Male figure in court dress

Object Details

• Description

  These two seated figures represent what was once likely a four-figure ensemble symbolic of the martial forces of the court. Their now empty hands held bows and arrows.

• Provenance

  From circa 1970s

  Unknown dealers, Japan, from circa 1970s [1]

  To 2002

  Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vickers, Newport Beach, CA

  From 2002

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vickers in 2002

  Notes:

  [1] This object was held by various Japanese dealers during the past thirty years, and in the 1980s was exhibited at the Nara National Museum, Nara, Japan (according to Curatorial Note 1, James T. Ulak, December 2002, in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Way of the Kami (May 11 to November 3, 2019)

  The Historical Buddha and Friends (November 3, 2018 to May 5, 2019)

  Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vickers

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Vickers

• Type

  Sculpture

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Vickers, Raymond

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Kamakura period (1185 - 1333), Art, Muromachi period (1333 - 1573), Wood, Japanese Art, Shinto

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Sculpture