Miniature two-handled vase
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Object Details
- Description
- Small two-handled vase, dark blue, with dragged feather design and lines in yellow, white, and light blue.
- 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 4, 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
- A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)
- The Nile and Ancient Egypt (December 7, 2013 to January 3, 2016)
- Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (June 13, 1998 to October 2, 2011)
- Ancient Egyptian Glass (August 13, 1994 to July 7, 2005)
- 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
- ca. 1539-1295 BCE
- Period
- New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
- Accession Number
- F1909.429
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Glass
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 6.9 x 5.3 x 5.3 cm (2 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- On View
- Freer Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- 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)
- Dynasty 18 (ca. 1539 - 1295 BCE)
- Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- glass dragging
- Record ID
- fsg_F1909.429
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e57e6c79-e1cf-4855-a117-d3a5a8496afb
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