Bottle by Ancient Roman
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Bottle

Ancient Roman · 1st century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Eugène Piot (1812-1890), Paris; sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 27-30, 1890, lot 424, to the Art Institute of Chicago; price reimbursed by George Scheider, 1891.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155A, April 20, 1994 - February 6, 2012.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, November 11, 2012 - present.

Literature

Published references

  • Collection Eugene Pilot - Antiquities. Paris: 1890, Exposition - Le Lundi 26 Mai 1890. pp. 95-6 (lot 424).
  • Karen B. Alexander and Mary Greuel. Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), cat. 67.
  • Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p. 37.
  • Sidney Goldstein, “Cats. 105–107 Three Hexagonal Mold-Blown Bottles: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).
  • Sidney Goldstein, “Cat. 107 Bottle: Curatorial Entry,” in Roman Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016).

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