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尺寸：21.8 x 14.1 x 5.5 cm
年代：隋代(609年)
质地：铜鎏金
风格：中原
来源：美国弗利尔美术馆
参阅：外部链接
鉴赏：
此释迦多宝佛像是南北朝时期常见的一种造像；释迦牟尼佛和多宝佛背屏各自为一个独立的舟形火焰纹背光。释迦多宝佛高肉髻，着通肩袈裟，右手施无畏印，左手施与愿印，跏趺座安住于方座之上。

Previous custodian or owner
Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941)
Tonying and Company 通運公司

Provenance
From at least 1938
Mrs. Christian R. Holmes (1871-1941), New York and “The Chimneys,” Sands Point, Port Washington, Long Island, from at least October 1938. [1]
From at least 1944 to 1945
Tonying and Company, New York from at least March 8, 1944. [2]
From 1945
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and Company, New York on May 24, 1945. [3]

Notes:
[1] Mrs. Holmes lent the sculpture to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1938, see Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B. C.) through the T’ang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906) (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 19-November 27, 1938), cat. 275. See also A. G. Wenley’s letter to C. F. Yau, Tonying and Co., dated May 22, 1945, copy in object file, in which Wenley confirms acquisition of the sculpture and states that it came from Mrs. Christian R. Holmes’s collection.
[2] See “List of Objects Contemplated for Purchase by the Freer Gallery of Art,” approved by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution on March 8, 1944, copy in object file.
[3] See Tonying & Company’s invoice, dated May 24, 1945, in which the object figures under no. B. 58: “Gilt bronze Shrine / Six Dynasties,” copy in object file.