Medium:

Glazed clay with shell and pale blue-green enameled paste

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 10 x 11.5 x 2 cm (3 15/16 x 4 1/2 x 13/16 in)

Type:

Architectural Element

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

1370-1070 BCE

Period:

New Kingdom

Description:

Clay: coarse, soft, white.

Glaze: cream-colored, with pale blue markings.

Decoration: of principal part: inlaid in the paste, in low relief; in the border: insets of shell and pale blue-green enameled paste.

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. 1595, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[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

Exhibition History:

A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)

Art of Dynastic Egypt (December 15, 1976 to September 22, 1977)

Previous custodian or owner:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1907.9

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c1f4e394-bd88-453c-9254-b4ad07ff561c

EDAN-URL:

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