Bowl

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Bowl: deep, with incurvate rim; bold disk-like foot.
Broken and repaired.
Clay: red earthenware.
Glaze: brilliant green with areas of slight iridescence.
Decoration: champleve, with black reserve.

Historical period(s): 11th-12th century

Medium: Glazed clay

Dimensions: H x W: 14.2 x 32.2 cm (5 9/16 x 12 11/16 in)

Geography: Iran, Garrus district

Credit Line: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number: F1927.1

On View Location: Currently not on view

Classification(s): Ceramic, Vessel

Type: Bowl

Keywords: Iran, iridescence

Provenance

1927
Parish-Watson Company, New York 1927 [1]

From 1927
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in 1927 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s): Parish-Watson Company

Description: Bowl: deep, with incurvate rim; bold disk-like foot.
Broken and repaired.
Clay: red earthenware.
Glaze: brilliant green with areas of slight iridescence.
Decoration: champleve, with black reserve.