Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Ovoidal body, bold convex foot, cylindrical neck and two loop handles. Decoration: incised in the paste.

  Clay: fairly hard, white. Glaze: originally green, now decomposed to a whitish tone; silver iridescence.

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Kalebjian, Paris, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kalebjian in 1905 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Original Pottery List, L. 1414, 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

  A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)

  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)

  America Meets Asia at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 9, 1993 to June 2, 1998)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kalebjian Frères (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Iraq

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Freer Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Kalebjian Frères

• Topic

  Parthian period (247 BCE - 224 CE), Art, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Pottery

• Culture

  Middle Easterners, Iraqis

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes