Object Details
- Patron
- Abu Nasr Kirmanshah
- Description
- Made for Amir Abu Nasr Kirmanshah
- Bowl: deep, with a foliated rim; high, hollow foot. Broken and repaired.
- Clay: soft, white.
- Glaze: cream-white.
- Decoration: painted over glaze in pale blue and green, with areas of tomato-red; linear details in black and gold. Inscriptions both inside and outside.
- Label
- This eight-lobed bowl harmoniously combines figural, abstract, and calligraphic designs and is typical of some of the finest medieval Persian ceramics. The bowl is decorated with enamel paint, and a princely figure on a large and powerful elephant dominates the center. A band of kufic inscription offering blessings and good wishes surrounds him. The exterior inscription celebrates the qualities of a certain Abu Nasr Kirmanshah, the patron of this finely decorated bowl.
- Provenance
- 1927
- Parish-Watson Company, New York 1927 [1]
- From 1927
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in 1927 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Facing East: Portraits from Asia (July 1 to September 4, 2006)
- 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)
- 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)
- Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
- Near Eastern Pottery and Persian Painting (May 2, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Parish-Watson Company
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- late 12th-early 13th century
- Period
- Saljuq period
- Accession Number
- F1927.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stone-paste body painted under glaze and over glaze with enamel (mina'i)
- Dimensions
- H x Diam: 9 x 18.9 cm (3 9/16 x 7 7/16 in)
- Origin
- Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Arts & Culture
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- portrait
- elephant
- Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
- kufic script
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1927.3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3df46d9fd-8d43-4fef-be6d-2dc9555834f4
