Reliquary with Stupa-Shaped Top
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1914
- Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1914 [1]
- From 1914 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1914 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Bronze List, S.I. 539, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For Yamanaka and Company location information, see Accession List.
- [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)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)
- Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 7th century
- Period
- Tang dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1914.86a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Container
- Medium
- Gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 20.2 × 18.6 cm (7 15/16 × 7 5/16 in)
- Origin
- China
- 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
- casting
- gilding
- incising
- metal
- bronze
- Tang dynasty (618 - 907)
- China
- Chinese Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1914.86a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33b80eacf-5bff-40db-babb-7d9fd3ff488c
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