Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Small, shallow bowl with vertical rim; light green-blue glaze; painted in violet manganese over glaze. Schematic design with three fish inside a circle out of which four lotuses radiate; lotuses with pistils reaching out (style recalls antennas coming out of mouth of fish in bowl F1907.15). Probably by same artist as F1907.15.

  The exterior decoration has leaf motif with alternating criss-crossing pattern; it is very symmetrical and has a stamp-like quality; unusual motif.

• 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.1834, 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)

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Fishes, Faience, Ancient Egyptian Art, New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

• Culture

  Egyptians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)