Object Details
Description
Pitcher, of a full-bodied pear form, on a high spreading foot; plaster restorations including handle and foot.
Clay: soft, sandy, white.
Glaze: turquoise green, partly disintegrated and having a silver iridescence.
Provenance
To 1905
Dikran G. Kelekian (1868-1951), Cairo, Egypt, Paris, France, and New York to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Dikran G. Kelekian in 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Voucher No. 20, March 1905, 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
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - September 14, 2025)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
Parades: Freer Ceramics Installed by Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (November 4, 2006 to January 7, 2008)
Previous custodian or owner
Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
11th-12th century
Accession Number
F1905.77
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Vessel
Medium
Stone-paste with degraded turquoise alkali-silicate glaze
Dimensions
H x W: 16.8 x 12.2 cm (6 5/8 x 4 13/16 in)
Style
Raqqa ware
Origin
Raqqa, Syria
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
iridescence
ceramic
Syria
Raqqa ware
Arts of the Islamic World
Charles Lang Freer collection
stone-paste
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1905.77