Bowl with Lions
maker
Unknown
Date170 - 210
Place MadeRome, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPhrygian marble
Dimensions47 x 72.5 x 58 cm (18 1/2 x 28 9/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS16s24
eMuseum ID725673
EmbARK ObjectID11812
TMS Source ID977
Last Updated10/31/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 11. (as "Marble Roman Vase with Climbing Animals")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 109. (as Italian, probably 16th century after a Roman type)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 10 (4 Nov. 1962), p. 2. (as probably 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 9 (31 Oct. 1965), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 51, no. 73. (as Roman, imperial period; the lower third as probably Italian, 16th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Souvenirs of Alexander the Great's March through Persia to India." Fenway Court (1983), pp. 42-45, fig. 1. (as Roman, 2nd century CE, with 16th century Italian restorations)
Annewies van den Hoek et al. "Paulinus of Nola, Courtyards, and Canthari." Harvard Theological Review (2000), pp. 173-219, fig.14. (as about 170-210 CE with much restoration)
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 109. (as Italian, probably 16th century after a Roman type)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 10 (4 Nov. 1962), p. 2. (as probably 16th century)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 9, no. 9 (31 Oct. 1965), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 51, no. 73. (as Roman, imperial period; the lower third as probably Italian, 16th century)
Cornelius C. Vermeule III. "Souvenirs of Alexander the Great's March through Persia to India." Fenway Court (1983), pp. 42-45, fig. 1. (as Roman, 2nd century CE, with 16th century Italian restorations)
Annewies van den Hoek et al. "Paulinus of Nola, Courtyards, and Canthari." Harvard Theological Review (2000), pp. 173-219, fig.14. (as about 170-210 CE with much restoration)
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from an unknown art dealer in Rome for about 500 francs (with a head of Bacchus, likely museum no. S12w11) on 2 November 1897, through the Roman art dealer Alfredo Barsanti and the painter Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950).
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