sherd, red body, white slip, yellow-brown glaze
date: label: Date
content: 1250-1516
label: Period
content: Mamluk period
notes: label: Provenance
content: Found at Fustat, Egypt [1]
label: Provenance
content: From at least 1968
label: Provenance
content: George Scanlon (1925-2014), Fustat, Egypt [2]
label: Provenance
content: From ? to 1992
label: Provenance
content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992), possibly purchased from George Scanlon [3]
label: Provenance
content: 1992
label: Provenance
content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
label: Provenance
content: From 1992 to 1993
label: Provenance
content: Mary Slusser (1918-2017), Washington, DC, by inheritance from the estate of her sister Dorothy Shepherd Payer [4]
label: Provenance
content: From 1993
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mary Slusser, Washington, DC [5]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] Dr. George Scanlon visited Egypt beginning in 1950. He conducted archaeological excavations in Fustat between 1964 and 1980 through nine seasons. It is possible that he acquired the Fustat sherds during this time period. The card found with the collection states, “ex-collection of George Scanlon 1968, $125 acq'd in Cairo." It is unclear whether George Scanlon acquired these sherds in 1968 or whether the 1968 year refers to when Dorothy Shepherd Payer bought them.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [5] See note 4.
label: Collection
content: Freer Study Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: George Scanlon (1925-2014)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dorothy Shepherd Payer (1916-1992)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Estate of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017)
place: label: Origin
content: Egypt
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Sgraffito ware
label: Topic
content: Mamluk period (1250 - 1517)
label: Topic
content: Egypt
label: Topic
content: earthenware
label: Topic
content: Arts of the Islamic World
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 Mary Slusser in memory of Dorothy Shepherd Payer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: FSC-P-3996
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 8.1 cm (4 5/16 x 3 3/16 in)
label: Style
content: Sgraffito ware