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© Bruce M. White, 2012.
Jar with a Bird on the Shoulder and Sub-Geometric Infill
© Bruce M. White, 2012.
© Bruce M. White, 2012.
© Bruce M. White, 2012.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Jar with a Bird on the Shoulder and Sub-Geometric Infill

AAT Object Form/Functionjars
AAT Object TechniqueBlack-figure
CultureGreek, Carian
PeriodArchaic
Date6th Century BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Brian T. Aitken
Dimensions7 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (19.1 x 16.5 x 13 cm)
Object number2003.031.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 24, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 9, 2013 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesGalerie Gunter Puhze, Kunst der Antike Katalog 8 (1989), 18, number 172.
Sotheby's London, Antiquities (8 July 1991), 204 and 206, lot 364.
Dirk Lenz, "Karische Keramik im Martin von Wagner-Museum, Wurzburg," Jahreshefte des Osterreichischen Archaologischen Institutes in Wien, Hauptblatt 66 (1997): 47-48, figure 23.
Sotheby's New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art (June 4, 1998), lot 97.
Robert M. Cook, "A List of Carian Orientalizing Pottery," Oxford Journal of Archaeology 18, no. 1 (1999): 87, number 37.
ProvenanceWith Galerie Gunter Puhze, Freiburg, Germany, 1989. With Sotheby's London, July 8, 1991, lot 364. Art market, 1997. With Sotheby's New York, June 4, 1998, lot 97. With Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York, from at least 1999.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art