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Medium:
Earthenware Slip-painted
Dimensions:
H x W (overall): 3.3 x 2.9 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/8 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Italy
Date:
323-30 BCE
Period:
Possibly Hellenistic period
Provenance:
Found at Paestum, a Greek coastal settlement in Campania, southwest Italy. [1]
From ? to 1992
Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992). [2]
1992
Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer. [3]
From 1992 to 1993
Mary Slusser, Washington, DC, by inheritance from the estate of her sister, Dorothy Shepherd Payer. [4]
From 1993
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary Slusser, Washington, DC [5]
Notes:
[1] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[2] See object file, Collections Management Office.
[3] See note 2.
[4] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.
[5] See note 4.
Collection:
Freer Study Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)
Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (American, 1918-2017)
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Italy  Search this
earthenware  Search this
Hellenistic period (323 - 30 BCE)  Search this
Greek and Roman Art  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Slusser in memory of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
Accession Number:
FSC-P-4106
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37724f0b5-3f1c-49bd-b9ab-18788fa962ae
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-4106