Tile
date: label: Date
content: 12th-13th century
label: Period
content: Il-Khanid dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Tile: eight pointed star form. Broken across and repaired. Three points fractured.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, dense, buff.
label: Description
content: Glaze: brilliant turquoise-blue with a silvery iridescence. Slight earthy deposit.
label: Description
content: Decoration: modeled in the paste in low relief.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Vitali Madjar, Cairo, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vitali Madjar in 1909 [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. 1966, 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: Vitali Madjar (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: Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)
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: F1909.105
objectType: label: Type
content: Architectural Element
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Glazed clay
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20.6 x 2 cm (8 1/8 x 13/16 in)