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Ewer

late 12th–first half 13th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 454
Nineteenth-century antiquarians’ fascination with The Thousand and One Nights and its 9th-century protagonist, Harun al‑Rashid, provoked interest in the Syrian city of Raqqa, where this Abbasid caliph once resided, and in the ceramics unearthed there. These prized objects date to the Ayyubid period, however, not Harun’s time. Recent study confirms that Raqqa was an important ceramics center, especially in the first part of the twelfth century, but other centers produced so‑called Raqqa ware as well.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ewer
  • Date: late 12th–first half 13th century
  • Geography: Attributed to Syria, Raqqa
  • Medium: Stonepaste; underglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on transparent glaze
  • Dimensions: H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
    Max. Diam. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics
  • Credit Line: Henry G. Leberthon Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wallace Chauncey, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.61.1
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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