Bowl
Object Details
- Description
- Bowl, small, ovoidal, on a bold, spreading foot. Cracked and repaired.
- Clay: soft, grayish-white.
- Glaze: inside, a deep aubergine; outside now covered with an iridescent patina.
- Decoration: painted in black under glaze.
- Provenance
- To 1908
- E. Hatoun, Cairo, to 1908 [1]
- From 1908 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from E. Hatoun in Cairo, summer of 1908 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Voucher No. 2, December 1908. as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1981, 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
- Previous custodian or owner
- E. Hatoun (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 13th-14th century
- Accession Number
- F1908.180
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Stone-paste painted under glaze
- Dimensions
- H x W: 5.9 x 11.6 cm (2 5/16 x 4 9/16 in)
- Style
- Raqqa ware
- Origin
- Raqqa, Syria
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- iridescence
- ceramic
- Syria
- Raqqa ware
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1908.180
