Jug
Place made:Kashan, Isfahan province, Iran
Culture: Iranian
Date: 13th century
Dimensions:
h. 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); diam. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown
Object number: 2006.6.3
Provenance: sold, 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, 2006
Published References
J. Powers & J. Johnston, eds., The San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio, 2012), 60.
Label Text
This 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)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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