- Provenance
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To 1938
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1938 [1]From 1938
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1938 [2]Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Freer Gallery or Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Dikran Garabed Kelekian 1868-1951
- Description
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Clay: sandy, white.
Glaze: opaque, grayish cream, crazed.
Decoration: painted in overglaze enamels, on both surfaces, including a medallion underneath the bowl. Kufic inscription.
- Inscription(s)
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The Kufic inscription appearing in white reserve on a blue ground on the inside of the bowl is merely auspicious, without date or name. It reads:
[Arbc]
al-'izz al-dayim wa'l-iqbal al-zayid wa'l-nasr al-ghalib wa'l-farr al-gayim wa'l-jadd al-sa'id wa'l-dawla wa'l-sa'ada wa'l-salama wa'l-karama wa';-dawla wa'l-sa'ada wa'l-salama wa'l-karama wa'l-baraka wa';-dawla wa'l-baqa li-sahibih"Eternal glory, ever-increasing good fortune, overwhelming victory, self-subsisting aura of glory, good luck, prosperity, happiness, good health, nobility, prosperity, happiness, good health, nobility, blessing, prosperity and long life to the owner."
- Published References
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- Friedrich Paul Theodor Sarre, Fredrik Robert Martin. Die Ausstellung von Meisterwerken Muhammedanischer Kunst in Muchen, 1910. 3 vols., Munich. vol. 2, pl. 96.
- Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 293.
- Freer Gallery of Art. Gallery Book III: Exhibition of December 5, 1938. Washington. .
- Richard Ettinghausen. Medieval Near Eastern Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and Baltimore. pp. 30-31.
- Dr. Esin Atil. Ceramics from the World of Islam. Exh. cat. Washington, 1973. cat. 51, pp. 116-117.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
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