Medium:

Clay: soft, white. Glaze: whitish, almost wholly decomposed

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 7.3 × 14.2 cm (2 7/8 × 5 9/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Iraq

Date:

1st-3rd century

Period:

Arsacid period

Description:

Conical, with a rounded base. A faint line of bluish green within the edge.

Provenance:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) [1]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file.

[2] 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)

Previous custodian or owner:

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

Parthian period (247 BCE - 224 CE)  Search this

Iraq  Search this

Ancient Near Eastern Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1904.150

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/ye3f676bd37-86e8-4e2f-8497-e05c6b5c3af6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1904.150