Object Details
- Description
- Stele: a tile head piece for a grave. Clay: soft, sandy, buff-white. Glaze: deep bluish green, with areas of partial decomposition, iridescent; crackled. Decoration: an inscription in naskhi script modelled in low relief.
- Inscriptions
- Inscription: An epitaph in crude cursive Arabic: [Arb] "This is the grave of Sa'd Ullah."
- Provenance
- To 1905
- Kalebjian Frères, Paris, to 1905 [1]
- From 1905 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kalebjian Frères 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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2022] (September 3, 2022 - ongoing)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2017-2019] (October 14, 2017 to January 2, 2019)
- The Peacock Room Comes to America [2011-2016] (April 9, 2011 to January 4, 2016)
- Art of the Arab World (August 15, 1980 to May 13, 1981)
- Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Kalebjian Frères (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 12th-13th century?
- Accession Number
- F1905.257
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Sculpture
- 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
- On View
- Freer Gallery 12: The Peacock Room Comes to America
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- The Story of the Beautiful
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- iridescence
- ceramic
- funerary
- naskh script
- Syria
- Raqqa ware
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- stone-paste
- Record ID
- fsg_F1905.257
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye387dd125f-9c8a-4970-8a93-5fc1bfe57a13
