Medium:

Stone

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 33.1 x 25 x 13 cm (13 1/16 x 9 13/16 x 5 1/8 in)

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

China

Date:

dated 703

Period:

Tang dynasty

Provenance:

To 1909

Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki, Japan, in 1909 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See S. I. 129, Original Miscellaneous List, pg. 49, 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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1909.90

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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