Medium:

Glass

Dimensions:

W (overall): 1.9 cm (3/4 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Syria

Date:

200 BCE-100 CE

Period:

Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

Description:

Rim fragment of a bowl or cup.

Rod and plate mosaic. Red, white, green, and yellow in a translucent, deep blue matrix. Cf. 09.614.

Provenance:

To 1909

Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 20, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

According to Curatorial Remark 3, G.A. Eisen, 1929, in the object record, F1909.615 and F1909.614 are probably fragments of the same cup.

[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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)  Search this

Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)  Search this

Syria  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1909.615

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b1fe6721-8149-4fa6-8a98-e65d774418c4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1909.615