Twenty-four Buddhist Figures

Object Details

• Artist

  Chen Xian 陳賢 (ca. 1635-1675)

  Frontispiece: Mu'an Xingtao 木菴性瑫 (1611-1684)

• School/Tradition

  Obaku

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

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

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

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1640s, 1630s

• Name

  Chen, Xian, Mu'an, Xingtao

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Prayer beads, Art, Fly whisk, Chinese Art, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Buddhists, Chinese

• Object Type

  Paintings