Medium:

Stone-paste with cobalt under colorless transparent alkali-silicate glaze, luster over glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 6.5 x 12.3 cm (2 9/16 x 4 13/16 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

12th-13th century

Description:

Bowl, small conical, on a high foot.

Clay: coarse, dense, white.

Glaze: transparent greenish-cream, running into pale green, crackled; areas of incipient disintegration.

Decoration: painted in brown lustre and cobalt blue, over glaze.

Provenance:

To 1908

M. Baroody, Beirut, to 1908 [1]

From 1908 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Baroody, Beirut, 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, 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:

Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)

Previous custodian or owner:

M. Baroody (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Syria  Search this

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Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1908.125

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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