Ink pot in the shape of a Lotus Bud
date: label: Date
content: 664-525 BCE
label: Period
content: Possibly Late Period
notes: label: Description
content: Ink-pot: Lotus-bud shaped, ona heavy foot; two perforations in the top.
label: Description
content: Clay: coarse, hard, gray-white.
label: Description
content: Glaze: rich, green-blue, coarsely crackled. Discolorations and adhesions.
label: Provenance
content: To 1908
label: Provenance
content: Michel Casira, Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1908 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michel Casira 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. 1720, 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: Michel Casira (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Egypt
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: lotus
label: Topic
content: Late Period (664 - 332 BCE)
label: Topic
content: Saite Dynasty 26 (664 - 525 BCE)
label: Topic
content: Egypt
label: Topic
content: Ancient Egyptian Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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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: F1908.79
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Clay
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6.9 x 6.7 cm (2 11/16 x 2 5/8 in)