Head of a sphinx (fragment)
Object Details
- Provenance
- From 1950s – 2001
- Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, acquired in the 1950s from Iran. [1]
- From 2001
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland. [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Acquired by donors in the 1950s during a visit to Iran.
- [2] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts
- early 13th century
- Period
- Saljuq period
- Accession Number
- FSC-P-4791
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Unclassified
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted under and over glaze with enamel (mina'i)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 5.7 x 2.8 x 3.9 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 9/16 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- 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
- ceramic
- Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
- Iran
- Sphinx
- Arts of the Islamic World
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_FSC-P-4791
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3bab5951b-132d-4276-9329-5b4142829e77
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