Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
date: label: Date
content: 583
label: Period
content: Sui dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Wood stand.
label: Description
content: Surface: dull brown and grayish-green patina; traces of gilt.
label: Description
content: Decoration: In low relief and engraved. Inscription.
label: Inscriptions
content: Translation: "On the 8th day of the 4th month in the 3rd year of K'ai Huang, Sui Dynasty [A.D. 584], Buddhist Lin Kuei-yuan had this image of Kuan-yin made in honor of his Buddhist faith."
label: Provenance
content: To 1911
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, Kyoto, to 1911 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1911 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company 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. 295, 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: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (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: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
label: Topic
content: Avalokiteshvara
label: Topic
content: incense
label: Topic
content: Guanyin
label: Topic
content: China
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: F1911.140
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze with gilding
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 25.3 x 6 cm (9 15/16 x 2 3/8 in)