Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1907
- Unidentified owner, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), to 1907 [1]
- From 1907 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5641, 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
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 18th century
- Period
- Kandy period
- Accession Number
- F1907.507
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- H (overall): 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in)
- Origin
- Sri Lanka
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ivory
- Buddhism
- Buddha
- Sri Lanka
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Kandy period (1357 - 1817)
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.507
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3265f1571-3566-445f-8227-eb5111079cf6
