Bowl (fragment)
date: label: Date
content: 11th century
label: Period
content: Fatimid period
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of a bowl.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, buff.
label: Description
content: Glaze: white, crackled.
label: Description
content: Decoration: in gold lustre over glaze.
label: Provenance
content: To 1908
label: Provenance
content: Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1908 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Maurice Nahman in 1908 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1708, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Egypt
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Fatimid period (909 - 1171)
label: Topic
content: Egypt
label: Topic
content: Arts of the Islamic World
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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 Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1908.209
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware painted in lustre on an opaque white glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11.6 x 6.7 cm (4 9/16 x 2 5/8 in)