Tile

Object Details

• Description

  Tile: small, square. Corner chipped.

  Clay: soft, sandy, white.

  Glaze: turquoise green, largely modified by partial disintegration; high iridescence.

  Decoration: painted in black under glaze (almost invisible).

• Provenance

  To 1908

  An unidentified street dealer, Aleppo, to 1908 [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified street dealer in Aleppo in 1908 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Journal Voucher No. 2, December 1908, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1760, 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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Raqqa, Syria

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Architectural Element

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1300s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  Raqqa

• Topic

  Raqqa ware, Art, Arts of the Islamic World

• Culture

  Muslims, Syrians

• Object Type

  Architectural elements