ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Cinerary Urn
CultureRoman
PeriodFlavian
Date70-90 CE
MediumMarble (Luna [Carrara])
Credit LineGift of Harvey Smith
Dimensions10 3/8 x 24 5/16 in. (26.4 x 61.7 cm)
Object number1989.002.005
Label TextVase-shaped urns such as this were typically used in private tombs in Rome. Some examples are inscribed for skilled artisans. On this example, the name of the deceased may once have been inscribed or painted in the recessed space between the two handles. Urns of this type were typically left undecorated. The festoon with fleur-de-lis was most likely added by a post-antique collector.Exhibition HistoryRecent Acquisitions, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, July 14 - September 15, 1988
An Enduring Ideal: Greek and Roman Art from the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, November 1, 1992 - February 15, 1993
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - August 26, 2013
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 25, 2013 - Present
Published ReferencesParke-Bernet Galleries, New York, The Dikran Kelekian Collection, Part 1 (October 21, 22, and 23, 1953), 39, number 255.
Terms
ProvenanceWith Dikran Garabed Kelekian (1868-1951), Istanbul and New York. Thence by decent. Ex coll. Harvey Smith (ca. 1910-1995), New York, New York, purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 22, 1953.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
ca. 69-96 CE
early 4th Century BCE
second half of the 1st Century BCE
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756
7th Century BCE
late 2nd Century BCE
mid 1st-early 3rd Century CE
mid 2nd Century CE
2nd Century CE
late 1st Century BCE - early 1st Century CE
ca. 14 CE
late 12th-mid 13th Century
