Tile

Object Details

• Description

  Square tile or plaque with design of two parrots on either side of fountain in floral setting; blue, green and "Armenian bole" red on white ground, colorless glaze. Coarse buff clay body. Beveled edges on back. Sides apparently filed down.

• Provenance

  To 1966

  C. Dikran Kelekian, New York to 1966 [1]

  From 1966

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. Dikran Kelekian in 1966 [2]

  Notes:

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

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)

  Turkish Art (May 26, 1982 to June 24, 1982)

  Turkish Ceramics (September 24, 1982 to May 10, 1985)

  Turkish Art (November 1, 1980 to May 25, 1982)

  Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)

  Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

  Turkish Art—Special Exhibition (August 1 to December 19, 1973)

  Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)

  Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)

  Near Eastern Art (June 5, 1964 to August 18, 1967)

• Previous custodian or owner

  C. Dikran Kelekian (1900-1982)

• Origin

  Iznik, Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Architectural Element

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1650s

• Name

  Kelekian, C. Dikran

• Place

  Iznik

• Topic

  Iznik ware, Art, Fountain, Parrot, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Ceramics, Flowers

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Object Type

  Architectural elements