Head of a sphinx (fragment)
date: label: Date
content: early 13th century
label: Period
content: Saljuq period
notes: label: Provenance
content: From 1950s – 2001
label: Provenance
content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, acquired in the 1950s from Iran. [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 2001
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland. [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Acquired by donors in the 1950s during a visit to Iran.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Study Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts
place: label: Origin
content: Iran
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
label: Topic
content: Iran
label: Topic
content: Sphinx
label: Topic
content: Arts of the Islamic World
label: Topic
content: stone-paste
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: FSC-P-4791
objectType: label: Type
content: Unclassified
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stone-paste painted under and over glaze with enamel (mina'i)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5.7 x 2.8 x 3.9 cm (2 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 9/16 in)