Object Details
- Description
- Fragment of an inlay with a floral pattern. Mosaic technique: upright columnar rods. Red, white, yellow, and green in a semi-translucent green-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, 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).
- [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)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 305 BCE-14 CE
- Period
- Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period
- Accession Number
- F1909.572
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- H (overall): 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- mosaic glass
- glass
- Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
- Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
- grape
- Egypt
- narcissus
- poppy
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1909.572
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e6010dee-7677-43e8-bdc7-9f476ffdf0b5
