Medium:

Stone-paste with underglaze and overglaze decoration, lustre

Dimensions:

H x W: 33.5 x 18.3 cm (13 3/16 x 7 3/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Iran

Date:

14th century?

Period:

Il-Khanid period

Description:

Clay: fairly hard, dense, grayish.

Glaze: deep lapis-lazuli blue, decorated in green and yellow over glaze. Areas of metallic lustre.

Provenance:

To 1912

Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1912 [1]

From 1912 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1912 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2230, 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:

Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

Previous custodian or owner:

Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1912.66

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

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