Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
date: label: Date
content: 518
label: Period
content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Avalokitesvara (Guanyin)
label: Description
content: Surface: gilded; green patina on worn areas and underneath, and blackish incrustation.
label: Description
content: Decoration: details of ornament in low relief. Inscription.
label: Inscriptions
content: (From the Original Folder Sheet, see Curatorial Remark number 4)
label: Inscriptions
content: Translation: "In the 3rd year of Hsi P'ing, the Northern Wei dynasty [A.D. 519] Buddhist Lu Ben Chih had this Kuan-yin made in memory of his deceased daughter and wished she might ascend into Heaven. (Note: G.D.G.: The date of the third year of Hsi P'ing should read A.D. 518.)
label: Inscriptions
content: (From the Original Folder Sheet, see Curatorial Remark number 8)
label: Inscriptions
content: The inscription reads: "Hsi-p'ing san-nien fo-ti-tzu Lu Pien-chih wei wang nu-erh Ni-erh tsao Kuan-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u yuan wang-che kao t'ien" [Chn].
label: Inscriptions
content: The inscription reads: "Hsi-p'ing san-nien fo-ti-tzu Lu Pien-chih wei wang nu-erh Ni-erh tsao Kuan-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u yuan wang-che kao t'ien" [Chn].
label: Provenance
content: To 1911
label: Provenance
content: Ta Ge Shang, Beijing, to 1911 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1911 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Shang in 1911 [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 Bronze List, S.I. 287, 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: Ta Ge Shang (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: gilding
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: bodhisattva
label: Topic
content: Avalokiteshvara
label: Topic
content: Period of Division (220 - 589)
label: Topic
content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
label: Topic
content: lotus
label: Topic
content: Guanyin
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: mandorla
label: Topic
content: abhaya mudra
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: F1911.132
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze with gilding
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 18.6 × 6.9 × 5.1 cm (7 5/16 × 2 11/16 × 2 in)