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Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Bowl
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
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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
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 3900-3500 B.C.
Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman Jr.
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 3500-3300 B.C.
Gift of Mrs. A. A. Seeligson, Sr.
Unknown
Culture: Jalisco
ca. 200 B.C.-A.D. 300
Red polished ware bowl with lug handles
Culture: Cypriot
ca. 2700-1900 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Antiquities Acquisition Fund.
Culture: Cypriot
ca. 1450-1200 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund.
Culture: Greek
ca. 750-700 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 3500-3300 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Culture: Iranian
14th century
Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 3500-3100 B.C.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 3500-3300 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Robert K. Winn Collection.
Unknown
Culture: Chupicuaro
ca. 500-100 B.C.
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 3900-3500 B.C.

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