- Provenance
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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 Journal Voucher No. 2, December 1908, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1794, 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)
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Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
- Description
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Syria
Ayyubid period, late 12th-early 13th centuryPitcher, on a high spreading foot; curved handle.
Clay: soft, gray-white.
Glaze: greenish-white, crackled.
Decoration: painted in brown lustre and cobalt blue over glaze.
- Published References
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- Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections. 12 vols., Tokyo. vol. 10, pl. 305.
- Ann C. Gunter. A Collector's Journey: Charles Lang Freer and Egypt. Washington and London, 2002. p. 33, fig. 2.5.
- Dr. Esin Atil. Art of the Arab World. Exh. cat. Washington, 1975. cat. 35, p. 81.
- Dr. Esin Atil. Ceramics from the World of Islam. Exh. cat. Washington, 1973. cat. 66, pp. 146-147.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- The Story of the Beautiful
- Google Cultural Institute
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