Vessel

Object Details

• Description

  Ampulla bottle; bulbous body and high, cylindrical neck. Low, flat foot. One ribbed handle; the other handle missing. Broken and repaired. Core-formed. Semi-translucent, brown matrix, with a dragged feather pattern in blue, white and yellow. Black and white lip cord.

• 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, pg. 1, 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

  Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (June 13, 1998 to October 2, 2011)

  Ancient Egyptian Glass (August 13, 1994 to July 7, 2005)

  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))

• Previous custodian or owner

  Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Name

  Dattari, Giovanni, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Glass, Ancient Egyptian Art, Glass dragging, New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE), Core-forming, Dynasty 18 (ca. 1539 - 1295 BCE)

• Culture

  Egyptians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)