the scroll from Tonying and Company, see note 1.

  Research Completed November 21, 2022

• 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

  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