Papyrus column with two cats
Social Media Share Tools
Object Details
- Description
- Eyelet at the top.
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ali Arabi Jr. (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Provenance
- To 1908
- Ali Arabi Jr., Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ali Arabi Jr., in Cairo, in 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1723, 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 305-30 BCE
- Period
- Possibly Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1908.82
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Faience (glazed composition)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4.4 x 1 x 1.2 cm (1 3/4 x 3/8 x 1/2 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- On View
- Freer Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- cat
- Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- protection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.82
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye364d30c0f-eff2-450c-8674-23e26d099647
Related Content
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.