Mosaic plaque depicting cartouche motif
date: label: Date
content: 100 BCE-100 CE
label: Period
content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman period
notes: label: Description
content: Fused mosaic plaque:ancient Egyptian motif-cartouche with the title of Pharaoh ("Great House") twice repeated.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 14, 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).
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (December 10, 1984 to July 10, 1986)
label: Exhibition History
content: Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, South Corridor (March 6, 1981 to May 7, 1984)
label: Exhibition History
content: Ancient Glass (June 1962 to (end date unknown))
label: Exhibition History
content: Glass Exhibition, in honor of VI International Congress on Glass (July 4, 1962 to December 3, 1962)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Egypt
topic: label: Topic
content: mosaic glass
label: Topic
content: glass
label: Topic
content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
label: Topic
content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
label: Topic
content: Egypt
label: Topic
content: Ancient Egyptian Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1909.502
objectType: label: Type
content: Jewelry and Ornament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Glass
label: Dimensions
content: H: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in)