Corner piece tile
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
label: Period
content: Qajar period
notes: label: Description
content: Tile: a corner piece.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, grayish-yellow.
label: Description
content: Decoration: enameled in greenish and reddish-brown lustre glazes in a field of light yellow; discolorations, partial disintegration and rich iridescence (haft-rangi). G laze chipped along edges.
label: Provenance
content: To 1908
label: Provenance
content: Dimitri Andalft, Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1908 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dimitri Andalft in 1908 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1714, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dimitri Andalft (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Iran
topic: label: Topic
content: iridescence
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Qajar period (1779 - 1925)
label: Topic
content: Iran
label: Topic
content: Arts of the Islamic World
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1908.76
objectType: label: Type
content: Architectural Element
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Cuerda seco earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 16.9 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm (6 5/8 x 6 9/16 x 1 1/8 in)