Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
date: label: Date
content: 482
label: Period
content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Surface: Gilded; brownish incrustation.
label: Description
content: Decoration: details engraved. Inscription.
label: Inscriptions
content: Translation: "On the 12th day of the 2nd month in the 6th year of Tai Ho, the Northern Wei dynasty [483 A.D.] Buddhist Liu Yi-tung and his brother Yi Li had this image of Kuan-yin the Goddess of Mercy, made in honor of their aunt."
label: Inscriptions
content: The inscription reads: "T'ai-ho liu-nien sui jen-hsu erh-yueh shih-erh-jih Yao-yang Hsien Liu I-t'ung I-li hsiung ti erh-jen wei wang po-mu tsao Kuan-shih-yin hsiang i-ch'u ? ? ? ? ta shao ch'ang wu mi-le hui" [Chn]. It can be rendered: "On the 12th day of the 2nd month in the 6th year of T'ai-ho (March 17, 482 A.D.), the cycle of "jen-hsu," the brothers Liu I-t'ung and I-li of Yao-yang Hsien had this image of Kuan-yin made on behalf of their deceased aunt....Buddhist assembly.
label: Provenance
content: To 1911
label: Provenance
content: Ye Shing Wher, China, to 1911 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1911 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ye Shing Wher 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. 286, 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: Ye Shing Wher (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Yaoyang, Hebei province, 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: lettering
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: F1911.131
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: 15.5 × 6.6 × 5.3 cm (6 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/16 in)