Pitcher, fragment of a pear-shaped (handle and neck broken off; foot broken).
Clay: soft, buff.
Glaze: originally green, almost wholly decomposed and having a peacock irisecence. Decoration: painted in black under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1908
An unidentified street dealer, Aleppo, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified street dealer in Aleppo in 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Journal Voucher No. 2, December 1908, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1761, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, "Bought from an Arab in the street at Aleppo."
[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.
