Tile

Object Details

• Description

  Half cruciform tile. Broken and repaired.

  Clay: soft, buff.

  Glaze: deep lapis-lazuli blue, modified by silvery areas of incipient disintegration.

• Provenance

  To 1909

  Vitali Madjar, Cairo, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

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

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1970, 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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Vitali Madjar (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Architectural Element

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Vitali Madjar

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements