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Bottle in the Form of a Bunch of Grapes

Date
3rd century CE
Material
Glass
associated with
Syria, Asia
Classification
Containers, glassware
Collection
Ancient Art
Current Location
On View, Gallery 208
Dimensions
5 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (13.6 x 7 cm)
diameter of rim: 1 3/16 in. (3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
420:1919
Dr. Azeez Khayat (1875–1943), Tyre, Lebanon; New York, NY, USA; Haifa, Palestine [1]

- 1919
Anderson Galleries, New York, NY, USA

1919 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased at an auction of objects from the Khayat collection, Anderson Galleries, New York, NY, January 31–February 1, 1919, lot no. 245, through the agent Dr. Rudolph Meyer Riefstahl [2]

Notes:
[1] Invoice dated February 5, 1919 listing purchases made at the Khayat Sale, Anderson Galleries, February 1, 1919 [SLAM document files]. See also the auction catalogue [‘Greek and Roman Glass, Persian Potteries, Egyptian Necklaces, Tanagra Figures, Greek Vases, Egyptian and Roman Bronzes and Other Rare Objects of Ancient Art Collected by Azeez Khayat of New York,’ Anderson Galleries, New York, January 31–February 1, 1919, lot 245, p. 24].

[2] Invoice dated February 5, 1919 listing purchases made at the Khayat Sale, Anderson Galleries, February 1, 1919 [SLAM document files]. Saint Louis Art Museum Serial Accession List 1 [SLAM archives].

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