Head of the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta (Dashizhi)
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 916, pg. 204, 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
- Exhibition History
- Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)
- Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan (February 26, 2011 to January 6, 2013)
- Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 550-577
- Period
- Northern Qi dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1916.346a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Limestone with traces of pigment
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 36 x 24.5 x 24 cm (14 3/16 x 9 5/8 x 9 7/16 in)
- Origin
- southern Xiangtangshan, Caves 4-6, Hebei province, China
- On View
- Freer Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- stone
- Buddhism
- bodhisattva
- Period of Division (220 - 589)
- Northern dynasties (386 - 581)
- Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
- Amitabha Buddha
- temple
- cave
- China
- Mahasthamaprapta
- kalasa
- vase of nectar
- Chinese Art
- attendant
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.346a-b
