Mosaic Plaque depicting an ibis

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1908

  Unidentified owner, Egypt, to 1908 [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Egypt from an unidentified owner in 1908 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 65, pg. 36, 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

  The Nile and Ancient Egypt (December 7, 2013 to January 3, 2016)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (December 10, 1984 to July 10, 1986)

  Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)

  Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (March 6, 1981 to May 7, 1984)

  Ancient Glass (June 1962 to (end date unknown))

  Glass Exhibition, in honor of VI International Congress on Glass (July 4, 1962 to December 3, 1962)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Mosaic glass, Glass fusing, Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE), Ancient Egyptian Art, Ibises, Thoth

• Culture

  Egyptians

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry