Fragment of a dish

Object Details

• Description

  Syrian, 13th-14th century

  Fragment of a dish.

  Clay: dense, grayish-white.

  Glaze: grayish blue, largely covered with a frosting of incipient disintegration.

  Decoration: painted in gold lustre, over glaze (worn).

• Provenance

  To 1910

  Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company, Aleppo, Syria, to 1910 [1]

  From 1910 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company in 1910 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2074, as well as Voucher No. 44, May 1910, 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

  Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  Syria

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1200s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Marcopoli, Vincenzo

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Syrians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)