Object Title
Portrait of King
Measurements
17.8 x 17.2 x 8.9 cm
Creation Date
750-640 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Michael C. Carlos in honor of Dr. James T. Laney
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12685/portrait-of-a-king?ctx=fe3dad12ba6338b5cf675a4e06670b7b1f2242eb&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Paris, France. With Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York, from 2003. Purchased by MCCM from Royal-Athena Galleries.
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, August 2006 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Publication Information
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XIV (2003), 74, number 214.
Emma Beatty, "The Year Ahead: Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome," The Art Newspaper (2006).
Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva 17 (January/February 2006): 9-16.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 36.
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.