Medium:

Stone-paste painted with lustre and blue glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 19.2 x 12.8 cm (7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

12th-13th century

Period:

Ayyubid period

Description:

Pitcher, pear-shaped on a high, hollowed-foot; handle broken off. Base of another object substituted. Much repaired.

Clay: soft, grayish-white.

Glaze: greenish-white, discolored and partially disintegrated.

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

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. 2059, 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

Previous custodian or owner:

Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250)  Search this

Syria  Search this

Raqqa ware  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

lustreware  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1910.27

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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