Object Title
Cup
Measurements
14.6 x 29.8 cm
Creation Date
ca. 530 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Glenn Verrill in memory of Jean Verrill
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12249/little-master-cup-with-siren-in-tondo?ctx=76e51224ffcc45692836529c9f111528825ea953&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With George Allen (1919-1998) [Hesperia Art], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchased by MCCM from Robert Hecht (1919-2012) [Robert Hecht Gallery], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, March 23, 2009 - January 2011
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 20, 2011 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2, 2013 - Present
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, March 23, 2009 - January 2011
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 20, 2011 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva 17 (January/February 2006): 9-16.
Pieter Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups (Amsterdam: Chairebooks, 2011), 337.
Pieter Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups (Amsterdam: Chairebooks, 2011), 337.
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 2005.