1990.004.002

Object Title
Furniture Support in Shape of Marsyas
Measurements
39.1 x 16.2 cm
Creation Date
1st Century CE
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/14634/furniture-support-in-the-shape-of-a-hanging-marsyas?ctx=25b8f10b49256c95ac6babefda04c4eb22dc83be&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
An Enduring Ideal: Classical Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 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;
The Mediterranean Melting Pot: Commerce and Cultural Exchange in Antiquity, Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, September 9 - December 18, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 2012 - August 27, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - September 30, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, March 10, 2015 - November 3, 2016;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, January 10, 2017-Present
Publication Information
Anne Weis, The Hanging Marsyas and Its Copies: Roman Innovations in Hellenistic Sculptural Tradition (Roma: G. Bretschneider, 1992), 124 and 197.;
Michael C. Carlos Museum Handbook (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 1996), 70.;
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (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 1990.

1988.004.002

Object Title
Table Leg
Measurements
62.5 x 21.6 cm
Creation Date
1st Century CE
Credit Line
Gift of the Connoisseurs
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/22080/table-leg-in-the-form-of-a-lion-head?ctx=69c0d7a5fd79b2015a0554508964ca9ca131d389&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
Recent Acquisitions, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 14 - September 15, 1988;
The Beauty of Beasts, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, November 1, 1992 - April 15, 1993;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 27, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - September 30, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - March 14, 2023;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 2, 2023 - 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), 60.
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 1988.

2005.7a-h

Object Title
Funerary Couch
Measurements
36 3/4 inches H x 82 3/4" W x 39 3/8 inches D
Creation Date
early 6th century
Credit Line
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
Museum Contact
Provenance@vmfa.museum
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-109920464/
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
8th century
Provenance Information
Private collection in Taiwan held base of Funerary Couch prior to February 2004; Private collection in Hong Kong held panels of the Funerary Couch prior to February 2004; Gisele Croës, Arts d'Extreme-Orient gallery, Brussels, Belgium, February 2004; Danese, Gisele Croës’ temporary gallery in New York, NY, March 2004; Shipped to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia, May 2004. VMFA purchased this work in May of 2005 in order to bring it into a publicly accessible collection.
Since 2010, the work has been highlighted in the Collections section of VMFA’s website. The work has been on display in VMFA’s East Asian Gallery


Exhibition Information
The work was exhibited in “Ritual Objects and Early Buddhist Art” , Gallery Danese, 41 E. 57th Street, New York, NY, March 22 – 31, 2004; it was published in the accompanying catalogue:
Publication Information
Ritual Objects and Early Buddhist Art, Gisele Croës, Arts d'Extreme-Orient, Brussels, pp. 23-55, ill. 25-55.
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
This acquisition was made prior to the AAMD guidelines of 2008. In this case, VMFA decided to make an exception to the 1970 rule in order to bring this object into a free, publicly accessible, educational institution, where it could be studied, displayed, and publicized.
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