Stele: a tile head piece for a grave

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner

Kalebjian Frères (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Provenance

To 1905

Kalebjian, Paris, to 1905 [1]

From 1905 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kalebjian in 1905 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. Also see Voucher No. 1, October 1905, L. 1416, 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.

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

12th-13th century?

Accession Number

F1905.257

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Ceramic

Medium

Stone-paste painted under glaze

Dimensions

H x W: 35.7 x 26 cm (14 1/16 x 10 1/4 in)

Style

Raqqa ware

Origin

Raqqa, Syria

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Topic

funerary

naskh script

Syria

Raqqa ware

Arts of the Islamic World

Record ID

fsg_F1905.257

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye387dd125f-9c8a-4970-8a93-5fc1bfe57a13