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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 Number22.407
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMetalwork

ProvenanceLate 19th century, excavated in the vicinity of the Zhaozhou Bridge, Hebei, China. Duan Fang (b. 1861- d. 1911), China. 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)