Head and bust of youthful Horus (fragment)
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Object Details
- Description
- Clay: soft, dense, gray-white.
- Glaze: robin's egg blue.
- Provenance
- To 1902
- Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1902 [1]
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1902 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Voucher No. 4, December 1902, and Original Pottery List, L. 1204, 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
- 1196-1070 BCE
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Accession Number
- F1902.248
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- Clay
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 3.9 x 2.5 x 2 cm (1 9/16 x 1 x 13/16 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
- New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)
- Egypt
- Horus
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1902.248
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye30577ce1a-8338-48be-bb1d-57be939d59a7
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