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Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Flask
Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Contact us at copyright@samuseum.org for rights and reproduction of this image. Photography by Peggy Tenison.

Flask

DepartmentIslamic Art
CultureIranian
Date13th century
MediumEarthenware
Dimensionsh. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
w. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
d. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number96.1.174
DescriptionLarge round flask with two handles from the shoulders to the neck. Moldmade relief decoration on both sides consisting of a disc with radiating rays at center surrounded by two concentric bands of zigzags and circles.Label TextThe star patterned filter inside the neck of this jug was used to keep out insects. (G.D. Scott, III, 1999)Provenancewith Frances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1977; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick Wilkins by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996Exhibition History"The Arts of the Islamic World: A Survey," San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, September 15-November 27, 2016Published ReferencesJ. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 58.
Not on view
Collections
Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Flask
8th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Cup (kotyle-pyxis)
Culture: Greek
ca. 600 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Jar
7th-8th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Cylindrical pyxis (box) with lid
Culture: Greek
ca. 700 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Jar
Culture: Iranian
9th-13th century
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Culture: Islamic
9th-10th century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Kotyle (drinking cup) and lid
Culture: Greek
ca. 675 BC
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Miniature Flask
Culture: Islamic
9th-10th century A.D.
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Perfume Flask
9th-10th century
Image Not Available for Canteen with Two Applied Monkeys
Canteen with Two Applied Monkeys
Unknown
Culture: Chancay
ca. A.D. 800-1200
San Antonio Museum of Art, Bequest of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Miniature oil flask (aryballos) with running dogs
Culture: Greek
ca. 675 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The D. Joseph Judge, M.D. Collection donated by the Judge Family.
Funerary Urn with Lid
Unknown
Culture: Maya
ca. A.D. 500-950

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