Bottle

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle, rectangular with a concave base.

  Clay: soft, white.

  Glaze: transparent silicious.

  Decoration: painted in brown and blue on a white slip under glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1904

  Michel Boy (died 1904), France, to 1904 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Michel Boy Collection, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 15-27, 1905, through Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951) [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Voucher No. 1, October 1905, and Original Pottery List, L. 1402, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [2] 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

  An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)

  Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Michel Boy (died 1904)

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

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Boy, Michel, Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)