2010.037.001

Object Title
Offering Table
Measurements
36.8 x 16.2 x 8.9 cm
Creation Date
2543-2120 BCE
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/28738/offering-table?ctx=bc14529d1a3f2462496a6ad31da53d56c83e9b62&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 1000 years
Provenance Information
Purchased for MCCM by Terry Zuwa, Canada, from Kevork Simonian [Nomis Antiquities], Van Nuys, California.
Exhibition Information
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, October 15, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object is unpublished.
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
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this work and all objects in its collection.

2019.017.010

Object Title
Spoon in the Shape of a Dragon Head
Measurements
4.25 x 13.75 x .9 cm.
Creation Date
1200-400 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Robert L. Drapkin and Chitranee Drapkin
Museum Contact
Michael Bennett
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://mfastpete.org/obj/spoon-in-the-shape-of-a-dragon-head/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
1492
Provenance Information
Purchased by Major Elmer McBryde c. 1947 from another army officer, by decent to daughter, Diana McBride-Farley; Throckmorton Fine Art Inc., New York, NY: Robert L. Drapkin and Chitranee Drapkin Collection, St. Petersburg, FL (2003).
Exhibition Information
On view at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg since October 2021.
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
Promised gift prior to 2008.

2000.018

Object Title
The Twenty-Four Jinas
Measurements
16 15/16 x 5 1/8 in (43 x 13 cm)
Creation Date
10th Century
Credit Line
Gift of Jagdish and Madhu Sheth
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/6947/the-twentyfour-jinas?ctx=61c37c1dfa377206d745709fc78d76cdc73c0984&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
More than 75 years old for Indian art
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Doris Wiener (1922-2011) [Doris Wiener, Inc., Ancient Art of Asia], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 2009
Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, New York, September 18, 2009 - February 15, 2010
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, May 26, 2010 - April 4, 2021
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, August 28, 2021 - Present
Publication Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 127.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Partial interest received prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased prior to 2008.

2012.1.120

Object Title
Replica of Mount Argaeus
Measurements
5 cm
Creation Date
1st - 5th centuries
Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Gift of Frank J. Kovacs
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/192079
Provenance Information
Mr. Frank L. Kovacs III, San Mateo, CA (by 1988), gift; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1988-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
Exhibition Information
No information available
Publication Information
No information available
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
This work was donated to Harvard University in 1988. Ownership has been transferred to the Harvard Art Museums for proper care and safety and to increase access by students and the public.
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