ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Chalice with Murex Shells
Possible OriginGreece, Europe
Place FoundAsia
CultureMycenaean
PeriodLate Helladic III
Date13th Century BCE
MediumTerracotta
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 2011Monsters, 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 viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
ca. 1400-1200 BCE
ca. 1750-1450 BCE
1600-1400 BCE
ca. 12th century BCE
12th Century BCE
12th Century BCE
12th Century BCE
12th Century BCE
ca. 1200 BCE
14th-13th Century BCE
14th-13th Century BCE
14th-13th Century BCE
