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Egg-shaped ornament
Object Details
- 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. 1871, 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 404-399 BCE
- Period
- Late Period
- Accession Number
- F1907.384
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Glazed clay
- Dimensions
- H x W: 6.9 x 3.6 cm (2 11/16 x 1 7/16 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.384
- Usage
- CC0
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