Jar
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Period
12th-13th century -
Geography
Raqqa, Syria -
Material
Stone-paste painted over glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 30.1 × 30.3 cm (11 7/8 × 11 15/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1903.187 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1903.187
Object Details
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Description
Jar, of full-bodied inverted-pear form; cylindrical neck, with broken rim.Clay: soft, sandy, grayish-white.Glaze: silicious; exterior in greenish-white, largely discolored and partly disintegrated; interior in peacock green-blue; both crackled.Decorations: painted in red-brown lustre over glaze. -
Provenance
To 1903Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Paris, France to 1903 [1]From 1903 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, Paris, in 1903 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, and Original Pottery List, L. 1226, 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 -
Exhibition History
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016) -
Previous custodian or owner
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Raqqa, Syria -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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