1981.41.FA Flask


GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Ceramics were widely used on the Silk Road, both as containers for food, oils, wines or other goods, and as luxury items. The glazed flask here is modeled after leather flasks.

Excerpt from
Dr. Anne Bromberg, Label text, The Silk Road.

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PROVENANCE
n.d.: Warren Cox, New York

1970: Erwin Harris, Miami, purchased from above

n.d.: J.E. Eskenazi, London, purchased from above

1981: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts Collection, Mrs. Herbert Marcus Fund, purchased from Eskenazi Ltd, London [1], [2]

Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Collection: Foundation for the Arts document in the Collections Records object file. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

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General Description
Ceramics were widely used on the Silk Road, both as containers for food, oils, wines or other goods, and as luxury items. The glazed flask here is modeled after leather flasks.

Excerpt from
Dr. Anne Bromberg, Label text, The Silk Road.

Fun Facts

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Notes
Image taken in gallery

Catalogue essays

Artist/designers

Cultures

Geography

Process/materials

Historical periods

Individuals

Subject terms

RELATED OBJECTS

PROVENANCE
n.d.: Warren Cox, New York

1970: Erwin Harris, Miami, purchased from above

n.d.: J.E. Eskenazi, London, purchased from above

1981: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Foundation for the Arts Collection, Mrs. Herbert Marcus Fund, purchased from Eskenazi Ltd, London [1], [2]

Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the Collection: Foundation for the Arts document in the Collections Records object file. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

[2] The Foundation for the Arts is a non-profit corporation created as a title holding entity to serve the people of Dallas but to operate independently of the City. The Dallas Museum of Art (at its own cost) is responsible for the care, storage, insurance, conservation and maintenance of the collection, and agrees to maintain the highest museum standards in the management and handling of the Foundation's collection. The title to all works purchased or otherwise acquired by the Foundation for the Arts is retained by the Foundation.

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ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
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scrolls (spirals/motifs): AAT: 300010094
green (color): AAT: 300128438
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China (nation): TGN: 1000111
ceramic glaze: AAT: 300015092
Han: AAT: 300018385
flasks (bottles): AAT: 300045671
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