Freer Makes First Purchase of Rakka Ware

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Summary

Charles Lang Freer buys his first piece of Rakka ware, a one-handled pot from Syria, from Dikran Kelekian (1868-1951), art dealer of Turkish origin. He develops a fascination with the blue glaze and continues to purchase Rakka ware from Kelekian and other dealers.

Subject

  • Kelekian, Dikran G. 1868-1951
  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • In 1906 Charles Lang Freer donates his art collection to the Smithsonian Institution, and it later becomes the Freer Gallery of Art.
  • Lawton, Thomas and Linda Merrill. Freer: A Legacy of Art. Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993, p. 112.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1902

Topic

  • Art
  • Raqqa ware
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Islamic pottery
  • Pottery
  • Art objects
  • Art, Asian
  • Art, Islamic
  • Art dealers

Place

Syria

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