Figure of a bodhisattva

Object Details

• Description

  Buddhist figure kneeling.

  Clay: soft, light-buff.

  Unglazed: traces of red and green paint.

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906), Washington, DC, to 1905 [1]

  1905

  Yamanaka & Company, purchased at the sale of the Waggaman Collection, American Art Association, New York, NY, January 25-February 3, 1905, no. 2434 [2]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, in 1905 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] The Waggaman Collection sale took place place at the American Art Galleries from January 25-February 3. This piece was sold as #2434 (not #2404) on the last day toward the end of a long run of "miscellaneous" Japanese ceramics. See Curatorial Remark 9, Louise Cort, March 4, 2011,and Curatorial Remark 10, Louise Cort, March 10, 2011, in the object record.

  [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1335, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas E. Waggaman (1839-1906)

  Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s, 1400s

• Name

  Waggaman, Thomas E., Freer, Charles Lang, Yamanaka and Co.

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Chinese Art, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Ceramics, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Bodhisattva

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Sculpture

• On View

  Yes