- Provenance
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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 17, 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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Giovanni Dattari (C.L. Freer source) 1858-1923
- Description
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Fused mosaic plaque: figural classical motif-half-face of a satyr decorated with leaves for a Bacchic rite.
- Published References
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- Robert K. Liu. Roman Mosaic: Face Plaques and Beads. vol. 31, no. 5 Los Angeles, July 2008. .
- Robert Steven Bianchi. Those Ubiquitous Glass Inlays, Part Two. vol. 5 New York. pp. 11-20.
- Richard Ettinghausen. Ancient Glass in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington, 1962. p. 19, fig. 45.
- Charis Mahnke. Alexandrinische Mosaikglaseinlagen: Die Typologie, Systematik und Herstellung von Gesichterdarstellungen in der ptolemaischen Glaskunst. Philippika Wiesbaden. no. 33, pp. 21-24, 100, 101.
- Robert Steven Bianchi. Those Ubiquitous Glass Inlays from Pharaonic Egypt: Suggestions About Their Functions and Dates. vol. 25 Corning, N.Y. pp. 29-35.
- Susan H. Auth. Mosaic Glass Mask Plaques and the Ancient Theater. vol. 41. pp. 51-72.
- Robert H. Brill. Ancient Glass. vol. 209, no. 5 New York, November 1963. pp. 120-130.
- C. Insley Green. Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honour of H.S. Smith (1999). ondon. pp. 147-149.
- Susan H. Auth. Ancient Egyptian Glass from the Dattari Collection. vol. 118, no. 258 London, August 1983. pp. 160-163, fig. 5, 6.
- Marie Dominique Nenna. Les Elements d'incrustratation: une industrie egyptienne du verre. Alessandria e il mondo ellenistico-romano Rome. pp. 377-378.
- Collection Area(s)
- Ancient Egyptian Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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