Medium:

Faience (glazed composition)

Dimensions:

H x W: 3.3 x 3.1 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/4 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

ca. 1539-1295 BCE

Period:

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18

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)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1907.436

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f62d2ec4-3d8f-442d-9953-9968c4b40c33

EDAN-URL:

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