Object Details
- Description
- Persian, late 14th century,
- Sultanabad.
- Bowl, deep inverted cone form on low foot. Rim nicked.
- Clay: soft, buff.
- Glaze: deep lapis-lazuli blue, crackled. Gray areas of partial disintegration.
- Decoration: in olive-brown lustre, over glaze.
- Provenance
- From at least 1908-1909
- Persian Imperial Collection, from at least 1908-1909 [1]
- 1909
- T.J. Larkin, London, to 1909 [2]
- From 1909 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from T.J. Larkin in 1909 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] According to a note by Charles Lang Freer in the object record, F1909.313 and F1909.314 were formerly in the Persian Imperial Collection; Mr. Freer was shown both objects, during his trip to Constantinople in 1908-1909, by officials escorting the young Shah of Persia on a journey to London (see F1909.313, Curatorial Remark 3, as well as F1909.314, Curatorial Remark 3, in the object records).
- [2] See Original Pottery List, L. 1942, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Persian Imperial Collection
- Thomas Joseph Larkin (1848-1915) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- late 14th century
- Period
- Il-Khanid dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted under glaze and over glaze with luster
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10.9 x 20.6 cm (4 5/16 x 8 1/8 in)
- Type
- Vessel
