Jali
17th-19th century
Description
Green-glazed on both sides, this arch-shaped window opening contains an openwork pattern within a border of four ridges. The blanks areas of the openwork define a tabby or plain-weave pattern (over one, under one), through which one would have viewed the outside world.
Dimensions
41 x 24.5 cm (16 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Stuart Cary Welch, Jr. Collection, New Hampshire (?-2011), sold; through [Sotheby’s, London, 5/31/2011, lot 147]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.
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