Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Clay: soft, firm, buff.

  Glaze: opaque, white.

  Decoration: in polychrome enamels, over glaze. Inscriptions.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc.

• Provenance

  To 1943

  Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York to 1943 [1]

  From 1943

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York in 1943 [2]

  Notes:

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

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  Kashan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc.

• Place

  Kashan

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes