Sherd, vessel fragment

Object Details

• Provenance

  From ca. 1971 to 1992

  Private collection, collected in Pagan (Bagan), Burma (Myanmar). [1]

  From 1992

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Collected as a surface find by donor in ca. 1971. See object file, Collections Management Office.

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

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Anonymous

• Origin

  Burma

• Credit Line

  Gift of Anonymous donor

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 1300s

• Name

  McGill, Forrest

• Place

  Burma

• Topic

  Art, Pagan period (ca. 950 - 1300), Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)