MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE Cast bronze DIMENSIONS Overall: 76.5cm (30 1/8in.) Other (Base): 34.4 x 30cm (13 1/2 x 11 13/16in.) CREDIT LINE Gift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz and Edward Jackson Holmes ACCESSION NUMBER 22.407 ON VIEW Paul and Helen Bernat Galleries (Gallery 273) COLLECTIONS Asia CLASSIFICATIONS Metalwork
PROVENANCE Late 19th century, excavated in the vicinity of the Zhaozhou Bridge, Hebei, China. Duan Fang (b. 1861- d. 1911), China. 1914, Worch et Cie., Compagnie Commerciale de la Chine et du Japan, Paris [see note]. By 1922, Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz (Henrietta Goddard Wigglesworth) (b. 1847 - d. 1927), Boston; 1922, gift of Mrs. Fitz to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 4, 1922)
Altarpiece with Amitabha and Attendants
Chinese
Sui dynasty
Dated A.D. 593
MEDIUM/TECHNIQUE
Cast bronze
DIMENSIONS
Overall: 76.5cm (30 1/8in.)
Other (Base): 34.4 x 30cm (13 1/2 x 11 13/16in.)
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz and Edward Jackson Holmes
ACCESSION NUMBER
22.407
ON VIEW
Paul and Helen Bernat Galleries (Gallery 273)
COLLECTIONS
Asia
CLASSIFICATIONS
Metalwork
PROVENANCE
Late 19th century, excavated in the vicinity of the Zhaozhou Bridge, Hebei, China. Duan Fang (b. 1861- d. 1911), China. 1914, Worch et Cie., Compagnie Commerciale de la Chine et du Japan, Paris [see note]. By 1922, Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz (Henrietta Goddard Wigglesworth) (b. 1847 - d. 1927), Boston; 1922, gift of Mrs. Fitz to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 4, 1922)