Pitcher

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: soft, sandy, white. Glaze: cream-white enamel with traces of iridescence due to decay. Decoration: in low relief. The principal band contains an inscription in raised Kufic lettering.

• Inscriptions

  The Kufic inscription is as follows:

  [Arbc]

  Al-'azz wa'l-aqbal wa ad-dawlast wa's-samaw-t wa'lbaqa li-sahib

  "Glory and prosperity and power and eminence (?) and perpetuity to (the) possessor."

  "Glory and prosperity and power and eminence (?) and perpetuity to (the) possessor."

• Provenance

  To 1937

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

  From 1937

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Kufic script, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Saljuq period (1037 - 1300), Iridescence, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)