Object Details
- Description
- Jar: inverted pear shape, with cylindrical neck, and pronounced, beveled foot. Restoration at lip.
- Clay: soft, white.
- Glaze: brilliant green-blue, with small areas of iridescence. Thin greenish wash on the base. Decoration: painted in black under glaze.
- Label
- Before the devastating Mongol invasion in the mid-thirteenth century, the city of Raqqa in northern Syria became an important ceramic center.
- This elegant jar is characteristic of one type of ware associated with Raqqa. It is decorated with bold black designs under a transparent turquoise glaze that is often quite thickly applied and appears almost in relief.
- Provenance
- To 1908
- Vincenzo Marcopoli, Aleppo, Syria, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli in 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1790, as well as Journal Voucher No. 2, December 1908, 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
- Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
- Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
- Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)
- Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- late 12th-early 13th century
- Accession Number
- F1908.136
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted in black under turquoise glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 31.1 x 21.6 cm (12 1/4 x 8 1/2 in)
- Style
- Raqqa ware
- Origin
- Raqqa, Syria
- On View
- Freer Gallery 04: Engaging the Senses
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- iridescence
- ceramic
- Syria
- Raqqa ware
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.136
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye328e60aeb-b224-4151-80c9-aa2e2b800d5d
