Button bead
date: label: Date
content: late 4th century BCE-early 1st century CE
label: Period
content: Ptolemaic Dynasty to Roman Period
notes: label: Description
content: Button bead. Plate mosaic. Inlay of white and blue in a dark brown matrix; center of translucent uncolored glass.
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 34, 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: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)
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
setName: label: On View
content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
label: Related Online Resources
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: F1909.748
objectType: label: Type
content: Jewelry and Ornament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Glass
label: Dimensions
content: Diam (overall): 1.9 cm (3/4 in)