Tile

Object Details

• Description

  Tile, hexagonal. Surface chipped; corner broken.

  Clay: soft, dense, white.

  Glaze: original silicious transparent greenish cream; advanced disintegration; iridescent.

  Decoration: a gazelle and floral pattern in low relief in the engobe; traces of blue under-glaze painting.

• Provenance

  To 1904

  Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1904 [1]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1904 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1904, L. 1311, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)

  The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Syria

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Architectural Element

• On View

  Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Iridescence, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Syrians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements

• On View

  Yes