Bowl

Clay: sandy, rosy buff.
Glaze: transparent with a greenish cast; crazed. It is applied over a white slip inside the bowl and over the body outside.
Decoration: inside, painted in brown on the slip under glaze.

Historical period(s)
possibly 13th century
Medium
Stone-paste painted under clear glaze
Dimensions
H x Diam: 8 x 19.4 cm (3 1/8 x 7 5/8 in)
Geography
Egypt or Syria
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1942.9
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
Egypt, Syria
Provenance

To 1942
Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc., New York to 1942 [1]

From 1942
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc. in 1942 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Freer Gallery or Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Dikran G. Kelekian, Inc.

Description

Clay: sandy, rosy buff.
Glaze: transparent with a greenish cast; crazed. It is applied over a white slip inside the bowl and over the body outside.
Decoration: inside, painted in brown on the slip under glaze.

Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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