Lamp

Object Details

• Description

  Lamp, with 6 projecting spouts; 6 feet, 2 hole pierced through legs beneath. Clay: soft, white. Glaze: light blue-green, worn and crazed, partially covering the surface. Decoration: modeled in relief.

• Provenance

  1931

  Fahim Kouchakji, New York 1931 [1]

  From 1931

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Fahim Kouchakji, New York in 1931 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)

  Ceramics from the World of Islam (January 16, 1974 to July 1, 1974)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, Pottery, Metalwork, and Glass (April 12, 1955 to November 21, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Arts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Ceramics and Glass (January 9, 1945 to May 1, 1945)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts (May 1, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Paintings and Ceramics (May 5, 1933 to January 9, 1945)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian Art (March 14, 1931 to May 5, 1933)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Fahim Kouchakji (1886-1976)

• Origin

  Syria

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Furniture and Furnishing

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1300s, 1200s

• Name

  Fahim Kouchakji

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Stone-paste, Ceramics

• Culture

  Muslims, Ayyubids, Syrians

• Object Type

  Furniture, Furnishings