Bowl
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Date
- c.1171–1517
- Material
- Glass
- 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
Provenance
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.
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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