Dish

Object Details

• Description

  Dish, shallow bowl-form, on a deep foot. Repairs and plaster restorations.

  Clay: hard, white.

  Glaze: robin's egg blue

  Decoratoin: in red, black, gray, over glaze. Inscription.

• Inscriptions

  On the outer edge is a cursive Arabic inscription similar to that on no. S.I. 1347 [09.130] as follows:

  [Arb]

  "Prosperity superabundant, and Victory triumphant, and Plenty enduring, and Majesty rising, Plenty, and Prosperity, and Dominion, and Happiness, and Health, and Honor, and Power, and ..., and Might, and ..., Eternal Power!"

  (See Curatorial Remark number 4)

  Inscript: [Arb]

  "al-'izz al-dayim wa'l-igbal al-zayid wa'l-nasr al-ghalib wa'l-farr al-gayim wa'l-jadd al-sa'id * al-'izz wa'l-igbal wa'l-dawla wa'l-sa'ada wa'l-salama wa'l-karama wa'l-ghudda (?) wa'l-minna (?) wa'l-'azama wa'l-... li-sahibih."

  "Eternal glory, and ever-lasting good fortune, and overwhelming victory, and self-subsisting aura of glory, and good luck. Glory, good fortune, prosperity, happiness, good health, nobility, [good] poretion, favor, greatness, and ... to the owner."

  (See Curatorial Remark number 10)

  The exterior has a band of cursive Arabic inscription which employs the popular phrases observed in several other examples:

  [arbc]

  And prosperity superabundant and victory triumphant and power enduring and good fortune rising and power and prosperity and dominion and happiness and safety and generosity and power and ... might and ... power eternal.

  And prosperity superabundant and victory triumphant and power enduring and good fortune rising and power and prosperity and dominion and happiness and safety and generosity and power and ... might and ... power eternal.

• Provenance

  To 1909

  Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères in 1909 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1955, 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

  Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

  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, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

  Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)

  Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Tabbagh Frères, Freer, Charles Lang

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Saljuq period (1037 - 1300), Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)