Deep bowl

Black outlines for design which is built up on white slip on grayish brown ground. Few dark blue spots. Clear transparent glaze with some iridescence on inside and more on outside. Lower part of body and foot unglazed. Two small restorations on rim flange.

Decorated on inside with gazelle facing right.

Historical period(s)
Il-Khanid dynasty, late 13th-early 14th
Medium
Stone-paste painted under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 14.8 x 27 cm (5 13/16 x 10 5/8 in)
Geography
Iran
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1947.9
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
gazelle, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353), Iran, iridescence
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Black outlines for design which is built up on white slip on grayish brown ground. Few dark blue spots. Clear transparent glaze with some iridescence on inside and more on outside. Lower part of body and foot unglazed. Two small restorations on rim flange.

Decorated on inside with gazelle facing right.

Published References
  • Sekai bijutsu zenshu [A Complete Collection of World Art]. 40 vols., Tokyo, 1960-1966. pl. 86.
  • Richard Ettinghausen, Ernst Kuhnel. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present. 6 vols., London and New York, 1938 - 1939. vol. 5: pl. 779.
  • Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 310.
  • Sheila Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom. The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800. Yale University Press Pelican History of Art London. p. 22, fig. 25.
  • Richard Ettinghausen. Medieval Near Eastern Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and Baltimore. p. 38.
  • Arthur Upham Pope, Iranian Institute of America. Masterpieces of Persian Art. New York. pp. 79, 139, pl. 103.
  • Ernst Kuhnel. Islamische Kleinkunst: ein Handbuch fur Sammler and Liebhaber. Bibliothek fur Kunst, 2nd ed. Braunschweig, Germany. p. 118, fig. 76.
  • Dr. Esin Atil. Ceramics from the World of Islam. Exh. cat. Washington, 1973. cat. 70, pp. 154-155.
  • Dr. Esin Atil. Exhibition of Islamic Pottery at the Freer Gallery of Art. London, March 1974. p. 265, fig. 21.
Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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