Provenance Information

Sold, Christie's, New York, June 10, 1994, lot 133, to Curtis Brown (1954-2024), Shreveport, Louisiana; estate of Curtis Brown, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2025.

Exhibition Information

Long-term loan to the Dallas Museum of Art (EXLOAN.158.1994.1), 1994-1996.
Long-term loan to the San Antonio Museum of Art (L.98.31.6), 1998-2025.

Publication Information

Christie's, New York, June 10, 1994, lot 133.

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

The work was on long-term loan at the San Antonio Museum of Art since 1998. The San Antonio Museum of Art maintains a collection of Ancient Mediterranean Art, and the vessel strengthens this collection.

In accordance with the Cultural Accord between SAMA and Italy’s Ministry of Culture signed in 2023, the museum contacted the Ministry of Culture and the Carabinieri’s Cultural Heritage Protection unit about the proposed acquisition of the cup. The Ministry of Culture provided formal notification (dated April 18, 2025) confirming that they have no evidence that the cup was illegally exported from Italy.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Anne Kenan (1915-1996), North Carolina and Georgia, gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Flagler, Florida. With Helen Smith, Georgia. Gifted to Forward Arts Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - April 28, 2014;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present

Publication Information

Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant, Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translation, 4th Edition (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016), 91, Figure 11.

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 1983.

Provenance Information

Ex coll. Elie Borowski (1913-2003), Basel, Switzerland, from at least 1979. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, Sale 9448, June 12, 2000, lot 111.

Exhibition Information

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, December 18, 1984 - June 30, 1985
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, Summer 2000 - 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
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 20, 2011 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 2, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

Lilly Kahil, "La deesse Artemis: Mythologie et Iconographie," in Greece and Italy in the Classical World: Acta of the XI International Congress of Classical Archaeology, ed. J.N. Coldstream and Malcolm A.R. Colledge (London: National Organizing Committee, XI International Congress of Classical Archaeology, 1979), 83, plate 35a.
Lucien Guimond, "Aktaion," LIMC I.1-2 (Zurich: Artemis, 1981), 357, 462, number 83a.
"Artemis," LIMC II.1-2 (Zurich: Artemis, 1984), 561, 732, number 1398.
Neda Leipen, et al., Glimpses of Excellence: A Selection of Greek Vases and Bronzes from the Elie Borowski Collection (Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1984), 22-23, number 17.
Erika Simon, "Hekate in Athen," Athenische Mitteilungen 100 (1985): 276, plate 50, 2.
Gratia Berger-Doer, "Diokles," LIMC III.1-2 (Zurich: Artemis, 1986), 395.
H. Sarian, "Hekate," LIMC VI.1-2 (Zurich: Artemis, 1992), 997, number 96.
Susan B. Matheson, Polygnotos and Vase Painting in Classical Athens (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1995), 149-150, 389, plate 133, number D 41.
Christie's New York, Ancient Greek Vases (June 12, 2000), lot 111.
MCCM Newsletter, September - November 2000.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2000 - February 2001.
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (January/February 2005), 13-17.
Michael C. Carlos Museum: Highlights of the Collections (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2011), 49.
Susan Jaques, A Love for the Beautiful: Discovering America's Hidden Art Museums (Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2012), 42.

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 2000.

Provenance Information

With Galerie Blondeel-Deroyan, Paris, France, November 1999. Purchased by MCCM from Michael Ward [Ward & Company, Works of Art, Inc.], New York, New York.

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 Galleries, June 20, 2011 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present

Publication Information

Galerie Blondeel-Deroyan, Cupidon: Aurige de l'Ame Antique (19 Novembre - 18 Decembre 1999),
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2000.

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 2000.

Provenance Information

[With Koeffler (Kofler?) Gallery, Lucerne, Switzerland]; [until 1978, with Charles D. Kelekian, New York]; by 1978 and until 2020, collection of Nanette B. Kelekian, New York.

Exhibition Information

None

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

The objects qualifies as an exception to the 1970 rule because Nanette Kelekian signed a will prior to 2008 that documents her intent to bequeath the object to the Museum. Additionally, Charles D. Kelekian (d. 1982) had a practice of collecting works once owned by the Dikran G. Kelekian gallery, dissolved in 1952. He transferred many of these works to his daughter, Nanette, during his lifetime. Her records indicate this work was transferred in by 1978.

Provenance Information

sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 29, 1974, lot 257, to Charles Ede Gallery, London; sold, Charles Ede Gallery to Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio, 1976; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

Sotheby’s, London, July 29, 1974, lot 257; Charles Ede Gallery, Pottery from Athens III, 735-300 (London, Jan. 1976), no. 8

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 work has provenance established to 1974. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has no vessels of this type, and the kantharos fills a gap in the collection of Greek ceramics.

Provenance Information

sold, Christie’s, London, Oct. 28, 1975, lot 215, to Charles Ede Gallery, London; sold, Charles Ede Gallery, to Dr. Milton Jacobs (1927-2018), San Antonio, 1977; gift of his estate to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2019

Exhibition Information

n/a

Publication Information

Ede Gallery, General Catalogue 106 (Mar. 1977), no. 8; Christie’s, London, Oct. 28, 1975, lot 215

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 work has provenance established to 1975. The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has no vessels of this type, and the lekythos fills a gap in the collection of Greek ceramics.

Provenance Information

Estate of Dorothy Sturm, Memphis, Tennessee, 1988; Pitt and Barbara Hyde, Memphis, Tennessee, 2016

Exhibition Information

no known prior exhibitions

Publication Information

no known prior publications

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

Although Dorothy Sturm began collecting in the 1960s or 70s, the Brooks has been unable to substantiate the precise date of acquisition of this and other coins in collection as they were acquired by the donor after her death in 1988. The coin greatly enhances the Brooks’ collection of Ancient art of the Mediterranean world.