Stone-paste painted under glaze and over glaze with luster
Dimensions:
H x W: 14.3 x 12.7 cm (5 5/8 x 5 in)
Type:
Architectural Element
Origin:
Iran
Date:
early 13th century
Period:
Saljuq period
Description:
One point broken.
Clay: soft, white.
Glaze: cream-white.
Decoration: painted in brown lustre on the white ground.
Provenance:
To 1903
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1903 [1]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1903 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, and Original Pottery List, L. 1236, 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
Exhibition History:
Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
