Funerary relief bust
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Object Details
- Description
- Head and bust of a woman in high relief.
- Inscriptions
- The inscriptions carved on this relief bust, written in Aramaic, identify the figure as a woman named Haliphat and date her death to the year 231.
- Provenance
- To 1908
- Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, Syria, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Joseph Marcopoli, Aleppo, in 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5601, 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
- Palmyra (June 5 to December 14, 2015; August 13, 2018 - ongoing)
- Facing East: Portraits from Asia (July 1 to September 4, 2006)
- America Meets Asia at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 9, 1993 to August 8, 1994)
- Christian Art (January 1, 1963 to May 15, 1968)
- Untitled Exhibition, Armenian and Byzantine Art (July 28, 1958 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 6 Alcove (February 25, 1956 to July 22, 1958)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, East Corridor (October 26, 1955 to November 10, 1955)
- Special Exhibition, Armenian Manuscripts and East Christian Art (February 15, 1955 to April 13, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Near Eastern Art, 1947 (June 18, 1947 to October 26, 1955)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Joseph Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 3rd century (dated 231 CE)
- Accession Number
- F1908.236
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 60.1 x 55.3 x 23 cm (23 11/16 x 21 3/4 x 9 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Palmyra, Homs, Syria
- On View
- Freer North Corridor
- 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
- portrait
- funerary
- woman
- Syria
- Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.236
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38850b338-a2ee-4673-be9c-28e68e80d7c9
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