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Medium:
Stone-paste with turquoise alkali-silicate glaze colored by copper
Dimensions:
H x W: 16.6 x 11.2 cm (6 9/16 x 4 7/16 in)
Style:
Raqqa type ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Iraq
Date:
11th-12th century
Description:
Bottle, ovoidal, with trumpet neck and two loop handles; solid disk foot.
Clay: soft, buff-white.
Glaze: deep turquoise-green, crackled and coated with a silver iridescence of partial disintegration.
Decoration: light incision in the paste.
Provenance:
To 1910
Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company, Aleppo, Syria, to 1910 [1]
From 1910 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company in 1910 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2058, as well as Voucher No. 44, May 1910, 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:
Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Iraq  Search this
Raqqa ware  Search this
earthenware  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1910.26
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3b3187da2-04f0-4a0c-9b7c-596a7712bf68
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1910.26