Medium:

Clay

Dimensions:

H x W: 2.6 x 3.9 cm (1 x 1 9/16 in)

Type:

Unclassified

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

305-35 BCE

Period:

Possibly Ptolemaic Dynasty

Description:

Clay: soft, cream-white.

Glaze: light blue.

Decoration: in low relief on one face.

Provenance:

To 1907

Unidentified owner, Egypt, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Egypt from an unidentified owner in 1907 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2318, as well as Reserved Pottery List, R. 5567, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. One of a lot of seventy-two fragments.

[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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1907.415

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a10d0e6a-8ab7-4101-aede-0d64fa44462f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1907.415