Cosmic Buddha

Limestone
DIMENSIONS:
H x W x D: 151.3 x 62.9 x 31.3 cm (59 9/16 x 24 3/4 x 12 5/16 in)
Weight (without concrete base): 818.5 pounds
TYPE:
Sculpture
Stone
ORIGIN:
probably Henan province, China
DATE:
550-577
PERIOD:
Northern Qi dynasty
FORMER OWNER:
Taku Shanfang
PROVENANCE:
To 1923
Taku Shanfang, Beijing to 1923 [1]
From 1923
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Taku Shanfang, Beijing by Carl Whiting Bishop on December 24, 1923 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file, folder sheet note #1.
[2] See note 1. Also see Original Bishop List, No. S-9, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
TOPIC:
Buddhism
Buddha
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
naga
hell
heaven
China
Vairocana Buddha
Mount Meru
Lotus Sutra
Chinese Art
CREDIT LINE:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
ACCESSION NUMBER:
F1923.15
RIGHTS:
Copyright with museum
RELATED ONLINE RESOURCES:
Google Cultural Institute
SEE MORE ITEMS IN:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
ON VIEW:
Sackler: Body of Devotion: The Cosmic Buddha in 3D
DATA SOURCE:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery