Brazier with octagonal body; tripod; two loop handles

Fire-pot: octagonol body, tripod; two loop handles. Cracked.
Clay: hard, gray.
Glaze: bluish-white; blue, green, and yellow under body.
Decoration: inscription in “naskhi” in raised blue enamel with lines of blue and green enamel over glaze.

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Historical period(s)
19th century
Medium
Glazed clay
Dimensions
H x Diam: 10.9 Ɨ 11.3 cm (4 5/16 Ɨ 4 7/16 in)
Geography
Iran
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1907.158
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Brazier

Keywords
fire, Iran
Provenance

To 1907
Kihachiro Matsuki, New York and Tokyo, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kihachiro Matsuki in 1907 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 1489, 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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Kihachiro Matsuki (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Description

Fire-pot: octagonol body, tripod; two loop handles. Cracked.
Clay: hard, gray.
Glaze: bluish-white; blue, green, and yellow under body.
Decoration: inscription in "naskhi" in raised blue enamel with lines of blue and green enamel over glaze.

Inscription(s)

inscription in "naskhi" in raised blue enamel with lines of blue and green enamel over glaze.

Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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