The Bodhisattva Mile (Sanskrit Maitreya), seated in "Pensive Pose"
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Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1911
- Ta Ge Shang, Beijing, to 1911 [1]
- From 1911 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 308, pg. 76, 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
- Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)
- Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to September 21, 2004)
- Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)
- Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)
- Early Chinese Pottery and Scultpure, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1916 (March 6 to October 15, 1916)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 575
- Period
- Northern Qi dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1911.411
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Marble with traces of pigment and gesso
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 33 x 17.5 x 15.4 cm (13 x 6 7/8 x 6 1/16 in)
- Origin
- 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
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- stone
- Buddhism
- Northern Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
- child
- lotus
- Maitreya Buddha
- meditation
- ushnisha
- China
- halo
- reincarnation
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1911.411
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye308918fc9-39a7-497e-bf47-1633f4f7a290
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