Panel from a mihrab

Object Details

• Description

  Tile: the central plaque of a lustre "mihrab."

  Clay: soft, gray.

  Glaze: white.

  Decoration: scrolls and inscription in relief; surface painted in brown lustre on white, with additions of cerulean and turquoise blue (slightly damaged).

• Provenance

  To 1909

  T.J. Larkin, London, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from T.J. Larkin in 1909 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1952, 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

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)

  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)

  Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas Joseph Larkin (1848-1915) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Probably Kashan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Architectural Element

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Larkin, Thomas Joseph

• Place

  Kashan

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements