Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
date: label: Date
content: 541
label: Period
content: Period of Division, Eastern Wei dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Standing Bodhisattva Lotus Holder Guanyin
label: Description
content: Surface: gilded; a reddish patina on worn areas. Green patina and grayish earth incrustation underneath.
label: Description
content: Decoration: in relief and engraved. Inscription.
label: Inscriptions
content: On the 19th of the 2nd month in the 3rd year of Hsing-ho, the Eastern Wei Dynasty [542 A.D.] Buddhist Liu Fu Ch'u, native of Po-ling, Yao-yang district of Shantung province, had this image of Kuan-yin, the Goddess of Mercy, made in memory of his deceased parents and his living brothers and his wife and children.
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. 284, 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: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)
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: 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: lotus
label: Topic
content: Guanyin
label: Topic
content: Eastern Wei dynasty (534 - 550)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: mandorla
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: F1911.129
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: 17.4 × 7.1 × 5.6 cm (6 7/8 × 2 13/16 × 2 3/16 in)