2021.40.22

Object Title
Fragmentary terracotta female head
Measurements
H. 16 cm x W. 12 cm
Creation Date
late 5th-early 4th century B.C.
Credit Line
Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
Museum Contact
provenance.research@metmuseum.org
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/330007
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Created before the fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD)
Provenance Information
[Until 1974, with Nicolas Koutoulakis, Paris]; 1974, purchased by Charles D. Kelekian from N. Koutoulakis; [from 1974, with Charles D. Kelekian, New York]; until 2020, collection of Nanette B. Kelekian, New York.
Exhibition Information
None
Publication Information
None
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
The object qualifies as an exception to the 1970 rule because Nanette Kelekian signed a will prior to 2008 that documents her intent to bequeath the object to the Museum.

2021.19.1

Object Title
Marble cinerary urn in the form of a tree stump with leaves and grapes
Measurements
H: 11 ¼ in. (28.6 cm)
Creation Date
ca. 1st century A.D.
Credit Line
Gift of John J. Medveckis in honor of Emily Rafferty and in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2021
Museum Contact
provenance.research@metmuseum.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/257866
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Created before the fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD)
Provenance Information
By 1963, collection of Giorgio Sangiorgi (1887-1965), Rome, Italy and Monaco; 1965 – 2001, by descent to his son Sergio Sangiorgi, Monaco; December 6, 2001, acquired by John Medveckis, purchased from Sergio Sangiorgi through Christie’s, New York (lot 596); 2001 – present, collection of John Medveckis, Philadelphia; 2007 – present, on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (displayed in the Roman Court, MMA L.2007.1.1)
Exhibition Information
The object has been on display in the Roman Imperial Court (Gallery 162) since 2007.
Publication Information
Christie’s, New York in the sale of December 6, 2001, p. 224, lot 596.
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
The marble cinerary urn has been on loan and on display in the galleries since 2007. In addition, research into its provenance has traced the object’s history back to 1963, when it was in the collection of Giorgio Sangiorgi (1887-1965), Rome and Monaco, by descent to his son Sergio Sangiorgi, of Monaco. We understand the Senior Sangiorgi emigrated to Monaco before his death. The object was likely produced in Italy. Cinerary urns with elaborately carved foliate designs are widespread in Early Imperial Rome and other major Roman-period cities in Italy. While a tree trump is not a common shape, urns of this period frequently imitated other media and shapes in marble.

2019.18.10

Object Title
Drinking cup (kylix or cup-skyphos)
Measurements
h. (at handles) 7.4 cm; h. (at rim) 6.4 cm; w. (incl. handles) 12.2 cm; d. (rim diam.) 7.9 cm; foot diam. 4.4 cm
Creation Date
4th century B.C.
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs
Museum Contact
Jessica Powers, PhD (jessica.powers@samuseum.org)
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/22590/drinking-cup-kylix-or-cupskyphos?ctx=2e2469e8-98a6-412b-a2c7-23c018516c39&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
A.D. 800
Provenance Information
sold by Moger Ancient Art to Charles Ede Gallery, London, 1974; sold by Charles Ede Gallery to Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio, 1976; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019
Exhibition Information
n/a
Publication Information
Ede Gallery, General Catalogue 99 (Feb. 1975), no. 7
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work has provenance established to 1974. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has no vessels of this type, and the cup fills a gap in the collection of South Italian ceramics.

2019.18.9

Object Title
Drinking cup (stemless kylix) with laurel wreath and swan
Measurements
h. 5.5 cm (at handle); h. 4.5 cm (at rim); w. (incl. handles) 20.3 cm; d. (rim diam.) 14.2 cm; foot diam 6.0 cm
Creation Date
mid 4th century B.C.
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs
Museum Contact
Jessica Powers, PhD (jessica.powers@samuseum.org)
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/22589/drinking-cup-stemless-kylix-with-laurel-wreath-and-swan?ctx=f9728652-fadc-4a60-a6e8-014e753036b0&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
A.D. 800
Provenance Information
sold by Antiquités Genard, Liège, to Charles Ede Gallery, London, 1977; sold by Charles Ede Gallery to Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio, 1977; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019
Exhibition Information
n/a
Publication Information
n/a
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work has provenance established to 1977. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has no vessels of this type, and the cup fills a gap in the collection of South Italian ceramics.

2019.18.4

Object Title
Drinking cup (kantharos)
Measurements
h. (at handle) 10.9 cm; h. (at rim) 6.8 cm; w. (incl. handles) 17.8 cm; d. (rim diam.) 11.3 cm; foot diam. 6.2 cm
Creation Date
late 7th - early 6th century B.C.
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs
Museum Contact
Jessica Powers, PhD (jessica.powers@samuseum.org)
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/22584/drinking-cup-kantharos?ctx=b308a1f9-40a2-4322-8d12-6f0685d07618&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
A.D. 800
Provenance Information
by purchase, Charles Ede Gallery, London, 1971; by purchase (probably from Charles Ede Gallery), Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019
Exhibition Information
n/a
Publication Information
Ede Gallery, General Catalogue 84, no. 30

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work has provenance established to 1971. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has few examples of Etruscan ceramics, and the kantharos strengthens this part of the collection.

2019.18.3

Object Title
Oil bottle (aryballos)
Measurements
h. 8.3 cm; max. diam. 5.0 cm; rim diam. 3.3 cm
Creation Date
7th century B.C.
Credit Line
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of the Estate of Dr. Milton Jacobs
Museum Contact
Jessica Powers, PhD (jessica.powers@samuseum.org)
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://sanantonio.emuseum.com/objects/22583/oil-bottle-aryballos?ctx=790d29c0-c052-4b1a-a421-66ee1567fe8c&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
A.D. 800
Provenance Information
sold by Robert Hecht (1919-2012) to Charles Ede Gallery, London, 1973; sold by Charles Ede Gallery to Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio, 1975; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019
Exhibition Information
n/a
Publication Information
Ede Gallery, Etruscan Pottery (1974), no. 19a
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work has provenance established to 1973. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has few examples of Etrusco-Corinthian ceramics, and the aryballos strengthens the Etruscan collection.

2012.116.1

Object Title
Portrait of an older man from a sarcophagus
Measurements
27 x 19 x 8 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.) Width at chin: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.)
Creation Date
early 4th century A.D.
Credit Line
Gift of John J. Herrmann, Jr., B.A. 1959, and Annewies van den Hoek
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/177587
Provenance Information
Frieda Nussberger-Tchacos, Switzerland; John J. Herrmann, acquired by purchase from the above, by or not many years before 1975; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired by gift from the above, 2012.
Exhibition Information
Romans and Barbarians, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 12/16/1976–02/27/1977
Publication Information
Cornelius Vermeule, ed., Romans and Barbarians, exh. cat. (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976), 109, no. 116A, ill.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Exhibited in the "Romans and Barbarians" exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1976; owner acquired it in the early 1970s

2014.121.72

Object Title
Apulian fish plate
Measurements
4.45 x 19.05 cm (1 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.) base (Base): 2.54 x 8.89 cm(1 x 3 1/2 in.)
Creation Date
350–300 B.C.
Credit Line
Bequest of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes, B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1949
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/112402
Provenance Information
Collection of Erika Hughes; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired by bequest from the above, 2014.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
Ian McPhee and Arthur Dale Trendall, Greek Red-Figured Fish-Plates (Basel, Switzerland: Vereinigung der Freunde Antiker Kunst, 1987), pl. 49–50, fig. 3–5, 7, 71.

"Acquisitions 2015," http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).
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
Letter of April 20, 1994 to Erika Hughes from A.D. Trendall regarding this vase; correspondence regarding beuqest prior to 2008

2014.121.70

Object Title
Polychrome clay horse
Measurements
18.1 x 22.86 x 4.62 cm (7 1/8 x 9 x 1 13/16 in.)
Creation Date
4th–3rd century B.C.
Credit Line
Bequest of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes, B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1949
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/112383
Provenance Information
Collection of Erika Hughes; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired by bequest from the above, 2014.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
"Acquisitions 2015," http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).
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
Correspondence regarding bequest prior to 2008

2014.121.96

Object Title
Mirror
Measurements
26.5 x 17.3 cm (10 7/16 x 6 13/16in.) other (Handle): 7.2 x 2.8 cm(2 13/16 x 1 1/8in.) other (Mirror): 23.5 x 17.3 cm(9 1/4 x 6 13/16in.)
Creation Date
4th–3rd century B.C.
Credit Line
Bequest of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes, B.A. 1945, LL.B. 1949
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/110212
Provenance Information
Appraised by Edoardo Almagia, Antiquities and Medieval Works of Art, New York, 1986 and 1991; Collection of Erika and Thomas Leland Hughes by or before 1986; Insurance record, 1991; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., acquired by bequest from the above, 2014.
Exhibition Information
Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 09/18/2007–01/13/2008
Publication Information
Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 200, 387, pl. 184.

Giuseppe Sassatelli, ed., Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum: Bologna - Museo Civico II (Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider, 1981), 15–16, 40–41, no. 4, fig. 4.

Meghan C. Freeman, "Ambiguous Reflections: A Unique Etruscan Mirror at Yale," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2016): 90–91, fig. 1–2.

"Acquisitions 2015," http://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2015_updated%2012_16_15.pdf (accessed December 1, 2015).
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
Exhibited as Promised Gift to YUAG in 2007 (Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century exhibition, 2007); documented ownership by T. and E. Hughes by 1986
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