Medium:

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 34.8 × 27.7 cm (13 11/16 × 10 15/16 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

11th-12th century

Description:

Jar, three handled, heavy semi-ovoidal form. One handle missing. Bottom incased in a copper base.

Clay: soft, light-buff.

Glaze: brilliant blue green, crackled; almost lost under areas of partial disintegration; brilliant iridescence.

Provenance:

To 1904

Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1904 [1]

From 1904 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1904 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Voucher No. 1, September 1904, L. 1306, 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)

Previous custodian or owner:

Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Syria  Search this

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Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1904.170

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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/ye39aead2df-0456-44f5-8a05-cd9ede0cee77

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1904.170