Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: soft, sandy. Glaze: ivory-white. Decoration: painted in gold lustre.

• Provenance

  To 1940

  Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1940 [1]

  From 1940

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1940 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Freer Gallery or Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Near Eastern Ceramics (May 10, 1985 to September 3, 1985)

  Near Eastern Ceramics (June 24, 1982 to September 23, 1982)

  Near Eastern Ceramics (May 14, 1981 to May 10, 1985)

  Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951)

• Origin

  Kashan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Kelekian, Dikran Garabed

• Place

  Kashan

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)