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Medium:
Stone-paste painted under glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam: 28 × 22.2 cm (11 × 8 3/4 in)
Style:
Raqqa ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Raqqa, Syria
Date:
12th-13th century
Description:
Jar; inverted pear-form, on a heavily molded foot; repair in the shoulder.
Clay: soft, grayish.
Glaze: dark blue-green, with areas of discoloration and incipient disintegration; iridescent.
Decoration: traces of Arabic letters painted in black under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1904
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1904 [1]
From 1904 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing, Paris in July 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Voucher No. 1, July 1904, 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
Exhibition History:
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
America Meets Asia at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 9, 1993 to June 2, 1998)
The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner:
Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Syria  Search this
Raqqa ware  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
stone-paste  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1904.144
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
The Story of the Beautiful
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c9abe394-7bb3-4c71-9722-d8f81c9d23fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1904.144