Medium:

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 9.8 x 21.1 cm (3 7/8 x 8 5/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Iran

Date:

18th century?

Description:

Clay: hard, white, pseudo-porcelain.

Glaze: ivory white with grayish "tears", largely modified by yellow, slightly iridescent areas of partial disintegration.

Decoration: four lily forms incised on the inside of the bowl.

Provenance:

To 1917

Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1917 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Voucher No. 5, July 1917, L. 2568, 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)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.235

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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