Object Title
Fragment of a Sarcophagus with Scene of a Boar Hunt
Measurements
35.2 x 55.4 cm
Creation Date
late 2nd - early 3rd Century CE
Credit Line
Gift of the Connoisseurs
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/1252/fragment-of-a-sarcophagus-with-scene-of-a-boar-hunt?ctx=b6cb1ba3eadbf49c649c5f2c2860ccb6c923f146&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, California. Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from The Merrin Gallery, New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
An Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - December 1994;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, 1996 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
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
Purchased by museum in 1989.