Object Title
Red-figure Epichysis
Measurements
Overall: 7 7/8 × 3 7/16 × 3 in. (20 × 8.73 × 7.62 cm.)
Creation Date
ca. 340-330 BC
Credit Line
Gift of Bruce Young in memory of John Davenport Neville
Museum Name
Museum Contact
provenance@vmfa.museum
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-162057827/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
before 500
Provenance Information
November 1990 (Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, NY). [1] May 2004, John W. Kluge [1914 – 2010], The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Charlottesville, Virginia; [2] June 2004 (Christie’s, New York); [3] June 2004, Private collection, Washington, D.C.; [4]; Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia, June 17, 2020. [5]
[1] Royal-Athena Galleries, "Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 1,(New York, 1990) no. 119. Note: There is an earlier location and ownership (?) listed prior to
Royal- Athena Galleries: Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg. This information was published with no date in the Christie’s auction catalogue: “The Morven Collection of Ancient Art”, Sale# 1466, New York, 8 June 2004, lot no. 344, p. 45.
[2] This piece was part of John W. Kluge’s Morven Collection of Ancient Art sold through Christie’s auction house in 2004. It is not yet confirmed where and when
Kluge acquired the object.
[3] Christie’s New York, The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Sale# 1466 (8 June 2004), lot. 344, p. 45.
[4] Private Collection of Bruce Young, Washington, D.C.
[5] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
[1] Royal-Athena Galleries, "Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 1,(New York, 1990) no. 119. Note: There is an earlier location and ownership (?) listed prior to
Royal- Athena Galleries: Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg. This information was published with no date in the Christie’s auction catalogue: “The Morven Collection of Ancient Art”, Sale# 1466, New York, 8 June 2004, lot no. 344, p. 45.
[2] This piece was part of John W. Kluge’s Morven Collection of Ancient Art sold through Christie’s auction house in 2004. It is not yet confirmed where and when
Kluge acquired the object.
[3] Christie’s New York, The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Sale# 1466 (8 June 2004), lot. 344, p. 45.
[4] Private Collection of Bruce Young, Washington, D.C.
[5] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.
Exhibition Information
No information currently available.
Publication Information
Auction catalogue, Christie’s, “The Morven Collection of Ancient Art”, Sale# 1466 (New York, 8 June 2004), lot no. 344, p. 45.
A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, "Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia," London, 1992, p. 258, no. 26/237e (identified as oinochoe).
Royal-Athena Galleries, "Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 1," (New York, 1990) no. 119.
A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, "Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia," London, 1992, p. 258, no. 26/237e (identified as oinochoe).
Royal-Athena Galleries, "Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 1," (New York, 1990) no. 119.
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
There was an understanding between the museum and donor prior to 2008, as asserted by both Mr. Young and curator at the time, Dr. Margaret Mayo, and as documented in museum records. VMFA undertook additional due diligence, with Mr. Young's permission, by contacting the Italian Ministry of Culture in September of 2019. VMFA sent the Ministry all available records and images on the known modern history of this object and asked if there might be further information on this object or if the museum should contact anyone else for further information. The museum received a response from the Italian Ministry of Culture in October of 2019, stating that the Comando Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale undertook an investigation and determined that they currently had no objections to the museum accepting this donation.