Medium:

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 16.5 x 12.8 cm (6 1/2 x 5 1/16 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

12th-13th century

Description:

Mesopotamian

Raqqa, 12th-13th century

Jug, bulbous pear shape on a high spreading foot; loop handle; rim broken. Mended and restored.

Clay: soft, sandy, buff.

Glaze: deep turquoise-green; areas of brilliant golden iridescence.

Decoration: painted in black under glaze.

Provenance:

To 1909

N. Ohan, Jerusalem, to 1909 [1]

From 1909 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N. Ohan, through K. Katen, New York, in 1909 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2087, as well as Voucher No. 18, July 1909, 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:

N. Ohan (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1909.126

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

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