Columnar rod mosaic
Description
A unit of inlay. Columnar rod mosaic. Translucent blue matrix with pattern in white and red. | 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 9, 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 | A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2026) | 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) | Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source) | Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
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