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Bowl

Description:: Bowl, deep ovoidal; low foot (chipped). Three spur-marks on the base.; Clay: white, porcellanous.; Glaze: deep blue on the body of the bowl; white on the base.; Decoration: painted in gold lustre with violet reflections over glaze.

Provenance:: To 1908; Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1908 [1]; From 1908 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1908 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1764, 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); Riza-i Abbasi Album (May 10, 1985 to September 3, 1985); Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

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

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