Sakyamuni on an elephant
date: label: Date
content: 16th-17th century
label: Period
content: Ming dynasty
name: label: Artist
content: Formerly attributed to Su Hanchen (active early to mid-12th century)
notes: label: Description
content: Sakyamuni is seated on a white elephant with elaborate trappings. He is carrying a ruyi scepter and is accompanied by two attendants carrying scrolls. The figures are in a landscape with clouds and with a tree bearing red flowers. No seals, inscriptions or labels.
label: Provenance
content: To 1906
label: Provenance
content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1906 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1906 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1906 [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] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 538, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.
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: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: tree
label: Topic
content: Buddha
label: Topic
content: elephant
label: Topic
content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: scepter
label: Topic
content: Shakyamuni
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: F1906.270
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Ink and color on silk
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 189.3 x 81.4 cm (74 1/2 x 32 1/16 in)