Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
date: label: Date
content: 534-550
label: Period
content: Period of Division, Possibly Eastern Wei dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Standing figure of Guanyin, in good condition save for loss of two-thirds of circular halo.
label: Description
content: Color, pale greenish yellow.
label: Provenance
content: Abel William Bahr [1877-1959] or Peter J. Bahr [died circa 1928] [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1912
label: Provenance
content: N.E. Montross (1849-1932), New York, NY, to 1912 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1912 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N.E. Montross in 1912 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. Peter J. Bahr (died circa 1928) and Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) were brothers born in Shanghai. Peter remained in Shanghai. Abel left Shanghai in 1910, after which he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 374, p. 118, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] 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: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Peter Johannes Bahr (1882-1929)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: N.E. Montross (1849-1932) (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: bodhisattva
label: Topic
content: lion
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: forgery
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: halo
label: Topic
content: fly whisk
label: Topic
content: kalasa
label: Topic
content: kundika
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: F1912.81
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stone
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 32.3 x 12 x 9.8 cm (12 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 7/8 in)