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Asian Art Museum

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    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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    National Museum of Asian Art

    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

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33c9c93bf-6d8d-481c-a974-336ee11de8ff

    Record ID

    fsg_F1908.198

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