Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Bowl, deep, standing on a low basal ring; broken and repaired. Body: soft, grayish-white (?). Glaze: cream-colored, opaque, flowing irregularly on to the foot. Decoration: painted in minai technique, over glaze, principally in green, black, red and yellow.

• Provenance

  To 1945

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1945

  From 1945

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York on January 31, 1945 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. For additional information, see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

  Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• 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

  1100s, 1200s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Place

  Kashan

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)