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Medium:
Stone-paste painted under glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 5 × 14.3 cm (2 × 5 5/8 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
17th century
Period:
Safavid period
Description:
Dish: shallow-ovoidal; low foot.
Clay: soft, buff.
Glaze: brownish-gray, crackled and modified by the iridescence of incipient decay.
Decoration: painted in white slip, under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1905
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1437, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[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.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Safavid period (1501 - 1722)  Search this
Iran  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
stone-paste  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1905.288
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye331655913-206c-4b7f-a008-4a4e4159e2d1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1905.288