Object Details
Description
Jar, large, ovoidal, with a truncated neck. Repaired and restored.
Clay: soft, dense, grayish.
Glaze: brilliant deep cobalt blue.
Decoration: modeled in the paste, in low relief.
Provenance
To 1908
Tabbagh Frères, Paris, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tabbagh Frères, Paris, through the Bauer-Folsom Company, New York, in 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1860, 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
Storage Jars of Asia (October 29, 2000 to March 10, 2002)
Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
Previous custodian or owner
Tabbagh Frères (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1284-1285
Period
Il-Khanid dynasty
Accession Number
F1908.198
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stone-paste with cobalt-blue glaze
Dimensions
H x W: 50.2 x 40.4 cm (19 3/4 x 15 7/8 in)
Origin
Iran
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
ceramic
Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)
Iran
Arts of the Islamic World
Charles Lang Freer collection
stone-paste
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Record ID
fsg_F1908.198