Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Kannon)
date: label: Date
content: late 12th century
label: Period
content: Heian period
notes: label: Description
content: Avalokitesvara (Japanese: Kwannon). Pedestal.
label: Description
content: Wood. Glass "urna" inset.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Unidentified owner, Japan, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Japan from an unidentified owner in 1909 [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. 946, pg. 69-1/2, 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: Exhibition History
content: America Meets Asia at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 9, 1993 to June 2, 1998)
label: Exhibition History
content: Japanese Art (July 1, 1974 to April 10, 1978)
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: bodhisattva
label: Topic
content: Heian period (794 - 1185)
label: Topic
content: Avalokiteshvara
label: Topic
content: Guanyin
label: Topic
content: Kannon
label: Topic
content: Japan
label: Topic
content: kalasa
label: Topic
content: Japanese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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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: F1909.350a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Wood
label: Dimensions
content: H (overall): 58.8 cm (23 1/8 in)