Object Details
Description
Stele: a tile head piece for a grave. Clay: soft, sandy, buff-white. Glaze: deep bluish green, with areas of partial decomposition, iridescent; crackled. Decoration: an inscription in naskhi script modelled in low relief.
Inscriptions
Inscription: An epitaph in crude cursive Arabic: [Arb] "This is the grave of Sa'd Ullah."
Provenance
To 1905
Kalebjian Frères, Paris, to 1905 [1]
From 1905 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kalebjian Frères in 1905 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Voucher No. 1, October 1905, L. 1416, 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)
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
Kalebjian Frères (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
12th-13th century?
Accession Number
F1905.257
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Sculpture
Medium
Stone-paste painted under glaze
Dimensions
H x W: 35.7 x 26 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/4 in)
Style
Raqqa ware
Origin
Raqqa, Syria
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
iridescence
ceramic
funerary
naskh script
Syria
Raqqa ware
Arts of the Islamic World
Charles Lang Freer collection
stone-paste
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1905.257