Medium:Stone-paste painted over glaze; decoration carved through black slip
Dimensions:H x W: 8.1 x 20.9 cm (3 3/16 x 8 1/4 in)
Previous custodian or owner:Thomas Joseph Larkin (1848-1915) (C.L. Freer source), Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance:To 1909, T.J. Larkin, London, to 1909 [1], From 1909 to 1919, Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from T.J. Larkin in 1909 [2], From 1920, Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3], Notes:, [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1943, 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.
Origin:Rayy?, Iran
Credit Line:Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date:late 12th centrury
Period:Saljuq period
Type:Vessel
Topic:Saljuq period (1037 - 1300), Iran, Arts of the Islamic World, iridescence
