Medium:

Stone-paste painted under clear-glaze

Dimensions:

H x W: 7.5 x 25.9 cm (2 15/16 x 10 3/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Syria

Date:

12th-13th century

Period:

Ayyubid period

Description:

Clay: sandy, buff-white.

Glaze: silicious, transparent greenish-white; areas of a pearly iridescence due to decay.

Decoration: painted in brown lustre; spots of turquoise-green; inscriptions in naskhi, partly obliterated.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)

Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)

Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)

Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

Topic:

Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250)  Search this

naskh script  Search this

Syria  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1942.5

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

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/ye382feae74-f953-421d-bdc2-339f5218488f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1942.5