Table stand

Historical period(s)
11th-12th century
Medium
Stone-paste painted under glaze
Style
Raqqa ware
Dimensions
H x W: 35.9 x 27 cm (14 1/8 x 10 5/8 in)
Geography
Syria, Raqqa
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1911.1
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Furniture and Furnishing
Type

Tabouret

Keywords
Raqqa ware, Syria
Provenance

To 1911
Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company, Aleppo, Syria, to 1911 [1]

From 1911 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vincenzo Marcopoli and Company in 1911 [2]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2075, as well as Voucher No. 33, June 1911, 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)

Vincenzo Marcopoli (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919

Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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