2018.003.001

Object Title
Coffin
Measurements
43.2 x 34.3 x 20.3 cm
Creation Date
ca. 2000-1600 BCE
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/16559/face-from-a-pottery-coffin?ctx=22711c88ccba40b6b421addc74e96cf663838f50&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, United States, purchased from Bonhams London, September 22, 1998, lot 22. With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington, DC (unsold).
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - March 30, 2015
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 10, 2024 - Present
Publication Information
Bonhams Knightsbridge, Antiquities (September 22, 1998), 8, number 22.
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
NA

2016.031.001

Object Title
Black-Figure Lekythos
Measurements
20.3 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Creation Date
ca. 490 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Sybil and Ed Ralston in memory of Dr. Leona Delaney Ganaway
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/35074/blackfigure-on-white-ground-lekythos-with-dionysos-riding-a?ctx=228c7ad25a55fe99fa2820ea1d627158e5112340&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Galerie Neuendorf/Holger Termer, Hamburg, Germany, November 12 - December 19, 1980, number 8. With Allan Anawati [Medusa Ancient Art], Montreal, Quebec, 2012. Ex private collection, Midwest United States, from 2012. Purchased by donor at Christie's New York, December 9, 2015, lot 24.
Exhibition Information
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg, Germany, November 19 - December 19, 1980
Hamburg, Germany, May 29 - August 29, 1986
Kiel, Germany, September 22 - October 24, 1986
Bremen, Germany, December 12, 1986 - January 18, 1987
Publication Information
Galerie Neuendorf, Holger Termer Kunst der Antike 2 ( 19 November - 19 Dezember 1980), 27, number 8.
Wilhelm Hornbostel, Aus der Glanzzeit Athens: Meisterwerke griechischer Vasenkunst in Privatbesitz (Hamburg: BATIG-Ges. fur Beteiligungen, 1986), 69, number 28.
Christie's New York, Antiquities (9 December 2015), 25, lot 24.
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
NA

2015.031.009

Object Title
Seated Female Figure
Measurements
45.7 x 30.5 x 14.6 cm
Creation Date
ca. 300 BCE - 200 CE
Credit Line
Gift of the C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/34555/seated-female-figure?ctx=d36ce1a8419ce99283dcbc39c25546b87be4fb73&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Frederick and Aase Thompson, United States, purchased from Sotheby's New York.
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
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2015.031.006

Object Title
Seated Warrior
Measurements
50.8 x 25.4 x 22.2 cm
Creation Date
ca. 300 BCE - 200 CE
Credit Line
Gift of the C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/34552/seated-warrior?ctx=22a31ed2e46191659940b79080404b9c138fe53c&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Frederick and Aase Thompson, United States, purchased from Sotheby's New York.
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
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2013.047.001

Object Title
Red-Figure Fragment
Measurements
5.4 x 6.4 x 2.9 cm
Creation Date
ca. 500 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/32607/redfigure-cup-fragment-with-satyr-in-the-tondo?ctx=e329f7f7b10552403e724a827c452465feb4c0d6&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, 1970. 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
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
NA

2006.013.002

Object Title
Red-Figure Fragment
Measurements
2.7 x 3.8 cm
Creation Date
ca. 520-510 BCE
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12774/redfigure-psykter-fragment-with-woman-maenad?ctx=12380bcde5a7c65ce6d67b1830472f0555554046&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, England.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
Dyfri Williams, "Villard and the Campana Collection: Euphronios and Smikros," in Ceramic and pein turegrecqu're in the Ancient Mediterranean, Terrain at the Museum: Tributes to Francois Villard, ed. Francoise Gaultier, et al (Paris: Boccard Editions, 2019), 173.
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 2006.

2006.013.001

Object Title
Black-Figure Sherd
Measurements
6.4 x 7.6 cm
Creation Date
ca. 530-520 BCE
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12982/blackfigure-on-white-ground-plate-fragment-with-herakles-an?ctx=e301e4e33fe9f12e8cf8069438c32359dd46d633&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch Ltd., London, England.
Exhibition Information
Arte Etruriae Renascuntur, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, August 2007 - March 2008
Permanent Collection Intervention: Come Ruin or Rapture, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 16, 2024 - December 11, 2024
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
Acquired by museum in 2006.

2005.052.001

Object Title
Cup
Measurements
14.6 x 29.8 cm
Creation Date
ca. 530 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Glenn Verrill in memory of Jean Verrill
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12249/little-master-cup-with-siren-in-tondo?ctx=76e51224ffcc45692836529c9f111528825ea953&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
With George Allen (1919-1998) [Hesperia Art], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Purchased by MCCM from Robert Hecht (1919-2012) [Robert Hecht Gallery], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, March 23, 2009 - 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
Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva 17 (January/February 2006): 9-16.
Pieter Heesen, Athenian Little-Master Cups (Amsterdam: Chairebooks, 2011), 337.
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 2005.

2005.030.001

Object Title
Portrait of King
Measurements
17.8 x 17.2 x 8.9 cm
Creation Date
750-640 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Michael C. Carlos in honor of Dr. James T. Laney
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12685/portrait-of-a-king?ctx=fe3dad12ba6338b5cf675a4e06670b7b1f2242eb&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Paris, France. With Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York, from 2003. Purchased by MCCM from Royal-Athena Galleries.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 2006 - February 12, 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present
Publication Information
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XIV (2003), 74, number 214.
Emma Beatty, "The Year Ahead: Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome," The Art Newspaper (2006).
Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva 17 (January/February 2006): 9-16.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 36.
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 2005.

2005.016.001

Object Title
Red-Figure Fragment
Measurements
7.6 cm
Credit Line
Classical Purchase Fund
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12996/redfigure-fragment-with-wave-pattern-decoration?ctx=db238145674d86f74273eaa59a2a6f87f85c88cd&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Vera J. Posey (1938-2023), Shreveport, Louisiana.
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
Acquired by museum in 2005.
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