Artwork
Bowl
DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureEgyptian
Dateca. 3900-3500 B.C.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.83
GeographyDescriptionBowl in red clay with painted decoration in white on the interior and exterior. The exterior patterns include a band of solid triangles, and groups of lines decorate both surfaces.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"Mummies, Myths and Magic," Witte Museum, San Antonio, Sept. 22, 1989-Apr. 8, 1990.Published ReferencesC. C. Van Siclen, III, An Illustrated Checklist for Mummies, Myths and Magic (San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1990), p. 7, no. 9.On view
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