Object Title
Pendant
Measurements
3 1/4 × 2 1/4 × 5/8 in. (8.3 × 5.7 × 1.6 cm)
Creation Date
A.D. 900– 1420
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of John and Kathi Oppenheimer
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Lynley J. McAlpine, PhD <Lynley.McAlpine@samuseum.org>
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/25020/pendant?ctx=a79830f5-48db-4439-bdc4-4b01ba2683d1&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Prior to AD 1550
Provenance Information
with Frances Pratt (1913-2003), Teochita, Inc., New York, NY, by January 20, 1971; sold by Frances Pratt (1913-2003), Teochita, Inc., New York, NY to Herbert Oppenheimer (1911-1989), San Antonio, Texas, January 20, 1971; by descent to John and Kathi Oppenheimer, San Antonio, Texas; by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
N/A
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
San Antonio Museum of Art staff began working with and exhibiting objects from the Oppenheimer collection on loan by 1998, a relationship that culminated in the donation of the collection to the museum in 2023.