Object Details
- Label
- Flasks of this type are known as "New Year" gifts because of the inscriptions they often bear, which invoke the gods of the city of Memphis to give the owner all life and health, and a happy New Year. Almost invariably made of a fine light blue or pale green glazed faience, the flasks are usually decorated with garlands around the neck and have an ape of the god Thoth, recorder of time, seated on each side of the neck.
- 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. 1597, 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
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 664-332 BCE
- Period
- Late Period
- Accession Number
- F1907.11
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Faience (glazed composition)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 15.6 x 12.2 x 5.7 cm (6 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 2 1/4 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- 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
- faience
- new year
- Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.11
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye315524d50-d60a-4c05-ab9b-d9f2373007b6
