Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Oil-jar, tall, with ovoidal body tapering to the foot; three loop handles. Body impregnated with oil.

  Clay: soft, gray-white.

  Glaze: originally deep leaf-green, crackled; russet brown and golden discolorations, slight iridescence, (broken and chipped).

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) Paris, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

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

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1373, 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 Power to See Beauty (October 14, 2017 to September 6, 2022)

  Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

  Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Syria

• 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

  1700s, 1500s

• Name

  Bing, Siegfried, Freer, Charles Lang

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Iridescence, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Syrians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes