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Vessel Ornament of Banqueter Holding an Omphalos

probably 400–375 BC

Italy, Etruscan, early 4th Century

Bronze

Overall: 2 cm (13/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. Ernest Brummer 1987.157

Location

102D Pre-Roman

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If unbroken, this banqueter would have been holding an omphalos, representing the navel of the earth in ancient Greek mythology.

Provenance

?-1908

Collection of the Marchese di Riofreddo e Gagliardi

?-1943

William R. Hearst, sold to Brummer Gallery

1943-1949

Brummer Gallery, New York, NY, sold to H.K. Montif

1949-?

H.K. Montif

?-1987

Ella Bache Brummer Collection, New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1987-

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Citations

Casa di Vendite Jandolo et Tavazzi (Rom). Catalogo delle pregevoli collezioni di oggetti d'arte e mobili antichi, spettanti al Signor Marchese di Rioffreddo ed ai Signori Gagliardi di Firenze. [1], [1]. 1908. No. 517

The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N5415 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org

Galerie Koller Zürich. The Ernest Brummer Collection, Vol I: Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art. 1979. No. 547E, cat: 95-97

GALERIE SPINK (Zurich). The Ernest Brummer Collection: Galerie Spink, Zürich. London: Spink and Son, 1979. p. 25

Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1987." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 2 (1988): 30-71. p. 65, no. 11 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

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