Dish
Object Details
- Description
- Dish, round, shallow on bold foot; rim broken.
- Clay: soft, white.
- Glaze: luminous turquoise blue; pitted. Under the foot, light greenish gray.
- Provenance
- To 1903
- Unidentified private dealer, Paris, to 1903 [1]
- From 1903 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentifed 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] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, L. 1232, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [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
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 12th century?
- Accession Number
- F1903.193
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted underglaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 5.1 × 20.2 cm (2 × 7 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- On View
- Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- The Story of the Beautiful
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1903.193
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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