Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 520-530
label: Period
content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Ta Ge Chung, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ta Ge Chung in 1909 [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. 101, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: See also, Accession List, Collections Management office. However, note that Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record states only that the object was purchased "from a dealer in Peking."
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: Ta Ge Chung (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 Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
label: Topic
content: Guanyin
label: Topic
content: willow tree
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: kalasa
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: F1909.269
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze with gilding
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11.3 x 2.6 cm (4 7/16 x 1 in)