Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a flute
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1903
- Hayashi Tadamasa (1853-1906), Paris and Tokyo, to 1903 [1]
- From 1903 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the Hayashi sale, through Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, in 1903 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Reserved Wood Carving List, R. 5304, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also the object record for F1903.284.
- [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
- Hayashi Tadamasa 林 忠正? (1853-1906) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 8th century
- Accession Number
- F1903.286
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Architectural Element
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 55.9 x 20.5 x 0.9 cm (22 x 8 1/16 x 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- 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
- wood
- Buddhism
- music
- flute
- Japan
- apsara
- Japanese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1903.286
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e2856a7d-0e71-47b7-854f-3b6493e2d2af
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