Possibly Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
date: label: Date
content: 561
label: Period
content: Period of Division, Northern Qi dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Maitreya. Box no longer with item
label: Description
content: Surface: gilded; brown patina on worn portions.
label: Description
content: Detachable halo. Inscription on the pedestal.
label: Provenance
content: To 1919
label: Provenance
content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]
label: Provenance
content: 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [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. 1460, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 5, H.C. Lovell, 1974, in the object record.
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: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, West Corridor, 1947 (January 8, 1947 to February 10, 1947)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Sculpture (November 15, 1944 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (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 Qi dynasty (550 - 577)
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: F1919.81a-b
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 (overall): 22.6 x 7.8 x 6.4 cm (8 7/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 1/2 in)