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- Artist
- Unknown (Italian, Sicilian)
- Title
- Funerary Urn (Domed Krater)
- Date
- ca. 300-100 B.C.E.
- Period
- Hellenistic
- Medium
- Earthenware with tempera decoration
- Dimensions
- 28 x 9 1/2 in. Overall
- Credit
- Thomas E. Brittingham Fund Purchase
- Accession No.
- 1976.28
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Geography
- Italy
Related
Based on comparative examples, this vase was likely originally from Centuripe in Sicily, Italy. According to dealer Bruce McApine, formerly in the collection of a Mr. Salvestrini (Geneva, Switzerland). 10 July 1974, sold at a Christie’s (London, England) auction "A Fine Collection of Classical Antiquities: The Property of a Gentleman and from various sources" [lot #5]; purchased from this auction by "Turner". April 1976, sold by dealer Bruce McAlpine (London, England) to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called the Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff 6 August 2021]
- Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Ancient Etruscan and Greek Vases in the Elvehjem Museum of Art." University of Wisconsin Regents. Madison, Wis., 2000. p. 82, no. 63
- Moon, Warren G. "An Enigmatic Vase from Centuripe." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1975-1976. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1976). pp. 11-16, no. 1, 3
- Elvehjem Art Center. Elvehjem Art Center Annual Report. "Bulletin 1975-1976". Madison, WI: Elvehjem Art Center, 1976 cover; p. 9, no. 1
- Paterno-Castello, Maria Antonia. "A Recent Acquired Centuripe Vase." The Stanford Museum, vol. x-xi (1980-81). 29, fig. 2
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