Cup

Object Details

• Provenance

  Reportedly excavated at Nineveh [1]

  To 1905

  Kalebjian, Paris, to 1905 [2]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kalebjian in 1905 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 1, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record, and citing a note from Charles Lang Freer.

  [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1415, as well as Voucher No. 1, October 1905,

  Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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

  Kalebjian Frères (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Iraq

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kalebjian Frères

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Neo-Babylonian period (ca. 1000 - 539 BCE), Ceramics

• Culture

  Middle Easterners, Iraqis

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)