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

DepartmentIslamic Art
Date9th-10th century
MediumGlass
Dimensionsh. 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.471
DescriptionMold-blown miniature flask of light yellowish-green glass. Cylindrical body with slightly rounded shoulder and six-sided conical neck, with lobe; plain rim. Low, flaring foot. Cut decoration on body of vertical concentric chevrons in alternating pattern; top register has added horizontal line in each the middle of each element.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

"The Arts of the Islamic World: A Survey," September 15-November 27, 2016, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
Not on view
Collections
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature 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.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Culture: Islamic
9th-10th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume Flask
9th-10th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Large jug with geometric patterns
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3rd-4th 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.
Platter with a Peacock
Culture: Roman
4th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume Flask
9th-10th 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.
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Flask
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