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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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]
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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
Archival Resources
Web Resources
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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