Fragment of a wall decoration (framed)
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Object Details
- Description
- Figures carved in relief and tinted in polychrome (with restorations).
- Provenance
- To 1916
- Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1916 [1]
- From 1916 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1916 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 912, 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
- Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Accession Number
- F1916.234
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Architectural Element
- Medium
- Soft white limestone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 71.6 × 57.5 × 8.1 cm (28 3/16 × 22 5/8 × 3 3/16 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- stone
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1916.234
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye366f22f86-94ed-49a1-901b-4f0bc2be3536
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