2021.15
Object Title
Owl skyphos (drinking cup)
Measurements
2 7/8 × 5 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (7.3 × 14.6 × 9.2 cm)
Creation Date
ca. 400 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Curtis Brown
Museum Name
Museum Contact
Jessica Powers, PhD
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/14520/owl-skyphos-drinking-cup
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
A.D. 800
Provenance Information
Sold by Royal-Athena Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA, to Curtis
Brown, Shreveport, LA, 1989; Curtis Brown, by gift to the
San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021
Brown, Shreveport, LA, 1989; Curtis Brown, by gift to the
San Antonio Museum of Art, 2021
Exhibition Information
Long-term loan to the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989-1997
(265.1989); long-term loan to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1998-2021 (L.98.31.7).
(265.1989); long-term loan to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1998-2021 (L.98.31.7).
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
The work was on long-term loan at the San Antonio Museum of Art from 1998. The San Antonio Museum of Art maintains a collection of Ancient Mediterranean Art ceramics, and the vessel strengthens this collection.
