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Medium:
Stone-paste moulded and decorated with glaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 30.4 x 24.9 cm (11 15/16 x 9 13/16 in)
Style:
Raqqa ware
Type:
Architectural Element
Origin:
Raqqa, Syria
Date:
12th-13th century
Description:
Fragment of a wall-tile (about one-third missing).
Clay: soft, grayish.
Glaze: silicious, colorless on relief portions, with silvery iridescence; dark-blue ground, crackled.
Decoration: modelled in relief; part of an inscription.
Inscriptions:
Contains partial inscription.
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. 2065, 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:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Syria  Search this
Raqqa ware  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
stone-paste  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1910.33
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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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/ye3f5114a61-1b02-4916-8090-414d126f3686
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1910.33