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Bowl

Culture
Egyptian
Date
c.1171–1517
Material
Glass
associated with
Egypt, Africa
Classification
Containers, glassware
Collection
Islamic Art
Current Location
Not on view
Dimensions
3 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.
Credit Line
Museum Purchase
Rights
Public Domain
Object Number
171:1925
by 1920 or earlier
Friedrich Ludwig von Gans (1833–1920), Frankfurt am Main, Germany [1]

by 1921 - 1925
Kunsthandel K. W. Bachstitz (Bachstitz Gallery N.V.) [Kurt Walter Bachstitz (1882–1949)], The Hague, The Netherlands, acquired from Friedrich Ludwig von Gans [2]

1925 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Galerie Bachstitz [3]


Notes:
[1] Per CAM document 130a from Galerie Bachstitz [SLAM document files].

[2] This object is published in Robert Zahn, Die Sammlung Friedrich L. von Gans, Bd. 2, Antik, byzantinische, islamische Arbeiten der Kleinkunst und des Kunstgewerbes, anitke Skulpturen: Sammlungen der Galerie Bachstitz (Berlin: Albert Frisch, 1921), p. 53, cat. no. 134, and pl. 54 (illustration).

[3] Authentification certificate from Galerie Bachstitz to director S. L. Sherer, dated May 27, 1925 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, May 15, 1925.

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