Medium:

Earthenware Slip-painted

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 7.5 x 6.6 cm (2 15/16 x 2 5/8 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:

Italy  Search this

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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-4109

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye342582d6e-0f84-4ea7-a2a0-7594631a0774

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-P-4109