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Bowl

Object Details

Description
Bowl: wide, flaring with incurvate rim; bold foot. Broken, repaired and restored.
Clay: soft, red earthenware.
Glaze: leaf-green with areas of slight iridescence; outside unglazed.
Decoration: champleve, with black reserve.
Provenance
To 1927
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1927 [1]
From 1927
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1927 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
Near Eastern Art—Paintings, Pottery (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Previous custodian or owner
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Date
11th century
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Medium
Glazed clay
Dimensions
H x W: 14.1 x 44.5 cm (5 9/16 x 17 1/2 in)
Type
Vessel
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