Object Details
- Description
- Clay: sandy, white.
- Glaze: opaque, cream-colored, crazed; lustreless blue glaze on the base.
- Decoration: painted in overglaze enamels and gold. Inscription.
- Provenance
- 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
- 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 Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
- Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
- 2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Pottery (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)
- Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
- Near Eastern Art (June 5, 1964 to August 18, 1967)
- Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, Pottery, Metalwork, and Glass (April 12, 1955 to November 21, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Ceramics and Glass (January 9, 1945 to May 1, 1945)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Paintings (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
- Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Late 12th-early 13th
- Period
- Saljuq period
- Accession Number
- F1938.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stone-paste body painted over glaze with enamel (mina'i)
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 8.8 x 23 cm (3 7/16 x 9 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- On View
- Freer Gallery 03: Engaging the Senses
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
- harp
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1938.12
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye303cd0faf-656b-44e0-8d11-83e70bcca7f3
