ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Artist
Gorgon Painter
(Greek, Attic, Active ca. 600 - 580 BCE)
Amphora (Type B) with a Lion on Either Side
AAT Object Form/FunctionAmphorae (storage vessels)
Place CreatedAthens, Greece, Europe
CultureGreek, Attic
PeriodOrientalizing
Dateca. 600-590 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions13 7/8 x 9 9/16 in. (35.2 x 24.3 cm)
Object number1984.020
Exhibition HistoryThe Beauty of Beasts, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, November 1, 1992 - April 15, 1993MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11,1993 - May 2004
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - June 5, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesChristie's London, Fine Antiquities (2 July 1982), 47, lot 251
MCCM Newsletter, March - May 2004.
ProvenanceEx coll. Stuart Tray, Alpine, New Jersey, purchased from Christie's London, July 2, 1982, lot 251. On loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, (L1982.104.1). Purchased by Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology from Jonathan Rosen [Atlantis Antiquities, Ltd.], New York, New York.
Status
On viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
first half of 5th century BCE
late 6th Century BCE
mid 6th Century BCE
ca. 350 - 300 BCE
ca. 145-144 BCE
