Object Details
- Description
- Very small fragment, relatively thick-walled; light blue glaze; granulated finish; painted in violet manganese over glaze; shiny; paint has some relief. Fish with dot pattern over body and lotus stem (?) out of mouth. The decoration on the exterior has a plant motif.
- 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 Pottery List, L. 2318, as well as Reserved Pottery List, R. 5567, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. One of a lot of seventy-two fragments.
- [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
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- Dynasty 18 (1550-1307 BCE)
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Glazed composition
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 4.7 x 4.6 x 4.6 cm (1 7/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 13/16 in)
- Type
- Unclassified
