Tile

Object Details

• Description

  One of two square tiles, yellow glaze with pink floral motifs, Chinese or European, from Wat Chalerm Phra Kiat.

• Provenance

  To 1997

  Sarah M. Bekker, acquired from Wat Chalern Phra Kiat, Thailand. [1]

  From 1997

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Sarah M. Bekker. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1. See also object record.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Sarah M. Bekker (1923-2013)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Sarah M. Bekker

• Type

  Architectural Element

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Name

  Bekker, Sarah M.

• Place

  Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Pottery, Southeast Asian Art, Bangkok period (1782 - 1932 ), Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements