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Asian Art
Bowl with Courtiers and Elephants
12th–13th century
Stonepaste with luster over opaque white glaze
4 × 16 1/8 in. (10.1 × 41 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1955.51.17
Geography:
Iran
Status:
Not on view
Culture:
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period:
Seljuk period (1037–1194) or Ilkhanid period (1256–1353)
Classification:
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance:
Dikran Kelekian (1868–1951), New York (bears label "Lent by Kelekian #29", "29" and partially visible, illegible label "Bardjurian"?; Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1955 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.