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Medium:
Stone-paste painted with glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 10.1 × 7.9 cm (4 × 3 1/8 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iran
Date:
17th century?
Description:
Vase: small, inverted pear form.
Clay: soft, white, thinly potted.
Glaze: brilliant cobalt blue with silvery and golden iridescence; interior, white; red and slight gold on the foot.
Decoration: traces of a floral design painted in black outline over glaze.
Provenance:
To 1904
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1904 [1]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Voucher No. 37, April, 1904, and Original Pottery List, L. 1289, 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:
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)
Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)
Previous custodian or owner:
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
iridescence
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Iran
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Charles Lang Freer collection
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1904.52
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
The Story of the Beautiful
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c1e77120-6ab3-46bf-bcbd-a78317b0cfa5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1904.52
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