Object Details
Description
Dish: low, round, with straight sides. Clay: soft, thickly molded. Glaze: deep, greenish-blue. Decoration: Hathor head and floral motives painted in outline, in manganese, over glaze.
Label
Faience bowls with black-painted decoration were probably used to hold food or liquid offerings to the goddess Hathor, who nourished and protected the dead.
Provenance
To 1909
Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]
From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Maurice Nahman, Cairo, in 1909 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1984, 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
Exhibition History
A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)
Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (June 13, 1998 to October 2, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner
Maurice Nahman (1868-1948) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1550-1070 BCE
Period
New Kingdom
Accession Number
F1909.145
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Faience with manganese paint
Dimensions
H x W x D: 4.5 x 15 x 15 cm (1 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)
Origin
Egypt
On View
West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
faience
New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)
Egypt
Hathor
Ancient Egyptian Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1909.145