- Provenance
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To 1911
Sung, Beijing, to 1911 [1]From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Sung in 1911 [2]From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:
[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 277, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] 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.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Sung (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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A Maitreya triad.
Surface: gilded; grayish incrustation and spots of green patina.
Decoration: details of ornamentation engraved. Inscription.
- Inscription(s)
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Translation: "In the 5th year of T'ien Pao Buddhist Liu Li Yu had this image of Kuan-yin made in memory of his deceased parents and brothers."
The inscription reads: "Ta Ch'i T'ien-pao wu-nien nien-san-jihh Liu Chi-yu wai ch'i shih hsien wang fu wai wang fu mu hsiung tsao Kuan-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u yuan wang fu mu t'uo-sheng hsien fang ti-tzu so-yuan ju-shih"[Chn].
It can be rendered: "On the 23rd day (no month given) in the 5th year of T'ien-pao of the Great Ch'i (dynasty), Liu Chi-yu made this image of Kuan-yin made for his ancestors of seven generations, for his deceased parents and elder brother, in the hope that his deceased parents be incarnate...Such is the wish of the follower [of Buddha]."
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum