Scarf pin
Object Details
- Description
- Clay: unknown.
- Glaze: deep blue.
- Decoration: in relief on upper face.
- 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. 1872, 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
- Accession Number
- F1907.385
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Glazed clay and gold
- Dimensions
- H x W: 1.6 x 1.9 cm (5/8 x 3/4 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- inlay (process)
- ceramic
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- wirework
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.385
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye388259abf-ed54-4bc9-a3df-b5535ef5feb3
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