Sale 6428
| Chicago
| Chicago
Estimate$8,000 – $12,000
Provenance:
Pietro Pugioli (1831-1902), Alexandria, Egypt.
Elbert Eli Farman (1831-1911), New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. [Inv. no. 90.9.12]
Anderson Galleries, New York, Cypriot and Classical Antiquities, Duplicates of the Cesnola and Other Collections, Sold by Order of the Trustees of the MMA, 30-31 March 1928, Lot 269. [Illustrated]
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, acquired from the above. [Inv. no. 28.18]
Parke-Bernet, New York, Egyptian Antiquities etc. Belonging to a Midwestern Museum, Sold by Order of the Trustees [of Minneapolis], 15 May 1958, Lot 164.
Parke-Bernet, New York, Egyptian Greek and Roman Antiquities Gothic and Renaissance Art Arms & Armor From the Collection of William Randolph Hearst, 28-29 January 1959, Lot 204; where acquired by the present owner.
Exhibited:
New York, The Staten Island Museum, From the Shipwreck of Time: 100 Greek & Roman Antiquities, 14 February-28 March 1965.
New York, Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1968-2000s. [L68.11.8]
Published:
Bulletin of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, vol. 18, no. 9, 1929, p. 45-46. [illustrated]
M. Swindler, Ancient Painting, New Haven, 1929, fig. 562. [illustrated]
The Staten Island Museum, From the Shipwreck of Time: 100 Greek & Roman Antiquities (Exhibition Catalogue), New York, 1965, no. 56.
B. F. Cook, Inscribed Hadra Vases in the MMA, New York, 1966, p. 14, notes 42-43.
B.F. Cook, "A Dated Hadra Vase in the Brooklyn Museum," The Brooklyn Museum Annual, vol. 10, 1968-1969, pp. 114-138.
Inspected under UV light and 10x loupe. Weathering and discoloration throughout with some areas of overpaint. Some repairs including to rim and handle. Some significant gouges and gashes present. 28.18 and L68.11.8 inscribed to underside. Overall in fine and attractive condition. See additional images.
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Jacob Coley
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