Bottle

Object Details

• Provenance

  By at least 1933-to at least 1934

  H. Kevorkian, New York, method of acquisition unknown [1]

  From 1934

  The Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from H. Kevorkian [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962) was a dealer and collector of Islamic and Persian works with eponymous galleries in New York and Paris. See also note 2.

  [2] See copies of H. Kevorkian invoices to Freer Gallery of Art, May 19, 1934, and marked approved on April 20, 1934 in the object file. Payment was made over two installments, the first of which was recorded as being sent October 28, 1933; this indicates the vase was in Kevorkian’s possession from at least October 1933.

  Research updated November 21, 2022

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art (April 29, 2023 - ongoing)

  Gallery 26 Test Installation (September 8, 2022 to February 28, 2023)

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

  From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

  Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)

  Art of the Mamluks (May 14, 1981 to May 25, 1982)

  Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)

  Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)

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

  Glass Exhibition, in honor of VI International Congress on Glass (July 4, 1962 to December 3, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Ceramics and Glass (January 9, 1945 to May 1, 1945)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Paintings (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Probably Cairo, Egypt

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 26: Connecting Stories at the National Museum of Asian Art

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Place

  Cairo

• Topic

  Gilding, Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Enamel and enameling, Blow molding, Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE), Glassblowing

• Culture

  Muslims, Syrians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes