Object Title
Lekythos
Measurements
36.5 x 11.7 cm
Creation Date
ca. 470 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Michael C. and Thalia Carlos on behalf of the Michael C. Carlos Museum staff in honor of Anthony G. Hirschel
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/9165/redfigure-lekythos-with-courting-scene?ctx=dc783cf5aa0ce685998343b0e25c6a6a45c7263a&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex coll. Dr. Frederic Ephraim (1898-1976), Lugano Switzerland, ca. 1950s - 1960s. With Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York, from ca. 1991.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (January/February 2005), 13-17.
Louise Pratt, Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011), 76-78.
Louise Pratt, Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011), 76-78.
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
Acquired by museum in 2001.