Buddhist circlet for the head of a divinity

Object Details

Provenance: To 1930; Yamanaka and Co.; From 1930; Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Yamanaka and Co. in 1930
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016); Silk Road Exhibition (August 18 to December 25, 2011); Luxury Arts of the Silk Route Empires (May 9, 1993 to January 28, 2007); Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981); Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963); Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955); Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, Pottery, and Painting (March 23, 1944 to May 2, 1946); Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Metalwork, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to March 23, 1944)
Previous custodian or owner: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965)

Medium: Silver with gilding
Dimensions: H x W x D (overall): 2.9 x 38.8 x 0.4 cm (1 1/8 x 15 1/4 x 3/16 in)

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: gilding; repoussé; metal; silver; Buddhism; Tang dynasty (618 - 907); music; China; apsara; musician; Chinese Art

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a2e6b70f-fbbf-4e5f-9cf5-ec2f635519c3