Tile fragment
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Object Details
- Description
- Arc fragment of a circular tile.
- Clay: soft, dense, gray and yellow.
- Decoration: enameled in red, green, yellow, turquoise and lapis blue glazes on a ground of cerulean blue ("haft-rangi").
- Provenance
- To 1908
- N. Ohan, Jerusalem, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N. Ohan in 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1759, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- N. Ohan (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- F1908.110
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Architectural Element
- Medium
- Cuerda seca earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x W: 23.9 x 26.1 cm (9 7/16 x 10 1/4 in)
- Origin
- Possibly Shiraz, Iran
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Iran
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.110
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3e5e02a32-c8ce-413f-b244-435e23483637
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