Medium:

Glazed clay

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 41.6 × 37.9 cm (16 3/8 × 14 15/16 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

11th-12th century

Description:

Jar, large, wide-mouthed, cylindrical.

Clay: soft, white.

Glaze: deep aubergine purple, heavily crackled, partly disintegrated, and showing golden iridescence.

Decoration: indented in the paste.

Provenance:

To 1903

Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1903 [1]

From 1903 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1903 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1242, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[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.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1903.203

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fddb420b-b8ea-46e0-828d-f6b77e8f5211

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1903.203