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Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Jar with spiral pattern
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
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Jar with spiral pattern

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureEgyptian
Dateca. 3500-3300 B.C.
MediumFired clay (decorated ware)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.84
GeographyDescriptionSquat buff-colored pottery jar with two pierced lug handles. The rim and area around handles are decorated with red-brown wavy lines, and the body is decorated with spirals in dark red-brown.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, 1986
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