Bead

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Historical period(s): 4th century B.C.?

Medium: Glass

Dimensions: H: 2.1 cm (13/16 in)

Geography: Syria

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number: F1909.970

On View Location: Currently not on view

Classification(s): Glass, Jewelry and Ornament

Type: Bead

Keywords: Syria

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.