Object Details
- Description
- Eight-pointed star tile.
- Paste: off-white.
- Glaze: transparent.
- Decoration: underglaze painted in white slip and blue; overglaze painted in brownish-gold luster.
- Provenance
- From 1930s to 1970
- Dr. Myron Bement Smith (1897-1970), New York[1]
- 1970 – 71
- Mrs. Myron Bement Smith, Washington DC [2]
- From 1971
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mrs. Myron Bement Smith [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Curatorial remark 2 in the object record.
- Dr. Smith was an archaeologist, specializing in ancient Islamic architecture. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were known to be in Isfahan in 1936. See A.T. Olmstead's "A Year of Research in the Near East" (Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, no. 69, Feb. 1938, pg. 23).
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office. The object was transferred from the Freer Study Collection to the Permanent Collection approved on December 3, 1973.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Dr. Myron Bement Smith (1897-1970)
- Katherine Dennis Smith (Mrs. Myron Bement Smith) (1893-1983)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Myron Bement Smith
- 14th century
- Period
- Il-Khanid dynasty
- Accession Number
- F1973.15
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Architectural Element
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted under clear glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 20.7 x 20.8 cm (8 1/8 x 8 3/16 in)
- Origin
- Sultanabad, Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Myron Bement Smith collection
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1973.15
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f5bb6816-142c-4074-98b3-6aa022323260
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