Fragment of an underglaze cobalt-blue-painted wall tile
date: label: Date
content: 18th century (?)
notes: label: Description
content: Shape: Corner section of a large, hollow wall tile, curvilinear in form but of uncertain outline.
label: Description
content: Clay: Very porous, medium-grained, dark buff-colored body having many fine, white inclusions and a moderate number of air pockets.
label: Description
content: Glaze: Shiny, clear glaze having a greenish tint and a moderately large crackle pattern.
label: Description
content: Decoration: Underglaze cobalt-blue vegetal and geometric designs painted on a white slip ground.
label: Description
content: Marks: None.
label: Provenance
content: To 1957
label: Provenance
content: Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]
label: Provenance
content: 1957
label: Provenance
content: John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, gift of Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1957
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Curatorial Remarks 2 and 3 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.
label: Collection
content: Freer Study Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Abu Ridho (born 1927)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)
place: label: Origin
content: Iran?
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Iran
label: Topic
content: stoneware
label: Topic
content: Arts of the Islamic World
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: See more items in
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John A. Pope
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: FSC-P-436
objectType: label: Type
content: Architectural Element
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Glazed stoneware Mold-formed
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5.9 x 15.1 x 4 cm (2 5/16 x 5 15/16 x 1 9/16 in)