48.2863

Object Title
Aryballos in the Form of a Hedgehog
Measurements
2 7/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 7/8 in. (6.2 x 7.5 x 4.8 cm)
Creation Date
6th-5th century BCE
Credit Line
Museum purchase, 2009
Museum Name
Museum Contact
provenance@thewalters.org
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/77940
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
The Walters Art Museum is in the process of determining definitions of antiquity
Provenance Information
Parvin Collection, Alan Krammer, Chicago [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [the collection was formed in the 1960s-70s, and disbanded in the early 1980s]; Dr. John Winnie Collection, St. Mary's, Georgia, 1990s [mode of acquisition unknown]; Mele Gallery, Westport, Connecticut, 2007, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by purchase.
Exhibition Information
None known
Publication Information
"The Hedgehog in Ancient Egypt" p. 22
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
At the time this was acquired, its was believed to be out of its country of modern discovery prior to 1970. However, the Walters no longer can verify this so research is ongoing.