Flask
Culture: Iranian
Date: 13th century
Medium: Earthenware
Dimensions:
h. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); w. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); d. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number: 96.1.174
Provenance: with 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, 1996
Published References
J. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 58.
Label Text
The star patterned filter inside the neck of this jug was used to keep out insects.
(G.D. Scott, III, 1999)
(G.D. Scott, III, 1999)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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