ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Calyx-krater Fragment with a Maenad

AAT Object Form/Functionfigures (representations)

AAT Object Form/Functioncalyx kraters

AAT Object Form/Functionfragments (object portions)

AAT Object Techniquerelief (sculpture techniques)

Place CreatedArgos, Greece, Europe

CultureGreek

PeriodNeo-Attic

Date1st Century CE

MediumMarble (Pentelikon)

Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art

Dimensions5 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. (13.3 x 4.1 x 9.8 cm)

Object number2006.040.001

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2013 - September 30, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, November 17, 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesSotheby's London, Antiquities (December 10-11, 1992), 98, lot 203.
Christie's London, The Stanford Place Collection of Antiquities (April 26, 2006), 70-71, lot 38.
Jasper Gaunt, "A Marble Krater from Samothrace," in Samothracian Connections: Essays in Honor of James R. McCredie, ed. Olga Palagia, et al (Oakville: Oxbow Books, 2010), 175, figure 12.3.

ProvenanceEx coll. Sir Charles Walston (1856-1927), purchased near Argos, Greece, 1893. Thence by descent to Elizabeth, Lady Walston. Sotheby's London, 11 December 1992, Lot 203. Ex coll. Sir Claude Hankes-Drielsma [Stanford Place Collection], Great Britain. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's London, April 26, 2006, lot 38.

Status

On view

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