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Platter with Lobed Rim

CulturePersian
Date17th century
MediumPottery
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 × 14 inches (6.35 × 35.56 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number45-27/4
On View
Not on view
DescriptionReserved in deep leaf green in a black ground with a floral trellis centering a medallion with a quatrefoil motif, the edges gracefully scalloped.Exhibition History

No exhibition history known at this time.

Provenance

With Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, by 1930 [1];

V. Everit Macy (1871–1930), New York, by 1930 [2];

Purchased at Macy’s posthumous sale, The V. Everit Macy Collection including Rare and Important Persian and Mesopotamian Pottery, Persian and Indian Miniatures, Persian Brocades, and Velvet Carpets, American Art Association,  Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, January 8, 1938, lot 466 as Daghestan (Koubatcha) Green and Black Plate, by Brummer Gallery, New York, 1938–1945 [3];

Purchased from Brummer Gallery by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1945 [4].

[1] The dealer Dikran Kelekian is listed as a previous owner in the catalog for the posthumous sale of V. Everit Macy’s collection.  See The V. Everit Macy Collection auction catalog, January 6–8, 1938, produced by American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc.

[2] See lot 466 in Catalog of the V. Everit Macy Collection including rare and important Persian and Mesopotamian pottery, Persian and Indian miniatures, Persian brocades, and velvet carpets (New York: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1938), 112, (repro.).

[3] See The V. Everit Macy Collection auction catalog, January 6–8, 1938, produced by American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc.

[4] Brummer Gallery Object Inventory Card no. N4237.

Published References

Catalog of the V. Everit Macy Collection including rare and important Persian and Mesopotamian pottery, Persian and Indian miniatures, Persian brocades, and velvet carpets (New York: American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1938), 112, (repro.).

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