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© Bruce M. White, 2004.
ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Attributed (Greek, Attic, active ca. 500 - 475 BCE)

Column Krater with Scene of Odysseus Escaping from Polyphemos

AAT Object TechniqueBlack-figure
AAT Object Form/Functioncolumn kraters
CultureGreek, Attic
PeriodArchaic
Dateca. 510-500 BCE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineCarlos Collection of Ancient Art
Dimensions12 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (32.2 x 33.7 cm)
Object number2002.028.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2004 - January 2011
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 20, 2011 - April 28, 2014
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 2014 - Present
Published ReferencesBernard Andreae, Odysseus - Mythos und Erinnerung (Mainz: von Zabern, 1999), 126 figure 40, 386 number 40.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2002 - February 2003.
Jasper Gaunt, "New Galleries of Greek & Roman Art at Emory University: The Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 16 (January/February 2005): 13-17.
Veranda (March-April 2005): 128.
Nikolaus Dietrich, "Lo spazio della natura e lo spazio dell'uomo," in Mito e natura: dalla Grecia a Pompei, ed. Gemma Sena Chiesa et al. (Milano: Electra, 2015), 64-71.
ProvenanceEx private collection, Switzerland, from before 1938. With Thomas Howard-Sneyd (1940-2010), London, England, from at least 1999. Purchased by MCCM from Howard-Sneyd.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Greek and Roman Art