Jar, late 12th–first half 13th century, Made in Syria, Raqqa, Stonepaste; underglaze painted in blue, luster-painted on transparent glaze, H. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm), Ceramics, 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
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Jar, late 12th–first half 13th century, Syria, Raqqa, Stonepaste, underglaze painted, blue, luster-painted, transparent glaze, H, 9 3/8, 23.8 cm, Ceramics, Nineteenth-century antiquarians, fascination, Thousand, Nights, 9th-century protagonist, Harun al, Rashid, provoked interest, Syrian city, Abbasid caliph, resided, ceramics unearthed
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