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San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
Tankard
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
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Tankard

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureGreek
Dateca. 750-700 B.C.
MediumFired clay
Dimensions5 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 4 in. (14 × 13.3 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund
Object number2022.1.2
Geography
Place madeGreece
DescriptionDrinking vessel with a single tall loop handle, decorated with geometric patterns in dark brown on a beige ground. On the neck, horizontal bands separate bands of running spirals, zigzags, and dots. Around the body, clusters of four vertical lines separate panels decorated with heron-like birds and deer alternating with four-petalled rosettes.Label TextStylized herons and deer inhabit compartments within the geometric patterns that decorate these two vessels. In addition to serving as tableware, cups and jugs like these were sometimes deposited in human burials as grave goods: similar vessels have been found in the Early Iron Age cemeteries of Athens. (J. Powers, 2022)Provenancecollection of Senator William A. Clark (1839-1925); William A. Clark, by bequest to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1926 (accession number CGA.26.654); by transfer, American University Museum, Washington, DC, 2014; deaccessioned by American University Museum, 2021; sold via Sands of Time Ancient Art, Washington, DC, to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2022Exhibition History"The William A. Clark Collection," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, April 26-July 16, 1978
Published ReferencesIllustrated Handbook of the W. A. Clark Collection (Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1932), p. 115, no. 2654.

The William A. Clark Collection: An Exhibition Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Installation of the Clark Collection at the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1978), pp. 24-26, fig. 14.
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