Pitcher (waster)
date: label: Date
content: 12th-13th century
notes: label: Description
content: Mesopotamian, 13-13th century,
label: Description
content: Raqqa
label: Description
content: Fragment of a pitcher, with neck and handle missing. Misshapen form--a waster.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, buff.
label: Description
content: Glaze: brilliant light green, crackled, largely disintegrated and iridescent.
label: Description
content: Decoration: painted in black under glaze.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: N. Ohan, Jerusalem, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N. Ohan, through K. Katen, New York, in 1909 [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 Original Pottery List, L. 3293, as well as Voucher No. 18, July 1909, 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: N. Ohan (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: F1909.376
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Stone-paste; painted in black under blue glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11.7 x 12 cm (4 5/8 x 4 3/4 in)
label: Style
content: Raqqa ware