Object Title
Bowl
Measurements
23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Creation Date
c. 100–300 CE
Credit Line
Gift of Barbara S. Robinson and Family
Museum Contact
classicalart@clevelandart.org
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2023.107
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Created before 313 CE (year of the Edict of Milan)
Provenance Information
Sotheby’s New York, lot 317, Unsold (December 10, 1999); Swiss Private Collection (by 2000); F.A.C. Kunsthandel (Wolfgang Wilhelm), Frankfurt, Germany, sold to Barbara S. Robinson (2007); Barbara S. Robinson, Cleveland, OH (2007-2023); gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art (2023)
Exhibition Information
None
Publication Information
Sotheby’s New York, Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art, lot 317 (December 10, 1999).
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
An exception to 1970 can be made for this object because it was expected as a gift or bequest prior to 2008. This is confirmed by a letter from the attorney of Barbara S. Robinson (now in museum files) attesting to Mrs. Robinson’s intent, memorialized in estate planning documents by 2007, to donate her collection of antiquities to the Cleveland Museum of Art following her death. This is the first Roman silver bowl in the CMA, and only the second Roman silver vessel.