Red-figure Epichysis (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

n.d.
Greek (South Italian, Apulia)
Containers-Vessels
Terracotta
Overall: 7 7/8 × 3 7/16 × 3 in. (20 × 8.73 × 7.62 cm)
2020.56
Not on view
White paper label on bottom, typed in black ink: "APULIAN RF PROCHOUS from Menzies Group V21 Ca. 340-330 BC"
Gift of Bruce Young in memory of John Davenport Neville

Auction catalogue, Christie’s, “The Morven Collection of Ancient Art”, Sale# 1466 (New York, 8 June 2004), lot no. 344, p. 45.

A.D. Trendall and A. Cambitoglou, "Second Supplement to the Red-Figured Vases of Apulia," London, 1992, p. 258, no. 26/237e (identified as oinochoe).

Royal-Athena Galleries, "Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 1," (New York, 1990) no. 119.
November 1990 (Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, NY). [1] May 2004, John W. Kluge [1914 – 2010], The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Charlottesville, Virginia; [2] June 2004 (Christie’s, New York); [3] June 2004, Private collection, Washington, D.C.; [4]; Gift to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA), Richmond, Virginia, June 17, 2020. [5]

[1] Royal-Athena Galleries, "Art of the Ancient World, vol. VI, part 1," (New York, 1990) no. 119. Note: There is an earlier location and ownership (?) listed prior to Royal- Athena Galleries: Galerie am Museum Jürgen Haering, Freiburg. This information was published with no date in the Christie’s auction catalogue: “The Morven Collection of Ancient Art”, Sale# 1466, New York, 8 June 2004, lot no. 344, p. 45.

[2] This piece was part of John W. Kluge’s Morven Collection of Ancient Art sold through Christie’s auction house in 2004. It is not yet known where and when Kluge acquired the object.

[3] Christie’s New York, The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, Sale# 1466 (8 June 2004), lot. 344, p. 45.

[4] Private Collection of Bruce Young, Washington, D.C.

[5] Information in VMFA Curatorial and Registration files.

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