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Bowl

National Museum of Asian Art

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
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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
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye303cd0faf-656b-44e0-8d11-83e70bcca7f3

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