Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Persian, 13th-14th century

  Rayy.

  Bowl, deep ovoidal; with a flat rim; bold foot. Mended.

  Clay: sandy, white.

  Glaze: outside in deep lapis-lazuli blue; inside in deep blue, turquoise green, and ivory white, in triangular sections. Much worn and partly destroyed.

  Decoration: painted in gold lustre, over glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1908

  Mirza Ali Asgare Tabrizi, Istanbul, to 1908 [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mirza Ali Asgare Tabrizi in 1908 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1819, 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 Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mirza Ali Asgare Tabrizi (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Mirza Ali Asgare Tabrizi

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Lustre, Ceramics, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)