Object Title
Footed Bowl
Measurements
diam. 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Creation Date
300 B.C.-A.D. 100
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/25140/footed-bowl?ctx=28a44aa8-5436-4425-80cf-015672d305b7&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Prior to AD 1550
Provenance Information
John and Kathi Oppenheimer, San Antonio, Texas, before 2021 [note 1]; John and Kathi Oppenheimer by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023.
Note 1: The Oppenheimer collection was largely acquired before 1998. However, this work has not been identified in collection photographs of 1980 or 1998.
Note 1: The Oppenheimer collection was largely acquired before 1998. However, this work has not been identified in collection photographs of 1980 or 1998.
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. Documents presented to the museum prior to the donation indicate that Herbert Oppenheimer (1911-1989) was active in Mesoamerican art collecting by 1960; documentation also shows that his son, John Oppenheimer, was actively collecting by 1968.