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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Leonara and Walter Brown. Photography by Peggy Tenison.
Jug
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Leonara and Walter Brown. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Jug

DepartmentIslamic Art
CultureIranian
Date13th century
MediumFritware with luster over opaque glaze
Dimensionsh. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown
Object number2006.6.3
Geography
Place madeKashan, Isfahan province, Iran
DescriptionJug with bands of geometric patterns painted in luster on the neck, body and handle.Label TextThis jug is decorated with a brown metallic luster painting on white glaze. Spirals and geometric patterns alternate with Kufic script designs. (G. D. Scott, 1999)Provenancesold, Claude Boisgirard, Arts d'Orient et d'Asie, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Mar. 20, 1996, lot 44, to Lenora Brown (1933-2020) and Walter F. Brown (1930-2014), San Antonio; Lenora and Walter F. Brown, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2006Exhibition History"The Arts of the Islamic World: A Survey," San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, September 15-November 27, 2016Published ReferencesJ. Powers & J. Johnston, eds., The San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio, 2012), 60.
Not on view
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