Architectural fragment

Object Details

• Description

  Fragment of star tile, stone-paste, painted in lustre and blue on an opaque white glaze.

  Contains inscriptions in pencil on back.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription on the back.

• Provenance

  From 1934 to 1970

  Dr. Myron Bement Smith (1897-1970) [1]

  From 1970 to 71

  Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, Washington DC [2]

  From 1971

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, Washington DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See folder sheet note dated July 26, 2006, copy in Myron Bement Smith Collection file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1. Also see correspondences between Mrs. Myron Bement Smith and the Freer Gallery of Art, copy in Myron Bement Smith Collection file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Myron Bement Smith (1897-1970)

  Katherine Dennis Smith (Mrs. Myron Bement Smith) (1893-1983)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Gift from Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, from the collection of Myron Bement Smith

• Type

  Architectural Element

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Name

  Smith, Myron Bement, Smith, Katherine Dennis

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Ceramics, Myron Bement Smith collection, Kashan ware

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements