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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Vase
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Vase

Date3rd century BCE
Place MadeSouthern Italy, Italy, Ancient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumTerracotta with white slip
Dimensions55 x 32 cm (21 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberC16s27
eMuseum ID725659
EmbARK ObjectID11813
TMS Source ID978
Last Updated10/30/24
Status
Not on view
Web 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 "Terra-Cotta Vase")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 109. (Southern Italian, 3rd century BCE)
“Notes, Records, Comments.” Gardner Museum Calendar of Events 6, no. 16 (16 Dec. 1962), p. 2.
Cornelius C. Vermeule III et al. Sculpture in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1977), p. 4, no. 5. (Southern Italian, 3rd century BCE)
ProvenanceNotesSaid to have been discovered near Canosa, Puglia.
This or a similar vessel (museum no. C16e18) was purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband, John L. Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898), from the dealer Vincenzo Barone, Naples for 150 lire on 26 October 1897.
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