Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Blue-and-white ceramic bowl. Shallow body, wide-lipped rim. Low, wide foot ring. Edge of rim is scalloped. Interior and exterior are decorated with blue paint under a clear glaze. Interior is decorated with floral or vegetal patterns. The center of the interior of the bowl contains a bird atop a hill with stylized peonies emanating from the hillside and surrounding the bird. Some of the flowers and parts of the bird contain a brown/red paint. Design on exterior of bowl was possibly floral, but blurred so as to appear abstract. Foot ring is covered with a brown glaze. Four holes on one side of foot ring for hanging. A fragment of rope still remains in two of the holes. There is a chip out of the rim and the surface of the glaze has crackled. There is a dark smudge in one corner of the center of the bowl, which appears to be underneath the glaze.

• Provenance

  To 1994

  Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994), New York. [1]

  From 1994 to 1999

  Estate of Adrienne Minassian. [2]

  From 1999

  Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Adrienne Minassian, accessioned in 1999. [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Study Collection catalogue card, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See object record.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994)

  Estate of Adrienne Minassian

• Origin

  Syria or Iran

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s

• Name

  Minassian, Adrienne, Estate of Adrienne Minassian

• Topic

  Art, Animals, Arts of the Islamic World, Birds, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians, Syrians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)