2008.059.001A

Object Title
Relief of a Man Seated at a Table of Offerings
Measurements
35.6 x 26.7 x 9.5 cm
Creation Date
2435-2306 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Joop Bollen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/25446/relief-of-a-man-seated-at-a-table-of-offerings?ctx=5e40c16e4107455da0c894648a1936b27283a6c7&idx=1
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 1000 CE
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Joop Bollen, United States, purchased from Kevork Simonian [Nomis Antiquities], Van Nuys, California, 2007.
Exhibition Information
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011; Michael C. Carlos Museum, Permanent Collection Galleries, May 14, 2013 - Present
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
Object was reportedly out of source country before current export laws and regulations were put in place. The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object and all of our collections.

2020.011.097

Object Title
Mace Head
Measurements
8.9 × 9.5 × 9.5 cm
Creation Date
1000-1500
Credit Line
Gift of Nicholas J. Pisaris
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/40082/spherical-mace-head?ctx=8433a1c36b7b329e0c0b7c1153e8e02b3b1661ea&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Mark Hampton, United States. Ex coll. Nicholas Pisaris, United States, bequest from Hampton.
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
Donor was living and working in Venezuela in the 1960s and 1970s. We have receipts and documentation that support he was collecting in good faith, but we are unable to match the documents to specific objects.

2020.011.075

Object Title
Amulet
Measurements
12.7 × 10.2 × 5.7 cm
Creation Date
ca. 550-950
Credit Line
Gift of Nicholas J. Pisaris
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/40062/abstract-effigy-amulet?ctx=cc251a9050bdff7a30738188e4a3d0284638bdb2&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Mark Hampton, United States. Ex coll. Nicholas Pisaris, United States, bequest from Hampton.
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
Donor was living and working in Venezuela in the 1960s and 1970s. We have receipts and documentation that support he was collecting in good faith, but we are unable to match the documents to specific objects.

2008.010.001

Object Title
Opus Sectile Pavement Panel
Measurements
43 5/16 x 78 1/2 in (110 x 119.4 cm)
Creation Date
late 1st - 2nd 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/24418/opus-sectile-pavement-panel?ctx=334731ec92a2f92cc4aa892e2c91296e447a0ca3&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Prior to 476 CE for Greek and Roman art
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Flora Mechoulam, Europe, 1960s. Ex coll. Jorge Rodriguez-Mendez, Mexico, 1960s or 1970s. Acquired by Joseph Coplin and Robin Beningson [Antiquarium, Ltd.], New York, New York, from New York art market, 1996. Purchased by MCCM from Antiquarium, 2008.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, February 2009 - August 26, 2013;
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 25, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
Antiquarium, Ltd., Ancient Treasures V (2007), 37.
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
Panel was reported to have been in Mexico by the 1970s. The Carlos continues to do provenance research on this object and all of our collections.

2008.115.27

Object Title
Bowl
Measurements
6.35 x 11.43 cm (2 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Creation Date
3000–2000 B.C.
Credit Line
Gift of Joann and Gifford Phillips, Class of 1942
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/127313
Provenance Information
Collection of Joann and Gifford Phillips; Yale University Art Gallery, acquired from the above, 2008.
Exhibition Information
N/A
Publication Information
"Acquisitions 2009," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009): 142.
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
From a collector who was purchasing works in Athens in the 1960s.
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