Object Details
- Description
- A fragment of a rim of a vessel, with a putto modelled in high relief.
- Clay: very soft, gray.
- Galze: rich green and light blue.
- Decoration: in both high and low relief.
- Provenance
- To 1908
- Ali Arabi, Giza, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ali Arabi, in Cairo, in May, 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1746, 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
- Ali Arabi (ca. 1840-1932) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 30 BCE-395 CE
- Period
- Roman Period
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Glazed clay
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14.9 x 7.2 cm (5 7/8 x 2 13/16 in)
- Type
- Vessel
