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    Object Details

    Description

    Clay: sandy, white.
    Glaze: opaque, cream-colored, crazed; lustreless blue glaze on the base.
    Decoration: painted in overglaze enamels and gold. Inscription.

    Provenance

    To 1938
    Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1938 [1]
    From 1938
    Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York in 1938 [2]
    Notes:
    [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Freer Gallery or Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
    [2] See note 1.

    Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

    Exhibition History

    Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
    Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
    Near Eastern Ceramics (May 10, 1985 to September 3, 1985)
    Near Eastern Ceramics (June 24, 1982 to September 23, 1982)
    Near Eastern Ceramics (May 14, 1981 to May 10, 1985)
    Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)
    Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
    2500 Years of Persian Art—Paintings, Pottery (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)
    Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
    Near Eastern Art (June 5, 1964 to August 18, 1967)
    Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)
    Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)
    Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, Pottery, Metalwork, and Glass (April 12, 1955 to November 21, 1955)
    Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
    Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Ceramics and Glass (January 9, 1945 to May 1, 1945)
    Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Paintings (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
    Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

    Previous custodian or owner

    Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951)

    Credit Line

    Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

    Date

    Late 12th-early 13th

    Period

    Saljuq period

    Accession Number

    F1938.12

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Vessel

    Medium

    Stone-paste body painted over glaze with enamel (mina'i)

    Dimensions

    H x Diam: 8.8 x 23 cm (3 7/16 x 9 1/16 in)

    Origin

    Iran

    On View

    West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 03: Engaging the Senses

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    National Museum of Asian Art

    Data Source

    National Museum of Asian Art

    Topic

    ceramic
    Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
    harp
    Iran
    Arts of the Islamic World
    stone-paste

    Metadata Usage

    Usage conditions apply

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye303cd0faf-656b-44e0-8d11-83e70bcca7f3

    Record ID

    fsg_F1938.12

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