Ladle

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1985

  Ahuan (Islamic Art Services Limited), London, to 1985

  From 1985

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Ahuan) in 1985 [1]

  Notes:

  [1] The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection to the Freer Permanent Collection (see Curatorial Note 5, Elizabeth F. Duley, December 17, 1992, in the object record).

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ahuan (Islamic Art Services Limited)

• Origin

  Iran or Afghanistan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Tool and Equipment

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1200s, 1300s

• Name

  Ahuan (Islamic Art Services Limited)

• Place

  Afghanistan

• Topic

  Bronze, Rabbits, Art, Inlay (process), Animals, Sculpture, Arts of the Islamic World, Chasing, Metal-work

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Tools and equipment