Pitcher, in flattened pear-form; high spreading foot; handle broken off.
Clay: soft, grayish. Glaze: turquoise green, almost wholly covered by an iridescent patina of advanced disintegration (flaking off).
Decoration: traces of black painting under glaze.
Provenance:
To 1908
Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Maurice Nahman 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, S.I. 1174, L. 1693, 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.
