2004.060.029

Object Title
Idol Head
Measurements
3.2 x 3.2 x 4.1 cm
Creation Date
4500-4000 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Harlan and Pamela Berk
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12314/idol-head?ctx=564a8800d975f868affc07948f711f0848849cdf&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With Harlan J. Berk, Chicago, Illinois.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
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
Gifted to museum in 2004.

2004.025.001

Object Title
Kalpis
Measurements
44.5 x 43.8 cm
Creation Date
mid 5th Century BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Dietrich von Bothmer
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/11584/kalpis-inscribed-as-a-prize-awarded-at-games-sacred-to-the?ctx=beb6bd62f4d28f798b39077d1d283aff4629431b&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Richard Wagner (1907-2002), West Barnstable, Massachusetts, acquired from European art market, early 1970s. With Fortuna Fine Arts, Ltd, New York, New York, purchased from Wagner, 2001. Purchased by MCCM from Fortuna Fine Arts.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Amy Sowder Koch. "Far from the Fountain: Inscriptions on Bronze Hydriai and the Uses of Water Jars in Ancient Greece". BABESCH. Vol 90. 2015. Fig. 4. p. 17.;

Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva (January/February 2005): 13-17.
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
Purchased by museum in 2004.

2010.007.001

Object Title
Marbled Lydion (Perfume Vessel)
Measurements
14.6 x 12.7 cm (5 3/4 x 5 in)
Creation Date
6th Century BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Judy and Michael Steinhardt
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/26879/marbled-lydion-perfume-vase?ctx=31aba308a18986b988bd95406750ed325d90b7a8&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Made prior to 476 CE for Greek and Roman art.
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Michael Steinhardt, New York.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, September 9, 2013 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Unpublished to our knowledge
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object and all of the objects in our collection.

2014.121.74

Object Title
Anatolian marble idol
Measurements
13.02 cm (5 1/8 in.)
Creation Date
2700–2100 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/112415
Provenance Information
Fortuna Fine Arts, New York; Erika Hughes, acquired from the above, 1996; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired by bequest from the above, 2014.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
Jurgen Thimme, ed., Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millenium B.C. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977), 386, 560, no. 512.

Christie's New York, New York City, Christie's Sale 2490, Antiquities, sale cat. (December 7, 2011), 13.

"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;

2009.193.3

Object Title
Relief with Gladiators
Measurements
122.6 x 80.2 x 6.2 cm (48 1/4 x 31 9/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Creation Date
ca. 2nd century A.D.
Credit Line
Gift of Prof. William Kelly Simpson, B.A. 1947, M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1954
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/79336
Provenance Information
Christie's New York, Dec. 7 2000, lot 637; with Frederick Schultz, New York; William Kelly Simpson, acquired from the above, 2000; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired from the above, 2009.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
"Acquisitions," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2010.pdf (accessed 2012).;;Louis Robert, Les Gladiateurs dans l'Orient Grec (Paris: E. Champion, 1940).;;;;Pablo Molina Ortiz, "Un Nuevio Emparejamiento Gladitorio Procedente de Éfeso," Espacio, Tiempo y Forma (2014): 101–6, ill.
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
On long-term loan since 2000

2011.1.1

Object Title
Solidus of Constantius II
Measurements
4.55g
Creation Date
337-340
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336384
Provenance Information
Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
No information available
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
Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

2011.1.2

Object Title
Solidus of Julian Caesar, Antioch
Measurements
4.44g
Creation Date
355-361
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336385
Provenance Information
[CNA (Classical Numismatic Auctions) XVIII, Dec. 3, 1991 lot 872], sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (1991-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
CNA (Classical Numismatic Auctions) XVIII, Dec. 3, lot 872, Quarryville, PA and London, 1991.
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
Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

2011.1.3

Object Title
Solidus of Marcian
Measurements
4.46g
Creation Date
450
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336386
Provenance Information
Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
No information available
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
Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogue, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

2011.1.4

Object Title
Solidus of Honorius
Measurements
4.48g
Creation Date
408-423
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336387
Provenance Information
Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (by 2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
No information available
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
Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past, this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.

2011.1.5

Object Title
Solidus of Theodosius II
Measurements
4.2g
Creation Date
441
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Wellington F. Scott, III, in memory of Jane Ayer
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/336388
Provenance Information
[Muenzen und Medallien AG, Basel, FPL 560, November/December 1992, lot 133], sold; to Jane Ayer Scott, Newton MA (1992-2008), by inheritance; to her husband Wellington F. Scott III, (2008-2010), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2010.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
Muenzen und Medallien AG, FPL 560, November/December, lot 133, Basel, 1992
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
Byzantine coins were issued in very large numbers and widely circulated beyond the place where they were struck. In the past this common coinage tended to be inadequately illustrated in sales catalogues, making it difficult to trace a particular specimen.
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