Medium:

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 9.2 x 8.2 cm (3 5/8 x 3 1/4 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Sculpture

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

12th-13th century

Description:

Clay: soft, buff.

Glaze: turquoise blue, partially disintegrated.

Decoration: painted in black, under 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. 2061, 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)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1910.29

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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