Fragment of a cup
Description
Fragment of a vase. | Clay: soft, grayish-white. | Glaze: light greenish blue. | Decoration: modelled in low relief in the paste. | To 1908 | Ali Arabi, Giza, Egypt, to 1908 [1] | From 1908 to 1919 | Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ali Arabi, in Cairo, in May, 1908 [2] | From 1920 | Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3] | Notes: | [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1735, 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. | Freer Gallery of Art Collection | Ali Arabi (ca. 1840-1932) (C.L. Freer source) | Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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