Medium:

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 31.4 x 27.7 cm (12 3/8 x 10 7/8 in)

Style:

Raqqa ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Raqqa, Syria

Date:

12th-13th century

Description:

Mesopotamian, 12th-13th century

Raqqa

Jar, large, inverted pear form: assembled from fragments.

Clay: soft, buff-white.

Glaze: originally deep turquoise green for the most part; disintegrated, encrusted, and displaying a high iridescence.

Decoration: painted in black under glaze (designs wholly fragmentary).

Provenance:

To 1911

Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company, Aleppo, Syria, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company in 1911 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2207, as well as Voucher No. 33, June 1911, 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:

F1911.4

Restrictions & Rights:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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