Fragment of a cup, in inverted bell form, on a spreading foot. Mended

Cup (fragment)

12th-14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Siegfried Bing

Glazed clay

HxW: 15.2 x 10.5 cm

F1905.248

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217.1

West

Syria

France

Paris

Bowl

Bowl

12th-14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted with glaze

HxW: 7.7 x 14.8 cm

F1905.241

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212.1

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jug

Jug

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 12.2 x 10.2 cm

F1902.247

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212

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jug

Jug

12th-14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 19.5 x 16.3 cm

F1908.31

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210

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted with glaze

HxW: 13.2 x 10.2 cm

F1902.246

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209

West

Syria

France

Paris

Bowl

Bowl

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 5.9 x 11.2 cm

F1902.198

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208

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

HxW: 35.9 x 27.0 cm

F1906.224

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205

West

Syria

France

Paris

Dish

Dish

12th-13th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

M. Baroody

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 4.7 x 14.7 cm

F1908.126

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203

West

Syria

Lebanon

Beirut

Dish

Dish

12th-13th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Vincenzo Marcopoli

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 7.9 x 26.7 cm

F1908.150

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202

West

Syria

Italy

Aleppo

Bowl

Bowl

12th-13th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Vincenzo Marcopoli

Stone-paste decorated under glaze with blue and over glaze with brown lustre

HxW: 10.5 x 28.0 cm

F1908.148

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201

West

Ayyubid period

Syria

Italy

Aleppo

Jar

Jar

12th-13th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Siegfried Bing

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 39.5 x 31.4 cm

F1904.143

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200

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar (fragment)

Jar (fragment)

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

HxW: 34.8 x 27.7 cm

F1904.170

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Pitcher

Pitcher

12th-13th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Siegfried Bing

Glazed clay

HxW: 22.5 x 15.6 cm

F1903.204

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194

West

Syria

France

Paris

Bowl

Bowl

12th-14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

HxW: 12.8 x 26.7 cm

F1906.230

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

12th-13th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Glazed clay

HxW: 32.6 x 26.2 cm

F1908.13

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192

West

Syria

France

Paris

Bowl

Bowl

14th-15th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

HxW: 9.5 x 20.1 cm

F1905.277

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Bottle

Bottle

The glassy green-white glaze on this Raqqa bottle is almost entirely covered by silvery areas of partial disintegration. The abraded surface and broken neck no deterrent to Freer, however, who purchased it from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian in the fall of 1905. As the availability of Japanese art in Western markets began to decline, Kelekian and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available. Raqqa ware like this was especially appealing to Freer. He discerned chromatic harmonies among his already-substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and the iridescent glazed vessels from the Near East.

12th-14th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Glazed clay

HxW: 18.9 x 13.9 cm

F1905.285

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189

West

Syria

France

Paris

Dish

Dish

14th century or later

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 5.2 x 21.8 cm

F1905.240

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

14th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 19.2 x 15.7 cm

F1907.185

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185

West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

12th-14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste; painted under glaze

HxW: 27.1 x 22.8 cm

F1906.223

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Pitcher

Pitcher

Raqqa wares like this pitcher only began to appear on the art market at the turn of the last century, following the excavation of ancient and medieval pottery in northern Mesopotamia, near modern-day Mosul, and in the south, near Baghdad and along the Gulf. Freer was an early enthusiast: he purchased his first piece in 1902 and eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall.

12th-14th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

G. Camas

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

HxW: 25.0 x 17.7 cm

F1906.221

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West

Syria

United States

New York

New York

Bowl

Bowl

13th-14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste decorated with glaze

HxW: 15.4 x 29.3 cm

F1907.183

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Vase

Vase

The original greenish-white glaze on this vase is almost entirely covered with the iridescence of decay. Raqqa wares like this one only began to appear on the art market at the turn of the last century, following the excavation of ancient and medieval pottery in northern Mesopotamia, near modern-day Mosul, and in the south, near Baghdad and along the Gulf. Freer was an early enthusiast: he purchased his first piece in 1902 and eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall. Although subsequent connoisseurs and scholars have preferred less ravaged, more highly decorated Islamic ceramics, the complex surface appealed to Freer's aesthetic sensibilities. He regarded this piece as a "good specimen." In his inventory notes he added, "Though damaged, [it] has fortunately escaped the hands of the reckless restorer."

12th-14th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 25.4 x 16.4 cm

F1905.242

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Vessel

Vessel

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted with glaze

HxW: 18.2 x 25.5 cm

F1904.149

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste; painted under glaze

HxW: 28.4 x 20.2 cm

F1907.184

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Tile

Tile

14th-15th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste

HxW: 2.4 x 21.9 cm

F1904.287

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Stele: a tile head piece for a grave

Tile

12th-13th century?

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 35.7 x 26.0 cm

F1905.257

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West

Raqqa

Syria

France

Paris

Bottle

Bottle

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Siegfried Bing

Glazed clay

HxW: 20.0 x 18.4 cm

F1905.245

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted with glaze

HxW: 31.0 x 29.9 cm

F1905.239

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West

Syria

France

Paris

Pot

Pot

Raqqa wares like this one-handled pot only began to appear on the art market at the turn of the last century, following the excavation of ancient and medieval pottery in northern Mesopotamia, near modern-day Mosul, and in the south, near Baghdad and along the Gulf. Freer was an early enthusiast: he purchased this piece in 1902 and eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall.

12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 12.9 x 19.8 cm

F1902.244

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Syria

France

Paris

Jar

Jar

This jar belongs to the historical region of Raqqa, Mesopotamia and originated in Syria during the twelfth or thirteenth century. Freer purchased it from the Paris-based dealer Dikran Kelekian, who also owned galleries in London, Cairo, and New York. The piece, like much Raqqa ware available at the turn of the twentieth century, is ashen and crackled in appearance. This was part of its appeal to Freer and his contemporaries, who imagined this piece to be much older than it is now known to be.

12th-13th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste painted under glaze

HxW: 30.1 x 30.3 cm

F1903.187

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East

Syria

France

Paris

Pitcher

Pitcher

Described by Freer as "an interesting specimen, much restored," this jar was one of a number of Near Eastern ceramics shipped to him on approval by the Parisian art dealer Dikran Kelekian. In 1903, when he purchased this vessel, Freer had only recently turned his attention to ancient and medieval glazed wares from the Near East. As the availability of Japanese art in Western markets began to decline, Kelekian and other dealers looked to the arts of the Islamic world, where recent unofficial excavations had made ceramics and textiles available. This vessel, which dates to the seventeenth or eighteenth century, was already ravaged by time, with a broken foot, a hole in one side, and yellow and brown discolorations all over the brilliant cream-colored glaze. Freer, however, regarded these imperfections as aesthetically distinctive, and because of this, Raqqa ware was especially appealing to Freer. He discerned chromatic harmonies among his already-substantial collection of East Asian ceramics, his tonalist American paintings, and the iridescent glazed vessels from the Near East. He eventually amassed a substantial collection of Near Eastern ceramics. In Detroit, they were prominently featured throughout the Peacock Room, most notably massed around Whistler's <i>La Princesse du pays de la porcelaine</i> and in the eye-level shelves along the west wall.

11th-12th century

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Dikran G. Kelekian

Stone-paste with degraded turquoise alkali-silicate glaze

Rakka ware

HxW: 16.8 x 12.2 cm

F1905.77

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East

Raqqa

Syria

France

Paris