cover image: Buddha

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Buddha

To 1907 Unidentified owner, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), to 1907 [1] From 1907 to 1919 Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2] From 1920 Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3] Notes: [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5641, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. [2] See note 1. [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. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
sri lanka art buddhism buddhists south asians freer, charles lang buddha south asian and himalayan art himalayan peoples kandy period (1357 - 1817)
Collection
Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Date published
18th century
Dates
Kandy period
Format
Ivory
Pages
H (overall): 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in)
Place Discussed
Sri Lanka
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
Sri Lanka
Reference
F1907.507
Rights
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/162c8885b1fa1babde79db5edb805ff0

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