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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:
iridescence  Search this
ceramic  Search this
Ayyubid period (1171 - 1250)  Search this
naskh script  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:
F1942.5
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
On View:
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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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/ye382feae74-f953-421d-bdc2-339f5218488f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1942.5