Kohl flask
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Object Details
- Description
- Kohl flask in the shape of column with palm capital. Four petals broken off. Rod formed. Dark blue body with yellow and white dragged zig-zag design.
- 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 2, 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
- Exhibition History
- The Nile and Ancient Egypt (December 7, 2013 to January 3, 2016)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (December 10, 1984 to July 10, 1986)
- Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (March 6, 1981 to May 7, 1984)
- Ancient Glass (June 1962 to (end date unknown))
- Glass Exhibition, in honor of VI International Congress on Glass (July 4, 1962 to December 3, 1962)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1391-1335 BCE
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Accession Number
- F1909.419
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8.5 x 3.6 cm (3 3/8 x 1 7/16 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
- core-forming
- glass
- New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- rod-forming
- glass dragging
- Record ID
- fsg_F1909.419
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e3ba0e68-5fb2-4d9a-bdfd-723300bb3385
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