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Medium:
Stone-paste painted underglaze
Dimensions:
H x W: 7 x 19.5 cm (2 3/4 x 7 11/16 in)
Type:
Furniture and Furnishing
Origin:
Syria
Date:
12th-13th century
Period:
Ayyubid period
Description:
Lamp, with 6 projecting spouts; 6 feet, 2 hole pierced through legs beneath. Clay: soft, white. Glaze: light blue-green, worn and crazed, partially covering the surface. Decoration: modeled in relief.
Provenance:
1931
Fahim Kouchakji, New York 1931 [1]
From 1931
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Fahim Kouchakji, New York in 1931 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
[2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)
Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, Pottery, Metalwork, and Glass (April 12, 1955 to November 21, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Ceramics and Glass (January 9, 1945 to May 1, 1945)
Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)
Previous custodian or owner:
Fahim Kouchakji
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250)  Search this
Syria  Search this
Arts of the Islamic World  Search this
stone-paste  Search this
Credit Line:
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Accession Number:
F1931.7
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/ye36811066a-43e2-4b70-b4f9-35ef7e787623
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1931.7