ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Gilded Black-Glaze Chous
AAT Object Form/Functionchoes
AAT Object Techniquegilding (technique)
CultureGreek, Attic
PeriodLate Classical
Dateca. 325-300 BCE
MediumCeramic, gilding
Credit LineGift of Brian T. Aitken
Dimensions3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. (7.9 x 8.3 cm)
Object number2003.022.004
Label TextThe chous belongs to a small class of Attic black-glazed pottery produced in the late fourth and early third centuries B.C. that has been given a coating of gold or silver leaf in imitation of precious metal vessels. Excavated examples were found in Macedonia, suggesting that the surface treatment was applied after export for an elite Macedonian market. Only one other example of a gilded chous is known.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 29, 2019 - August 2020
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, October 2, 2023 - Present
Published ReferencesZoe Kotitsa, "Metal-Coated Pottery in Macedonia in Late Classical and Hellenistic Period," in Topics on Hellenistic Pottery in Ancient Macedonia, 109-25, ed. Stella Drougou, et al (Athens: Archaeological Receipts Fund, 2012), 108, note 4.
Dyfri Williams, "Gilded Pottery and Golden Jewellery," in The Macedonians in Athens, 322-229, ed. Olga Palagia and Stephen V. Tracy (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2016), 227, figure 1.
ProvenanceWith Brian T. Aitken (1952-2009) [Acanthus Gallery], New York, New York.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
ca. 325-300 BCE
ca. 300-290 BCE
ca. 325-300 BCE
ca. 300-290 BCE
3rd Century BCE
ca. 25-140 CE
3rd Century BCE
690-655 BCE
305-30 BCE
