Object Title
Alter, later reused as a statue base
Measurements
8.4 x 11.2 cm
Creation Date
1st Century BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/20175/altar-later-reused-as-a-statue-base?ctx=0727bfaf21fffbf38e7c0d585528b52d5c3049b7&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Barbara and Lawrence (1925-1997) Fleischman, New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
The Fragrant Past: Perfumes of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, April 5 - June 25, 1989;
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 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 24, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 28, 2013 - March 14, 2023;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 2, 2023 - September 21, 2023;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 7, 2023 - Present
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 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 24, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 28, 2013 - March 14, 2023;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 2, 2023 - September 21, 2023;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 7, 2023 - 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
Gifted to museum in 1989.