Medium:

Stone-paste under glaze with painted decoration

Dimensions:

H x W: 5 x 1.9 cm (1 15/16 x 3/4 in)

Style:

Probably Kashan ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Iran

Date:

14th century

Period:

Il-Khanid dynasty

Description:

Persian, 14th century,

Kashan (?)

Bowl, small, ovoidal; deep foot.

Clay: soft, white.

Glaze: deep blue, with silvery iridescent areas of partial disintegration.

Decoration: painted overglaze in white, red, and gold-leaf.

Provenance:

To 1909

Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1909 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1959, 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

Kashan ware  Search this

Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)  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:

F1909.131

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Data Source:

National Museum of Asian Art

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye31a0b956a-ea21-451e-8ca6-681d818cbb15

EDAN-URL:

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