Fragment of a large dish
date: label: Date
content: 9th-10th century
label: Period
content: Abbasid period
notes: label: Description
content: Iraq
label: Description
content: Abbasid period, 9th-10th century
label: Description
content: Samarra type
label: Description
content: Fragment of a large dish.
label: Description
content: Clay: soft, pinkish-buff.
label: Description
content: Glaze: transparent pink, crackled, backed by a white slip.
label: Description
content: Decoration: painted in red and gold lustre, over glaze.
label: Label
content: Potters in Iran began to practice the luster technique in the middle of the twelfth century and reached their creative apogee in the first few decades of the thirteenth century. In the city of Kashan, located in central Iran, potters developed stonepaste, or fritware, a white composition made of ground quartz, ground glass, and a type of white clay that eliminated the need for an opaque white tin glaze. Fine rendering and elaborate designs characterize Persian lusterware.
label: Provenance
content: To 1908
label: Provenance
content: Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1908 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Maurice Nahman in 1908 [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. 1707, 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: Exhibition History
content: Iraq and China: Ceramics, Trade, and Innovation (December 4, 2004 to July 17, 2005)
label: Exhibition History
content: Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: Iraq
topic: label: Topic
content: ceramic
label: Topic
content: Samarra ware
label: Topic
content: Abbasid period (750 - 1258)
label: Topic
content: Iraq
label: Topic
content: earthenware
label: Topic
content: Arts of the Islamic World
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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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: F1908.208
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Earthenware painted with ruby luster
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.8 x 9.4 cm (5 13/16 x 3 11/16 in)
label: Style
content: Samarra ware