Bowl

Clay: soft, sandy. Glaze: ivory-white. Decoration: painted in gold lustre.

Historical period(s)
Saljuq period, 13th century
Medium
Stone-paste painted under clear glaze
Dimensions
Diam: 20 cm (7 7/8 in)
Geography
Iran, Kashan
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1940.22
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
Iran, Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
Provenance

To 1940
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1940 [1]

From 1940
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1940 [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)

Dikran Garabed Kelekian 1868-1951

Description

Clay: soft, sandy. Glaze: ivory-white. Decoration: painted in gold lustre.

Published References
  • Report of the Secretary, 1941/42. Washington. pl. 3.
  • Richard Ettinghausen, Ernst Kuhnel. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. 6 vols., London and New York, 1938 - 1939. vol. 2: p. 1587, vol. 5: pl. 714B.
  • Richard Ettinghausen. Medieval Near Eastern Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and Baltimore. p. 27.
  • Dr. Esin Atil. Ceramics from the World of Islam. Exh. cat. Washington, 1973. cat. 29, pp. 70-71.
  • Oliver Watson. Persian Luster Ware. The Faber monographs on pottery and porcelain Boston and London. p. 91.
Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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