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Bowl

Object Details

Description
Kashan(?)
Bowl: deep conical; high basal ring. Broken and repaired.
Clay: soft, white.
Glaze: opaque white tin enamel; crazed.
Decoration: painted in polychrome and gold over glaze. An inscription in black over glaze on the outside.
Provenance
To 1925
Parish-Watson Company, New York. [1]
From 1925
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in Feb. 1925. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See note 1. Also, see sales receipt in the Accession File, Collections Management Office.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
Previous custodian or owner
Parish-Watson Company
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
13th century and later
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Medium
Stone-paste with underglaze and overglaze decoration
Dimensions
H x W: 7.9 x 18 cm (3 1/8 x 7 1/16 in)
Type
Vessel
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