Medium:

Stone-paste; decorated with lustre

Dimensions:

H x W: 30 x 22.7 cm (11 13/16 x 8 15/16 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

12th-13th century

Period:

Ayyubid period

Description:

Jar, of inverted pear form, with a beveled hollow foot; cylindrical neck and rounded lip. Two holes in the shoulder.

Clay: soft, sandy, white.

Glaze: silicious cream-white and greenish cast; areas of discoloration and disintegration, slight iridescence.

Decoration: painted in brown lustre, over glaze; additions of cobalt blue.

Provenance:

To 1908

Vincenzo Marcopoli, Aleppo, Syria, to 1908 [1]

From 1908 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli in 1908 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1791, as well as 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

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Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250)  Search this

Syria  Search this

Raqqa ware  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

lustreware  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1908.137

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

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