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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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 36, pg. 32, 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
- Exhibition History
- A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)
- Art of Dynastic Egypt (December 15, 1976 to September 22, 1977)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 305-30 BCE
- Period
- Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1907.4a-g
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 56.3 x 36.7 x 48.1 cm (22 3/16 x 14 7/16 x 18 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- On View
- Freer Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in 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
- wood
- Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
- shrine
- Egypt
- Horus
- hieroglyph
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.4a-g
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye32b390fa9-6901-4739-ad28-d10c55055b29
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