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Gnathian-ware Lidded Container with Eros
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art

Gnathian-ware Lidded Container with Eros

AAT Object Form/Functionpyxides (personal use containers)
Place CreatedItaly, Europe
CultureGreek, Apulian
Dateca. 330 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Sally and Joe Gladden in honor of John and Pat Laszlo, 2021 Woolford B. Baker Service Award recipients
DimensionsA and B combined: 7 × 5 × 5 in. (17.8 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm) Base: 6 × 5 × 5 in. (15.2 × 12.7 × 12.7 cm) Lid: 2 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (5.1 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)
Object number2021.009.001A/B
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, September 20, 2023 - Present
ProvenanceEx coll. Rugby School Art Museum, Rugby, England, received as gift from Matthew Holbecht Bloxam (1805-1888), ca. 1880. Christie's London, December 4, 2018, lot 4 (part). Purchased by MCCM from Kallos Gallery, London, England.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art