Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Kashan(?)

  Bowl: deep conical; high basal ring. Broken and repaired.

  Clay: soft, white.

  Glaze: opaque white tin enamel; crazed.

  Decoration: painted in polychrome and gold over glaze. An inscription in black over glaze on the outside.

• Provenance

  To 1925

  Parish-Watson Company, New York. [1]

  From 1925

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in Feb. 1925. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1. Also, see sales receipt in the Accession File, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Parish-Watson Company

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Parish-Watson Company

• Topic

  Landscapes, Art, Animals, Horsemen and horsewomen, Arts of the Islamic World, Birds, Stone-paste, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)