Pot

Pot, large, on a heavy recessed foot; one handle.
Clay: soft, coarse, white.
Glaze: turquoise green, partly disintegrated, showing both silvery and golden iridescence.

Historical period(s)
12th century
Medium
Stone-paste painted under glaze
Style
Raqqa ware
Dimensions
H x W: 12.9 x 19.8 cm (5 1/16 x 7 13/16 in)
Geography
Syria, Raqqa
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1902.244
On View Location
Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Pot

Keywords
iridescence, Raqqa ware, Syria
Provenance

To 1902
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1902 [1]

From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian, New York, in 1902 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Voucher No. 4, December 1902, and Original Pottery List, L. 1200, 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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (C.L. Freer source) 1868-1951

Description

Pot, large, on a heavy recessed foot; one handle.
Clay: soft, coarse, white.
Glaze: turquoise green, partly disintegrated, showing both silvery and golden iridescence.

Published References
  • Thomas W. Brunk. Pewabic Pottery: The American Arts and Crafts Movement Expressed in Clay., 1st ed. East Lansing, Michigan, May 21, 2021. Plate page 20.
  • Ann C. Gunter. A Collector's Journey: Charles Lang Freer and Egypt. Washington and London, 2002. p. 33, fig. 2.3.
  • Thomas Lawton, Linda Merrill. Freer: a legacy of art. Washington and New York, 1993. pp. 75, 77, fig. 50.
Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
The Story of the Beautiful
Google Cultural Institute
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