Sherd, tan body, brown slip; black and blue underglaze

Object Details

• Provenance

  Found at Ras Shamra (Ugarit). [1]

  From ? to 1992

  Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992). [2]

  1992

  Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer. [3]

  From 1992 to 1993

  Mary Slusser, Washington, DC, by inheritance from the estate of her sister, Dorothy Shepherd Payer. [4]

  From 1993

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary Slusser, Washington, DC [5]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See object file, Collections Management Office.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [5] See note 4.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)

  Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

  Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017)

• Origin

  Syria

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mary Slusser in memory of Dorothy Shepherd Payer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer, Payer, Dorothy Shepherd, Slusser, Mary Shepherd

• Topic

  Art, Pottery, Arts of the Islamic World, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Syrians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)