Bowl
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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
late 12th century -
Geography
Probably Kashan, Iran -
Material
Stone-paste painted with luster over blue (cobalt-tinted) glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 7.8 x 17.3 x 17.3 cm (3 1/16 x 6 13/16 x 6 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
S1997.113 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_S1997.113
Object Details
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Description
This medium-sized bowl has a ring foot, and is very slightly flared outward towards its rim. It is blue-glazed with a gold luster painting of Harpy on its inside, and a band of gold luster calligraphy on its inside. The walls of the vessel are thin. -
Provenance
Between 1962-1966 to 1997Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (1907-2000), acquired in Iran [1]From 1997Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge [2]Notes:[1] Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Tehran, Iran, between 1962 and 1966. See Louise A. Cort; Massumeh Farhad; and Ann Clyburn Gunter, “Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts” (Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2000), p. 11.The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and amassed a large collection in the post-World War II years.[2] See Arthur M. Sackler Gallery “Acquisition Consideration Form,” approved on December 19, 1997, copy in object file. See also signed “Deed of Gift to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution,” dated December 26, 1997, copy in object file.Research updated May 18, 2023 -
Collection
National Museum of Asian Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Sky Blue: Color in Ceramics of the Islamic World (Saturday, July 16, 2016 - Sunday, April 02, 2017)Nur: Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World (March 30 to June 29, 2014)Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts (October 29, 2000 to April 22, 2001) -
Previous custodian or owner
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000)) -
Origin
Probably Kashan, Iran -
Credit Line
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge -
Type
Vessel -
Restrictions and Rights
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