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Jar

Description:: Jar, ovoidal, with short wide neck and heavy basal ring.; Clay: soft, reddish.; Glaze: brilliant turquoise blue and green running into a dark blue welt at the foot. Crackled and pitted.

Provenance:: To 1902; Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1902 [1]; From 1902 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1902 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1173, 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.

Exhibition History:: The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing); The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019); The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016); The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)

Previous custodian or owner:: Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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