Jar: large, wide-mouthed, cylindrical
date: label: Date
content: 11th-12th century
notes: label: Description
content: Jar: large, wide-mouthed, cylindrical.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, white.
label: Description
content: Glaze: deep turquoise green, with a sporadic iridescence; crackled, partly disintegrated and worn away.
label: Description
content: Decoration: indented in the paste.
label: Provenance
content: To 1903
label: Provenance
content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), Paris, to 1903 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1903 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Siegfried Bing in 1903 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Voucher No. 1, November 1903, as well as Original Pottery List, L. 1241, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Raqqa, Syria
topic: label: Topic
content: iridescence
label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Syria
label: Topic
content: Raqqa ware
label: Topic
content: Arts of the Islamic World
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1903.202
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Glazed clay
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 40 × 38.9 cm (15 3/4 × 15 5/16 in)
label: Style
content: Raqqa ware