Fragment of an inlay
Description
Fragment of inlay. Columnar rod and plate mosaic. White and red in dark blue squares set in an opaque yellow matrix. See F1909.625 (the same material). | 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. | Freer Gallery of Art Collection | Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source) | Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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