Object Details
- Description
- Shape: Mold-formed, hollow wall-tile fragment, probably architectural.
- Clay: The body is a very fine clay, light buff in color, having many small air pockets. There are very few inclusions.
- Glaze: The body is covered with a clear crackled glaze over the cobalt-blue painted decoration. It is not clear whether there is a slip below the cobalt painting or whether the milky white color is imparted by the glaze itself. The bubbly, translucent glaze covers the sides and top of the tile.
- Decoration: The underglaze cobalt-blue-painted design consists of freely painted borders conforming to the physical shape of the piece. The cobalt-blue paint is of good quality.
- Marks: None.
- Provenance
- To 1957
- Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]
- 1957
- John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, gift of Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [2]
- From 1957
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See object file, Collections Management Office. See also Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Study Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Abu Ridho (born 1927)
- Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 15th-16th century
- Period
- Later Le dynasty
- Credit Line
- Gift of John A. Pope
- Medium
- Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2.9 x 8.3 x 7.2 cm (1 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 13/16 in)
- Type
- Architectural Element
