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At A Glance

  • Period

    16th-17th century

  • Geography

    Iran

  • Material

    Earthenware painted under glaze

  • Dimension

    H x Diam: 20.9 × 25.6 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/16 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1903.192

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1903.192

Object Details

  • Description

    The heavily potted jar with widely spaced vertical grooving on the walls. A grayish-green glaze covers the exterior and the interior as well as the base of the jar.
    Clay: fairly hard, gray stoneware.
    Glaze: grayish yellow-green; crackled.

  • Provenance

    To 1903
    Unidentified private dealer, Paris, to 1903 [1]
    From 1903 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified private dealer in Paris, through Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, in 1903 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, and Original Pottery List, L. 1231, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
    [2] See note 1.
    [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

  • Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

  • Exhibition History

    Crosscurrents in Chinese and Islamic Ceramics (March 1, 1996 to July 1, 1997)
    Riza-i Abbasi Album (May 10, 1985 to September 3, 1985)
    Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

  • Origin

    Iran

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer

  • Type

    Vessel

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