Object Title
Head of a Goddess
Measurements
47 x 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Creation Date
2nd Century BCE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/24119/head-of-a-goddess?ctx=c49fdd9214ba3c783ebe331d3c71ab2eca2fa6d0&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With Christie's London, July 16, 1985, lot 463. With Antiquaria Gallery, London, England. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 6, 2006, lot 35.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Galleries, July-August 2007
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2007 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - Present
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2007 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Christie's London, Fine Antiquities (Tuesday 16 July 1985), 111, number 463.
Christoph Reusser, Der Fidestempel auf dem Kapitol in Rom und seine Ausstattung: ein Beitrag zu den Ausgrabungen an der Via del Mare und um das Kapital 1926-1943 (Roma: "L'Erma" Di Bretschneider, 1993), 104, note 61.
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities (December 6, 2006), 30-31, lot 35.
Bo Emerson, "A Herculean Try for Goddess," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 2, 2007.
Christoph Reusser, Der Fidestempel auf dem Kapitol in Rom und seine Ausstattung: ein Beitrag zu den Ausgrabungen an der Via del Mare und um das Kapital 1926-1943 (Roma: "L'Erma" Di Bretschneider, 1993), 104, note 61.
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities (December 6, 2006), 30-31, lot 35.
Bo Emerson, "A Herculean Try for Goddess," The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 2, 2007.
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 2007.