Medium:

Stone-paste painted with a blue glaze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 65.3 × 51.5 cm (25 11/16 × 20 1/4 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

11th-12th century

Period:

Ayyubid period

Provenance:

To 1906

Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1906 [1]

From 1906 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1906 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Voucher No. 20, October 1906, L. 1467, 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 Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

Previous custodian or owner:

Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (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

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1906.229

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

National Museum of Asian Art

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ae8f1966-0010-44b2-a568-b4f9ac3cfbd0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1906.229