Vaisravana, Guardian King of the North
date: label: Date
content: 14th century
label: Period
content: Yuan or Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Traditionally attributed to Yuchi Yiseng (mid-7th–early 8th century)
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1914
label: Provenance
content: Dr. John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945), Newton, MA, to 1914 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1914 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dr. John Calvin Ferguson in 1914 [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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 937, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.
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: An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama (September 21, 2024 to January 12, 2025)
label: Exhibition History
content: Enlightened Beings: Buddhism in Chinese Paintings (September 1, 2012 to February 24, 2013)
label: Exhibition History
content: Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Figure Painting (September 17, 1973 to January 3, 1975)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: John Calvin Ferguson (1866-1945) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: worship
label: Topic
content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: dancing
label: Topic
content: pipa
label: Topic
content: stupa
label: Topic
content: biwa
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: attendant
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
label: Topic
content: dancer
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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: F1914.147a
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (image): 106.7 x 36.3 cm (42 x 14 5/16 in)