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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Chalice with Murex Shells
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Chalice with Murex Shells

AAT Object Form/Functiongoblets
Possible OriginGreece, Europe
Place FoundAsia
CultureMycenaean
Date13th Century BCE
Credit LineGift of Judy and Michael Steinhardt
Dimensions8 x 6 5/8 x 6 in. (20.3 x 16.8 x 15.2 cm)
Object number2003.026.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM 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 - June 19, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesSotheby's New York, Antiquities (December 11, 2003), 8, lot 2.
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2003.
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva (January/February 2005): 13-17.
ProvenanceProbably acquired in the Eastern Mediterranean by Dr. Barry, staff physician aboard the destroyer USS Salem, Sixth Fleet, sometime between 1949 and 1959. Ex private collection, Long Island, New York. Purchased by MCCM from Sotheby's New York, December 11, 2002.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 1400-1200 BCE
© Bruce M. White, 2014.
ca. 1750-1450 BCE
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ca. 12th century BCE
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1600-1400 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
12th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
12th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
12th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ca. 1200 BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
12th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
14th-13th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
14th-13th Century BCE
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
14th-13th Century BCE