Amitabha (Amida), contained within a closed shrine
date: label: Date
content: 1615-1868
label: Period
content: Edo period
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1903
label: Provenance
content: Mme. Florine Langweil (1861-1958), Paris, to 1903 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1903 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mme. Florine Langweil in 1903 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 936, pg. 13, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Mme. Florine Langweil (1861-1958) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: wood
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)
label: Topic
content: Amitabha Buddha
label: Topic
content: shrine
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: mandorla
label: Topic
content: Pure Land Buddhism
label: Topic
content: varada mudra
label: Topic
content: anjali mudra
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1903.185a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 72.7 x 53.5 x 23.5 cm (28 5/8 x 21 1/16 x 9 1/4 in)