Vase
Object Details
- Description
- Decorated with leafy scrolls and straight plants, and frieze of fishes, in black under a bluish glaze, partially obscured by heavy iridescence; inside of neck partially glazed.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- early 13th century
- Period
- Saljuq period
- Accession Number
- F1966.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted under colorless glaze
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 31.4 x 17.7 cm (12 3/8 x 6 15/16 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- iridescence
- ceramic
- fish
- plant
- Kashan ware
- Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1966.20
- Usage
- Not determined
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