Bowl

Object Details

• Description

  Syria, early 13th century,

  Raqqa

  Bowl, small, deep, on a high spreading foot. Broken and repaired; foreign restorations.

  Clay: soft, buff.

  Glaze: Turquoise green; advanced disintegration showing a brillian iridescence.

  Decoration: traces of black painting under glaze.

  The object is a small bowl that had been repaired previously. The bowl was probably made by putting together at least two different bowls that have similar shape and curvature. There is a blue stripe on the rim and the thickness of the stripe is different between the larger portion and the smaller bowl fragment. The one on the smaller part is thicker. The larger section is decorated with three blue stripes on the interior of the bowl and one blue stripe on the exterior. The smaller one is decorated with two thick stripes on the interior and one on the exterior. There are three paper labels on the bottom of the base that say "Near Eastern Pottery No. 71", "2085", and "SI 1443" respectively.

• Provenance

  To 1909

  N. Ohan, Jerusalem, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N. Ohan, through K. Katen, New York, in 1909 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2085, as well as Voucher No. 53, April 1909, 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

  N. Ohan (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Raqqa, Syria

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Ohan, N.

• Place

  Raqqa

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Syrians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)