Bowl
Object Details
- Description
- Bowl, large, deep, ovoidal; heavy foot; cracked.
- Clay: heavy, coarse, gray.
- Glaze: white, with tinges of green; crackled and discolored to a brownish tone. Chipped along the rim.
- Decoration: painted in blue and black under glaze.
- Provenance
- To 1908
- Habra Brothers, Damascus, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Habra Brothers in 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1786, 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
- Bicentennial Exhibition: Near Eastern and Indian Art (December 15, 1975 to November 10, 1976)
- Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Habra Brothers (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
- 19th century
- Period
- Qajar period
- Accession Number
- F1908.132
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted under glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 13.2 x 32.7 cm (5 3/16 x 12 7/8 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- ceramic
- horse
- falconry
- Qajar period (1779 - 1925)
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- equestrian
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.132
