Medium:

Glass

Dimensions:

H (overall): 2.2 cm (7/8 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Syria

Date:

200 BCE-100 CE

Period:

Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period

Description:

Fragment of a bowl.

Columnar rod mosaic. White, red, green, and yellow in a dark blue matrix.

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, pg. 1, 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).

[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)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1909.626

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye38edb6e05-00d6-4d0b-b635-5fc0cf9724a8

EDAN-URL:

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