Tile

Object Details

• Description

  Star tile.

  Paste: off-white.

  Glaze: transparent.

  Decoration: underglaze painted in blue and turquoise; overglaze in brownish-gold.

• Provenance

  To 1969

  The Textile Museum, Washington DC [1]

  From 1969

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from the Textile Museum, Washington, DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

  See also object file, undated folder sheet note and invoice dated October 8, 1969 in the object folder.

  [2] See note 1. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection to the Permanent Collection on December 3, 1973.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

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

  A Decade of Discovery: Selected Acquisitions 1970-1980 (November 9, 1979 to May 22, 1980)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  The Textile Museum

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Architectural Element

• On View

  Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  The Textile Museum

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Ceramics, Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements

• On View

  Yes