Object Title
Oil bottle (aryballos)
Measurements
h. 8.3 cm; max. diam. 5.0 cm; rim diam. 3.3 cm
Creation Date
7th century B.C.
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Jessica Powers, PhD (jessica.powers@samuseum.org)
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/22583/oil-bottle-aryballos?ctx=790d29c0-c052-4b1a-a421-66ee1567fe8c&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
A.D. 800
Provenance Information
sold by Robert Hecht (1919-2012) to Charles Ede Gallery, London, 1973; sold by Charles Ede Gallery to Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio, 1975; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019
Exhibition Information
n/a
Publication Information
Ede Gallery, Etruscan Pottery (1974), no. 19a
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work has provenance established to 1973. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has few examples of Etrusco-Corinthian ceramics, and the aryballos strengthens the Etruscan collection.