Jar
Terms of Use
Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
12th-14th century -
Geography
Raqqa, Syria -
Material
Stone-paste; painted under glaze -
Dimension
H x Diam: 27.1 × 22.8 cm (10 11/16 × 9 in) -
Accession Number
F1906.223 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1906.223
Object Details
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Description
Jar, broadly ovoidal, on a bold, spreading foot; tapering neck and rounded lip (restored).Clay: soft, buff-white.Glaze: brilliant turquoise blue-green, partly covered by grayish, highly iridescent areas of incipient disintegration.Decoration: painted in black under glaze. -
Provenance
To 1906Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1906 [1]From 1906 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1906 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Voucher No. 13, July 1906, L. 1463, 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
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)The Peacock Room (May 2, 1923 to February 21, 2011) -
Previous custodian or owner
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Raqqa, Syria -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
On View
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America -
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