Seal amulet
Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1907
- Syed Bahadin Shah, Egypt, to 1907 [1]
- From 1907 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Syed Bahadin Shah, in Egypt, in 1907 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 5606, 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
- Syed Bahadin Shah (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 19th century
- Period
- Qajar period
- Accession Number
- F1907.497
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Crystalline quartz
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (overall): 1.7 x 2 x 0.3 cm (11/16 x 13/16 x 1/8 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- 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
- quartz
- Qajar period (1779 - 1925)
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.497
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b45281d9-a544-428b-94d6-21f9b2d87088
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