2003.022.002

Object Title
Calyx Cup
Measurements
8.3 cm
Creation Date
ca. 300-290 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Brian T. Aitken
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/10287/gilded-blackglaze-calyx-cup?ctx=39e29150aea0608ffdf3a6555d8e64da23f9755c&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, September 2004 - May 2008
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 29, 2019 - August 2020
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, October 2, 2023 - Present
Publication Information
Zoe Kotitsa, "Metal-Coated Pottery in Macedonia in Late Classical and Hellenistic Period," in Topics on Hellenistic Pottery in Ancient Macedonia, 109-25, ed. Stella Drougou, et al (Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund, 2012), 108, note 4.
Dyfri Williams, "Gilded Pottery and Golden Jewellery," in The Macedonians in Athens, 322-229, ed. Olga Palagia and Stephen V. Tracy (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2016), 227, figure 1.
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 2003.

2003.022.001

Object Title
Plate
Measurements
17.1 cm
Creation Date
ca. 325-300 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Brian T. Aitken
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/10350/gilded-blackglaze-plate?ctx=49f47049eeb27000dc27e59b8daf9817a43ea860&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 29, 2019 - August 2020
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, October 2, 2023 - Present
Publication Information
Zoe Kotitsa, "Metal-Coated Pottery in Macedonia in Late Classical and Hellenistic Period," in Topics on Hellenistic Pottery in Ancient Macedonia, 109-25, ed. Stella Drougou, et al (Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund, 2012), 108, note 4.
Dyfri Williams, "Gilded Pottery and Golden Jewellery," in The Macedonians in Athens, 322-229, ed. Olga Palagia and Stephen V. Tracy (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2016), 227, figure 1.
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 the museum in 2003.

2003.008.001

Object Title
Necklace
Measurements
24.1 cm
Creation Date
4th Century BCE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/10204/necklace?ctx=8af83c9c99a4bc684b38258c334c1a61197c85be&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With Ursula Becchina [Palladion Antike Kunst], Basel, Switzerland, 1976. Ex private collection, Switzerland. Purchased by MCCM from Palladion.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - September 6, 2013
Publication Information
Palladion Antike Kunst, Katalog 1976, 94-95, number 114.
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 2003.

2003.007.001

Object Title
Calyx-Krater
Measurements
58.1 x 47 cm
Creation Date
ca. 380 BCE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/10243/redfigure-calyxkrater-of-the-abduction-of-europa?ctx=97e0749e27dbd4317d91f6af48dd6b65e59663ef&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
Travelled in conjunction with The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, August 1, 2003 - May 31, 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - January 2011
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 20, 2011 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (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
Acquired by museum in 2003.

2002.028.001

Object Title
Column Krater
Measurements
32.2 x 33.7 cm
Creation Date
ca. 510-500 BCE
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/9965/column-krater-with-scene-of-odysseus-escaping-from-polyphemo?ctx=ff09c47825693da95d969d3be00f89424ce5069c&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Switzerland, from before 1938. With Thomas Howard-Sneyd (1940-2010), London, England, from at least 1999. Purchased by MCCM from Howard-Sneyd.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - January 2011
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 20, 2011 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Bernard Andreae, Odysseus - Mythos und Erinnerung (Mainz: von Zabern, 1999), 126 figure 40, 386 number 40.
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (January/February 2005): 13-17.
Veranda (March-April 2005): 128.
Nikolaus Dietrich, "Lo spazio della natura e lo spazio dell'uomo," in Mito e natura: dalla Grecia a Pompei, ed. Gemma Sena Chiesa et al. (Milano: Electra, 2015), 64-71.
Barbara Cassin, L'Odyssee au Louvre: Un roman graphique (Paris: Louvre, 2024), 65, Figure 5, 214.
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 2002.

2002.012.038

Object Title
Cup Fragment
Measurements
4 x 7.7 cm
Creation Date
ca. 480 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of William Knight Zewadski
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/9824/cup-fragment-depicting-a-symposium?ctx=1596cb04e07ca40e3aa8f89ea8cede23c5282cf4&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Dietrich von Bothmer (1918-2009), New York, New York, acquired from Robert Hecht (1919-2012), New York, New York and Paris, France, June 1990. Ex coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States, probably acquired from Bothmer.
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 2002.

2002.012.013

Object Title
Skyphos Fragment
Measurements
5.7 x 7.1 cm
Creation Date
ca. 510 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of William Knight Zewadski
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/9650/skyphos-fragment-with-a-dionysiac-scene?ctx=7f6e49ae002d90c453a7ddd46dfc4c158c2bc7e8&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States.
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 2002.

2002.012.001

Object Title
Oinochoe Fragment
Measurements
5.2 x 3.8 cm
Creation Date
ca. 540 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of William Knight Zewadski
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/9688/oinochoe-fragment-depicting-a-waterbird?ctx=a2a359e75ec0d697a8bc6f247d0a8435e176d87d&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 24, 2013
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 2002.

2001.028.001

Object Title
Lekythos
Measurements
36.5 x 11.7 cm
Creation Date
ca. 470 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Michael C. and Thalia Carlos on behalf of the Michael C. Carlos Museum staff in honor of Anthony G. Hirschel
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/9165/redfigure-lekythos-with-courting-scene?ctx=dc783cf5aa0ce685998343b0e25c6a6a45c7263a&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex coll. Dr. Frederic Ephraim (1898-1976), Lugano Switzerland, ca. 1950s - 1960s. With Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York, from ca. 1991.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (January/February 2005), 13-17.
Louise Pratt, Eros at the Banquet: Reviewing Greek with Plato's Symposium (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011), 76-78.
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 2001.

2001.011.001

Object Title
Fibula
Measurements
11 x 19 cm
Creation Date
8th Century
Credit Line
Carlos Collection of Ancient Art
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/7060/fibula?ctx=ffc66d4c53f1f5b0c19fb2f8e74a448d1789eadc&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Switzerland, from 1960s. Thence by descent, 1970s. Purchased by MCCM from Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva, Switzerland.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 2008
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2013 - June 19, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Publication Information
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (2005): 13-17.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 44.
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 2001.
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