Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Persian

  Seljuk period, early 13th century.

  Bowl, deep, on a high, hollowed foot. Cracked and repaired.

  Clay: soft, buff, thinly potted. Glaze: transparent. Decoration: painted in blue and black on a white slip under glaze.

• Inscriptions

  Around the inner edge is a row of Kufic ornamentation derived perhaps from the Arabic words [Arb] ("al-'alim al-haqq") "The Knowing" --"The Truth" (epithets of Allah).

  Around the inner edge is a row of Kufic ornamentation derived perhaps from the Arabic words [Arb] ("al-'alim al-haqq") "The Knowing" --"The Truth" (epithets of Allah).

• Provenance

  To 1910

  Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1910 [1]

  From 1910 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères in 1910 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1978, 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)

  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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Tabbagh Frères, Freer, Charles Lang

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)