Skip to main content Smithsonian Institution

Catalog Data

Medium:
Earthenware painted in lustre over opaque white glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 9.9 x 35.9 cm (3 7/8 x 14 1/8 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iraq
Date:
early 20th century
Description:
Bowl: Large, ovoidal, with flaring rim; low foot.
Glaze: opaque cream-white, stanniferous.
Decoration: painted in yellow lustre over glaze. Inscriptions.
Provenance:
To 1925
Parish-Watson Company, New York. [1]
From 1925
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in Feb. 1925. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See note 1. Also, see sales receipt in the Accession File, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Near Eastern Ceramics (May 10, 1985 to September 3, 1985)
Near Eastern Ceramics (June 24, 1982 to September 23, 1982)
Near Eastern Ceramics (May 14, 1981 to May 10, 1985)
Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)
Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)
Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian Manuscripts (May 5, 1933 to September 22, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
Previous custodian or owner:
Parish-Watson Company
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
forgery  Search this
Iraq  Search this
earthenware  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
lustre  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1925.6
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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/ye3eff3210b-d379-447c-a24c-cf4719e81b6f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1925.6