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Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
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Miniature Flask

DepartmentIslamic Art
Date9th-10th century
MediumGlass
Dimensionsh. 1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.466
DescriptionMold-blown miniature flask of yellowish glass. Cylindrical body with rounded shoulder; conical neck with flattened rim. Flattened base. Tooled decoration of alternating chevrons at mid-body, with double bands above and below; double bands at base and neck.ProvenanceBy purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986Exhibition History"Mediterraneo," Museo del Vidrio, Monterrey, Mexico, April 27-Nov. 7, 2004
Not on view
Collections
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Culture: Islamic
9th-10th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Culture: Islamic
9th-10th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume Flask
9th-10th century
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Culture: Islamic
9th-10th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Culture: Islamic
9th-10th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Large jug with geometric patterns
Culture: Roman
3rd-4th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Jar
7th-8th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Small bottle
6th-8th century A.D.
Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Flask
8th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume Flask
9th-10th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume Flask
9th-10th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Free-Blown Amphora with Festoon Thread Decoration
10th - 11th century A.D.

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