Pedestal with lotus petals, lions, and donor, originally supporting a Shijia Buddha (<em>Shakyamuni</em>) figure
date: label: Date
content: dated 573 CE
label: Period
content: Period of Division, Northern Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan 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] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 133, pg. 51, 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: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: stone
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: Buddha
label: Topic
content: lion
label: Topic
content: Period of Division (220 - 589)
label: Topic
content: lotus
label: Topic
content: Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese 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: F1909.94
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stone
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 21.8 × 24.8 × 24.8 cm (8 9/16 × 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 in)