Bottle: a bulbous body, a long neck with a cup-shaped lip (chipped) and a heavy basal ring

Object Details

• Description

  Bottle: a bulbous body, a long neck with a cup-shaped lip (chipped) and a heavy basal ring.

  Clay: soft, sandy, buff-colored.

  Glaze: originally greenish-white; largely modified by disintegration; slightly iridescent; chipped.

  Decoration: band of running animals against flower scrolls in low relief.

• Provenance

  To 1912

  Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1912 [1]

  From 1912 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1912 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2229, 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

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (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

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)