The Eight Medicine Buddhas
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Provenance
content: To 1903
label: Provenance
content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1903 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan in 1903 [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. See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 335, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For information regarding purchase location, see Accession List.
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: Special Exhibit for King and Queen of Nepal (April 26, 1960 to January 1, 1963)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Tibet
topic: label: Topic
content: Buddhism
label: Topic
content: lotus
label: Topic
content: medicine
label: Topic
content: mandala
label: Topic
content: Tibet
label: Topic
content: dharmachakra
label: Topic
content: Buddha Bhaisajyaguru
label: Topic
content: abhaya mudra
label: Topic
content: varada mudra
label: Topic
content: dharmachakra mudra
label: Topic
content: dhyana mudra
label: Topic
content: anjali mudra
label: Topic
content: South Asian and Himalayan Art
label: Topic
content: thangka
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: F1903.116
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Opaque watercolor and gold on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 61.5 x 41 cm (24 3/16 x 16 1/8 in)