Fragment of a Sakhmet amulet
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Object Details
- Description
- Clay: very soft, gray.
- Glaze: deep green-blue, partially disintegrated.
- 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)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Accession Number
- F1907.453
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Clay
- Dimensions
- H x W: 9.6 x 5.2 cm (3 3/4 x 2 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.453
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f9b8d6df-d9f0-4775-a786-32c36e74fd68
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