Ex.Coll.HC.C.1912.04.(TC), Dish with Heron
Ex-Collection, House Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Persian, Islamic, twelfth century
Glazed terracotta, 26.67 cm x 26.67 cm (10 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.)
Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss acquired this ceramic dish from the Parisian dealer Georges Demotte on December 6, 1912, for $1,655, and sold it to Freer Gallery of Art in May 1947.