Medium

Ceramic

Dimensions

5 3/4 × 4 in. (14.605 × 10.16 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of John J. Herrmann, Jr., B.A. 1959, and Annewies van den Hoek

Accession Number

2008.168.2

Culture
Period

7th–9th century

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Provenance

Provenance

Reportedly from a group of tombs, Ciro, Calabria, Italy [see note 1]. Reportedly private collection, possibly Basel, Switzerland, by 1975 [see note 2]; sold to Annewies van den Hoek and John J. Herrmann, Jr., Dedham, Mass., 1975; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2008

Note 1: The present object is one of eleven vessels given to the Gallery in 2008. According to the object group’s Recommendation for Accession, the vessels came from a group of tombs around the neighborhood of Ciro, Calabria (Recommendation for Accession, December 9, 2008, copy in accession file)

Note 2: According to the object group’s Deed of Gift, Herrmann purchased the vessels in 1975 from “a friend of Elie Borowski, Basle.” (Deed of Gift, December 14, 2008, copy in accession file)

This work appears on our "Antiquities and Archaeological Material with Provenance Documentation Gaps" page.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 143
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